1. Longing for a lover
So long for me as I long for you

2. To a land of fair faced people
With tall domed buildings and high status

3.
placed them on an important mission

4. With little commotion other than ostriches' cries
Hastening the usual pace without pause

5. Until they reached Saad bin Tha'labah's estate
The generous and noble one

6. Nights they love me for my affection
And love you more than worlds can contain

7. Thus in the abode centered
Like shadows in its protection

8. If you are serving this noble group
The finest men in any case

9. With generosity and readiness
A drink of clear cool water

10. Then be to those, my life and kin I'd give
Were they not the horsemen at Euphrates

11. With horses as plentiful as flint
They are who they are with those beauties

12. When the pendulous branches sway in the north wind
With a sheltering veil for the weak

13. Lest they give them away before their own families