1. تَذَكَّرْتُ مِنْ رَامةٍ مَوْرِدا

    إِلى مَائِهِ العَذْبِ أَشْكُو الصَّدا

    I recalled a watering place in Rāmah;

    to its sweet water I complain of thirst.

  2. مَنَازِلُ قَدْ نَزَلَتْهَا سُعَادُ

    وَإِلاَّ فَمَا الطَّيْرُ فِيهِا شَدا

    Dwellings where Suʿād once stayed—

    otherwise, the birds would not have sung there.

  3. لَثَمْتُ ثَرَى أَرْضِهَا بِالجُفُونِ

    ومِنْ شَغَفِي خِلْتُهَا أَثْمَدا

    I kissed the soil of her land with my eyelids;

    and in my ardor I took it for kohl.

  4. وَصَوَّرَهَا الوَجْدُ لِي كَعْبَةً

    فَأَلْزَمَنِي الشَّوْقُ أَنْ أَسْجُدا

    And passion pictured it to me as a Kaaba,

    so longing compelled me to prostrate myself.

  5. أُقبِّلُ مُبْيَضَ أَرْكَانِهَا

    كَتَقْبِيليَ الحَجَرَ الأَسْوَدا

    I kiss the white of its corners,

    as I kiss the Black Stone.