فَإِنَّكَ وَاِدِّكارَكَ أُمَّ وَهبٍ

فَإِنَّكَ وَاِدِّكارَكَ أُمَّ وَهبٍ

حَنينُ العودِ يَتَّبِعِ الظِرابا

حَنينُ العودِ يَتَّبِعِ الظِرابا

For you, in your remembrance of Umm Wahb,

For you and the memory of you are a loving mother,

are like the yearning cry of an old camel following the low hills.

The yearning of return follows misfortune,

تَذَكَّرَتِ المَعالِمَ فَاِستَحَنَّت

تَذَكَّرَتِ المَعالِمَ فَاِستَحَنَّت

وَأَنكَرَتِ المَشارِعَ وَالجِنابا

وَأَنكَرَتِ المَشارِعَ وَالجِنابا

She remembered the landmarks and moaned with longing,

It remembered the landmarks so it yearned,

and found the watering places and the surrounding land unfamiliar.

And was perplexed by the streets and neighbourhood,

فَباتَت لا تَنامُ تُشيمُ بَرقاً

فَباتَت لا تَنامُ تُشيمُ بَرقاً

تَلَألَأَ في حَبِيٍّ أَينَ صابا

تَلَألَأَ في حَبِيٍّ أَينَ صابا

So she spent the night sleepless, watching lightning

It spent the night sleepless, lightning appeared

that glittered in a piled-up cloud—where did its rain fall?

Twinkling in a beloved one - where did it settle?

أَبِالبَزواءِ أَم بِجُنوبِ نِصعٍ

أَبِالبَزواءِ أَم بِجُنوبِ نِصعٍ

أَمِ اِحتَلَّت رَواياهُ العَنابا

أَمِ اِحتَلَّت رَواياهُ العَنابا

At al-Bazwāʾ, or to the south of Niṣʿ,

In al-Bazwa or at Junub Nisa'

or had its rain-laden clouds settled over al-ʿAnāb?

Or did its grazing grounds become desolate.