1. قَلقِل رِكابَكَ للفَلا

    وَدّعِ الغواني للقُصورِ

    Urge your mounts toward the wilderness;

    Bid the beauties farewell, leaving them to the palaces;

  2. فَمُحالفوا أوطانِهِم

    أمثالُ سُكّانِ القبورِ

    For those bound to their homelands

    Are like the dwellers in graves.

  3. لولا التغرُّبُ ما رقى

    دُرُّ البحور إلى النحور

    Were it not for leaving home, never would rise

    The pearls of the seas to necks.