1. أيها الراحلون من بطن خبتٍ

    فركاب النوى بهم تترامى

    O you departing from the hollow of Khabt,

    for separation’s mounts carry them far away.

  2. إن أتيتم وادي الأراك فأهدؤا

    لسليمى تحيتي والسلاما

    If you reach the Valley of Arak, convey

    to Sulayma my greeting and peace.

  3. واطلبوا لي قلبي وايته أ

    تجدوا فيه من هواها سهاما

    And seek my heart for me; its sign is [that]

    you will find within it arrows from her love.

  4. وردوا ماء ناظري عوض الغ

    ر ان وارعوا بين الحشا والخزامى

    And drink from my eye’s water instead of the [pools],

    and graze between the heart and the lavender.