1. أُمَّ النبي إِذَا مَا أَزمَعَت ظَعَنَا

    أَزمَعتُ مِن ظَعَنٍ مَا أزَمعتُهُ آنَا

    Whenever Umm al-Nabi resolves to depart,

    I resolve on a departure I had never intended before.

  2. وإِن أقَامَت هُنَا دَهراً أقَمتُ هنا

    دَهراً وإِن سَئِمت هُنَا سَئِمتُ هُنَا

    And if she stays here an age, I stay here

    An age; and if she tires of being here, I tire of being here.

  3. أُمُّ النبي مُنَى ولَو قَبِلَت

    أعطَيتُ نَفسِىَ منها بُغيَةً ومني

    Umm al-Nabi is all I desire; and if she consented,

    I would grant my soul, through her, its desire and wishes.