1. قُل لِأَسماءَ أَنجِزي الميعادا

    وَاُنظُري كَي تُزَوِّدي مِنكِ زادا

    Tell Asma: Fulfill the promise,

    And see that you give me sustenance from yourself.

  2. إِن تَكوني حَلَلتِ رَبعاً مِنَ الشا

    مِ وَجاوَرتِ حِميَراً وَمُرادا

    If you have settled in an abode in al-Shā—

    —m, and dwelt beside Himyar and Murad,

  3. فَإِذا ما سَمِعتِ مِن نَحوِ أَرضي

    هائِماً قَد يَموتُ أَو قيلَ كادا

    Then, when you hear from the direction of my land

    Of a lovesick wanderer who may die, or is said to have nearly died,

  4. فَاِعلَمي عِلمَ موقِنٍ أَنَّني ذا

    كَ وَبَكّي لِمُقصِدٍ إِقصادا

    Know with certainty that I am that—

    —one, and weep bitterly for one struck down outright.