1. يا رَبَّةَ الخِدرِ عُدّي ميتَةً وَسَناً

    فَإِنَّما أَنتِ إِحدى الغيدِ مِن مُضَرِ

    O mistress of the secluded chamber, reckon death a slumber.

    For you are but one of the graceful women of Mudar.

  2. طيبي ضَميراً بِأَمرٍ لا مَحيدَ لَهُ

    يَلقاهُ بِالرَغمِ أَهلُ البَدوِ وَالحَضَرِ

    Be at peace in your heart with a fate there is no escaping.

    Nomads and townspeople meet it against their will.

  3. لَم تُكفَهُ الخُضرُ مِن لُؤمٍ وَلا كَرَمٍ

    وَلا تَجاوَزَ عَن موسى وَلا الخَضِرِ

    The verdant ones, base and noble alike, were not spared it.

    Nor did it pass over Moses or al-Khidr.

  4. لَو كانَتِ الريحُ تَحتي ما نَجَوتُ بِها

    فَكَيفَ أَنجو بِذاتِ الشَدِّ وَالحُضُرِ

    Had the wind been beneath me, I would not have escaped on it.

    How, then, can I escape on a swift-running, galloping mount?