حَمولٌ لِأَعباءِ الهَوى غَيرُ طالِعٍ

حَمولٌ لِأَعباءِ الهَوى غَيرُ طالِعٍ

لَواشٍ وَلا عاصٍ لِما أَمَرَ الحُبُّ

لَواشٍ وَلا عاصٍ لِما أَمَرَ الحُبُّ

Patiently bearing passion’s burdens, never turning

Bearing the burdens of passion though not inclined,

To a talebearer, nor disobeying what love commands;

Neither disobedient nor unyielding to love's command,

مَشوقٌ إِلى نَجدٍ بِأَكنافِ عالِجٍ

مَشوقٌ إِلى نَجدٍ بِأَكنافِ عالِجٍ

يُعالِجُ أَوصاباً عَزيزَ لَها الطَبُّ

يُعالِجُ أَوصاباً عَزيزَ لَها الطَبُّ

Yearning for Najd, along the outskirts of ʿĀlij,

Yearning for Nejd with its healing airs,

He struggles with ailments for which a physician is hard to find.

That cure a malady beyond medicine's reach.

تُقَلِّبُهُ أَيدي الصَبابَةِ وَالأَسى

تُقَلِّبُهُ أَيدي الصَبابَةِ وَالأَسى

بِمَنزِلِ قَومٍ ما لَهُ عِندَهُم قَلبُ

بِمَنزِلِ قَومٍ ما لَهُ عِندَهُم قَلبُ

The hands of longing and sorrow toss him about

The hands of youth and sorrow turn him over

In the dwelling of a people among whom he has no heart.

In a tribe's abode, who have no heart for him.