1. قِفِ العِيسَ إنّ وافَيْتَ تلكَ المَعالمِا

    وُقُوفَ مُحِبٍّ بَاتَ بِالشَّوْقِ عَالما

    Halt the pale camels if you reach those landmarks,

    as a lover halts, one who has spent the night acquainted with longing.

  2. وَرَوِّ ثَراها بالمَدامِعِ إنَّها

    لَتَحسَدُ أَجفاني عَليها الغَمائِما

    And water their soil with tears, for indeed

    my eyelids envy the clouds for watering it.

  3. وما أَنَا بِالنَّاسي عُهُوداً تقدَّمتْ

    ولا مَعْهداً لي بِالحِمى مُتَقادِمَا

    And I am not one to forget pledges of old,

    nor an old haunt of mine in the protected grounds.

  4. خَلِيليَّ إنْ لَمْ تُسعِداني على الهوَى

    فَلا تُلزماني أَنْ أَخِيبَ اللَّوائِمَا

    My two friends, if you do not aid me in love,

    then do not compel me to disappoint the reproachers.