1. أُحِبُّكِ ما أَقامَ مِنىً وَجَمعٌ

    وَما أَرسى بِمَكَّةَ أَخشَباها

    I love you as long as Mina and Jamʿ endure,

    and as long as Mecca’s two Akhshab mountains stand firm;

  2. وَما رَفَعَ الحَجِجُ إِلى المُصَلّى

    يَجُرّونَ المَطِيَّ عَلى وَجاها

    and as long as pilgrims hasten to the prayer ground,

    driving their camels onward despite their sore feet;

  3. وَما نَحَروا بِخَيفِ مِنىً وَكَبّوا

    عَلى الأَذقانِ مُشعَرَةً ذُراها

    and as long as they slaughter at Mina’s Khayf and cast down

    upon their chins the camels whose humps are marked for sacrifice.

  4. نَظَرتُكِ نَظرَةً بِالخَيفِ كانَت

    جَلاءَ العَينِ مِنّي بَل قَذاها

    I glanced at you at the Khayf—a glance that was

    a cleansing for my eye—no, a mote within it.

  5. وَلَم يَكُ غَيرُ مَوقِفِنا فَطارَت

    بِكُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ مِنّا نَواها

    We had scarcely stood together before

    each tribe of us was swept away toward its own destination.

  6. فَواهاً كَيفَ تَجمَعُنا اللَيالي

    وَآهاً مِن تَفَرُّقِنا وَآها

    Oh, how the nights bring us together!

    And alas for our parting—alas!

  7. فَأُقسِمُ بِالوُقوفِ عَلى أَلالٍ

    وَمَن شَهِدَ الجِمارَ وَمَن رَماها

    So I swear by the standing upon Alāl,

    and those who attend the Jamarāt and those who stone them,

  8. وَأَركانِ العَتيقِ وَبانِيَيها

    وَزَمزَمَ وَالمَقامِ وَمَن سَقاها

    and the Ancient House’s corners and its two builders,

    and Zamzam, the Station, and whoever serves its water:

  9. لَأَنتِ النَفسُ خالِصَةً فَإِن لَم

    تَكونيها فَأَنتِ إِذاً مُناها

    you are surely my very soul; and if you are not

    that, then you are its desire.

  10. نَظَرتُ بِبَطنِ مَكَّةَ أُمَّ خِشفٍ

    تَبَغَّمُ وَهيَ ناشِدَةٌ طَلاها

    I saw in Mecca’s valley the mother of a fawn,

    bleating softly as she searched for her young.

  11. وَأَعجَبَني مَلامِحُ مِنكِ فيها

    فَقُلتُ أَخا القَرينَةِ أَم تُراها

    And I was charmed by the features of yours she bore,

    so I said, ‘Companion, could it be her you see?’

  12. فَلَولا أَنَّني رَجُلٌ حَرامٌ

    ضَمَمتُ قُرونَها وَلَثَمتُ فاها

    Had I not been a man in pilgrimage consecration,

    I would have clasped her horns and kissed her mouth.