أَقولُ لَها حَيثُ اِنتَهى مَسقَطُ النَقا

أَقولُ لَها حَيثُ اِنتَهى مَسقَطُ النَقا

نَصَلتِ وَأَيمُ اللَهِ مِن رَملِ مُربِخِ

نَصَلتِ وَأَيمُ اللَهِ مِن رَملِ مُربِخِ

I say to her, where the sand dune's slope ended:

I say to her when the camel litter's descent ended,

You have slipped free, by God, of Murbikh's sands.

"We have arrived safely, by God, from the shifting sands,

نَجَوتِ عَلى ما فيكِ مِن وِنيَةِ السُرى

نَجَوتِ عَلى ما فيكِ مِن وِنيَةِ السُرى

وَطَيِّ المَوامي سَربَخاً بَعدَ سَربَخِ

وَطَيِّ المَوامي سَربَخاً بَعدَ سَربَخِ

You have escaped despite your weariness from night travel

You escaped with your secret intention of journeying by night

And traversing the deserts, vast waste after vast waste,

And crossing the sand dunes, one after another.

بِحَيثُ الفَتى لَمّا يُجِب دَعوَةَ الفَتى

بِحَيثُ الفَتى لَمّا يُجِب دَعوَةَ الفَتى

وَلا يَعطِفُ الأَخُّ الكَريمُ عَلى الأَخِ

وَلا يَعطِفُ الأَخُّ الكَريمُ عَلى الأَخِ

Where no young man has yet answered another's call,

To where the young man doesn't answer the call of the young man,

And no noble brother shows compassion for his brother.

And the generous brother doesn't show sympathy to the brother,

وَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا بَرزَخٌ فَاِقذِفي بِهِ

وَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا بَرزَخٌ فَاِقذِفي بِهِ

وَراءَكِ إِنَّ الدارَ مِن بَعدِ بَرزَخِ

وَراءَكِ إِنَّ الدارَ مِن بَعدِ بَرزَخِ

And only an intervening stretch remains—so cast it

Nothing remains but the intervening space, so cast it

Behind you: indeed, the dwelling lies beyond that stretch.

Behind you, for the abode is after the intervening space."