1. At dawn longing overwhelmed me,
And the hands of passion clutched my bonds.

2. From the voice of a wailing woman
Who weeps in the valleys, piercing my fluttering heart.

3. She spent the night lamenting her sister,
Thinking her necklace was her longing lover.

4. So I remembered my camels when they strayed,
Lost in the barren wastes, departing forever.

5. When we parted they tore a heart from me,
Ill and in the grip of sorrow.

6. O camel of my soul, when they left
My sighs halted, stuck in my throat.