أَحِنُّ إِلى عَهدِ المُحَصَّبِ مِن مِنىً

وَعَيشٍ بِهِ كانَت تُرِفُّ ظِلالُهُ

I yearn for the days of Muhassab from Mina

And a life whose shade was luxurious

وَيا حَبَّذا أَمواهُهُ وَنَسيمُهُ

وَيا حَبَّذا حَصباؤُهُ وَرِمالُهُ

How excellent was its water and its breeze

How excellent were its pebbles and its sands

وَيا أَسَفي إِذ شَطَّ عَنّي مَزارُهُ

وَيا حَزَني إِذ غابَ عَنّي غَزالُهُ

Oh how I grieve that its sanctuary has drifted from me

Oh how sad I am that its gazelle has disappeared from me

وَكَم لِيَ بَينَ المَروَتَينِ لُبانَةٌ

وَبَدرُ تَمامٍ قَد حَوَتهُ حِجالُهُ

And how much purity I have between the two hills

And a full moon surrounded by its halos

مُقيمٌ بِقَلبي حَيثُ كُنتُ حَديثُهُ

وَبادٍ لِعَيني حَيثُ سِرتُ خَيالُهُ

Resident in my heart wherever I was, the subject of its talk

Fading from my eyes wherever its imagination went

وَأَذكُرُ أَيّامَ الحِجازِ وَأَنثَني

كَأَنّي صَريعٌ يَعتَريهِ خَبالُهُ

And I remember the days of Hejaz and it makes me collapse

As if I were a fallen man beset by his delusions

وَياصاحِبي بِالخَيفِ كُن لِيَ مَصعَداً

إِذا آنَ مِن ذاكَ الحَجيجِ اِرتِحالُهُ

And oh my friend at Khayf, be for me an ascent

When it is time for those pilgrims to depart

وَخُذ جانِبَ الوادي كَذا عَن يَمينِهِ

بِحَيثُ القَنا يَهتَزُّ مِنهُ طِوالُهُ

And take the side of the valley thus on its right

Where the canal shakes from it its length

هُناكَ تَرى بَيتاً لِزَينَبَ مُشرِقاً

إِذا جِئتَ لا يَخفى عَلَيكَ جَلالُهُ

There you see a house for Zaynab gleaming

When you come its majesty will not be hidden from you

فَقُل ناشِداً بَيتاً وَمَن ذاقَ مِثلَهُ

لَدى جيرَةٍ لَم يَدرِ كَيفَ اِحتِيالُهُ

Then say reciting a verse, and who has tasted the like

In the neighborhood of a neighbor who knew not how to gain access

وَكُن هَكَذا حَتّى تُصادِفَ فُرصَةً

تُصيبُ بِها ما رُمتَهُ وَتَنالُهُ

And be thus until you find an opportunity

By which you attain what you sought and obtain it

فَعَرِّض بِذِكري حَيثُ تَسمَعُ زَينَبٌ

وَقُل لَيسَ يَخلو ساعَةً مِنكِ بالُهُ

Then mention me wherever you hear Zaynab

And say no hour passes her by without her worries

عَساها إِذا ما مَرَّ ذِكري بِسَمعِها

تَقولُ فُلانٌ عِندَكُم كَيفَ حالُهُ

Perhaps when my mention passes by her hearing

She will say "So-and-so, how is his state among you all?"