1. They camped in Wadi al-Aqeeq at nightfall
And crossed every deep ravine

2. When dawn broke they saw a flag that they do not fear to lower
When the eagle swooped down on it, it could not prevail

3. So its eggs were below it, prey for the falcons
On it were engraved ornaments

4. With lofty foundations like an unassailable fortress
And they had composed verses which they deposited

5. Lo! Who will quench the yearning of a strange passionate one
Whose ambition surpasses this firmament

6. And who treads with slipper the tread of the burning sands
Whose dwelling is near this cliff

7. Who perished in tears, perishing like one who is drowned
Passion delivered him to misfortunes

8. In this place, without any sympathizer
So O you who come to water your camels at Qalib

9. And O you who reside in Wadi al-Aqeeq
And O you who seek Taybah as a visitor

10. And O you who travel on this road
Awaken us for we were broken

11. Near dawn after night has camped
With a white, radiant, alluring one

12. Scented with musk, so very chaste
Swaying drunkenly like branches

13. Blown by the winds, like anemones
With a formidable buttock like the hump of a she-camel

14. Swaying like the crest of a wave
So my passion in her love is not refused

15. Nor is my friendship in her love rejected
And if my passion in her love were refused

16. My only response would be my death rattle
So my fervent love is my mount, my sorrow my garb

17. My anguish my wakeup call and my tears my downpour