1. I wish I knew if you ever spent a night
In the desolation of Layla's abode where I was raised

2. A land where my talismans were tied
And I was cut off when my reason fully formed

3. Did you ever hear the sounds of a warring tribe
Coming from a lush encampment to another

4. A blond, yellow Sahiba crying her laments
At the hillside’s bend and easy drinking place

5. She weeps so I weep whenever dawn breaks
And that is death itself for the longing lover

6. Did you ever gather on a Friday
With curled sandals and shifted saddlecloth

7. Lawful for me, I did no wrong in partaking
Of life’s goodness when she runs at pasture

8. She leans when the resting camel leans
As a palm trunk sways atop the dune’s ridge

9. If you have denied me those dwelling places
Make sustenance easy and reunite my clan