1. The outlines of the dwellings aroused your longing
In the gardens of Nu'mayy, the owner of wide spaces

2. The spirits were comforted by it, as though
They were gently rocking at its summit among the palm trees

3. And every pregnant cloud, its darkness intense
Is like a procession of camels, fully laden

4. When the millstone rumbles within it, churning,
It rains copiously, pouring down showers

5. I knew them alive, generous, but they were changed
To cranes, with long necks, wandering freely

6. You see every long-necked one vying with another
On every towering sand dune

7. They paw the pebbles until they feel its coolness
When the sun beats down with intense heat

8. And I rode a smooth-gaited she-camel, in a beloved's saddle
Like a Yemeni mare, heading for the waterholes

9. It has resting places where it goes alone to drink
To every freshwater spring in the horizon

10. And I was distracted from meeting you by an event
And a care that came, besides your cares, distracting me

11. I advised the Bani ‘Awf, but they did not accept
My advice, and my means were not successful with them

12. So I said to them, “I will not recognize
Maidens by my couch, or a wise old man

13. Rushing with hands behind bright curtains
Beautiful visions like the sand grouse in pairs

14. Through the range of view, they are linked, and there came
Waterskins of leather, below them and the skins

15. And they left it between association and a comrade
Parting from the mixed company, vexatious, blighting

16. And I do not recognize, after I prohibited you
That I contend one day over roasted meat and a gambler

17. And white sheep with teary eyes
Driven away with a crook in flocks”

18. And I feared so much that my fear
Would not increase over a sharp-witted foal

19. The fear that ‘Amr’s horses may be
Led out to us between valiant and swift

20. If they were rushed from the pace of their walking
They jerk their necks, stampeding in throngs

21. Geldings whose manes have turned
To yellow from long journeys and partings

22. And they hurl the boys in every stop
Tumbling in theirequipment like floodwaters

23. You see wild birds have grown accustomed to them
Well-fed on millet and scattered grain

24. It sees the hooves land so they are gentle
Like feathers floating softly downwards

25. Coupled with the stallion and sorrel like the anklets
On which are fastened the rounded bells

26. And every silent, following, dependent weakling
And Sulaym’s progeny, all are protectors

27. They carried trappings and were girded with halters
So they are resplendent, pure white

28. The resolve of a man which distance does not destroy
Seeking the enemies, evident, not fading

29. At times he holds back death with his palms
At times smoothly, from a gift and attainment

30. When he encamps on barren land, it becomes
Gloomy like a face whose end is fruitless

31. He comes with a troop as though its beauty
When it descends the flat land is a hot ember