1. Yearning led the doe toward the stream
When slumber called to her eyelids

2. The era relaxed its reins and followed her
For it knows the Najdi fever along with one who knows

3. Hasten the mounts for merchandise has appeared for us
And descend on the right side of the valley of villages

4. And smell that soil when you come to it
Finding musk therein when the north wind blows

5. So when you arrive at Al-Aqeeq, tell them:
The heart of Mutayyam in the tents has fled

6. Embrace their singing girls if you do not find them
And be content, for dust may suffice for water

7. O people of Rammah, how I wish and hope for your company,
And would sell a lifetime for it, if it could be bought

8. I grasp the bond of your nearness by the hand of consent
While fate severs what I have grasped more stubborn than a rope

9. Greetings and ease, whatever you wish
For I am pleased, though I have not seen what I hoped