1. He remembers and remembrance kindles longing, O brother of passion
Pastures between Ghawir and Najd

2. A captive suffering the vicissitudes of fate
Events that do not cease to flow as intended

3. If from the direction of Ramah, a lightning bolt troubles him
He sheds tears of sorrow from his eyelids on his cheek

4. He yearns for the dwellings of Layla in Dhi Al-Ghada
But where is Al-Ghada and how far is the longing one from India?

5. And he weeps with an eyelid whose longing tears flow
When a leaf rustles on the branches of the wild rue

6. It is the abode whose pastures time has not caused to vanish
Where the valleys, when thunder rumbles, are constrained

7. Wherein alights Ghaidaa of the clan of Aamir
Like the eve of the returning gaze, smooth of shoulder

8. The swagger of youth makes it sway
As the morning breeze made sweet, pliant mimosa sway

9. It was awakened by virtuous, noble clans of Aamir
To the loftiest glory and most honourable lineage

10. Oh would that I knew—but wishes are futile delusions—
And the injustice of fate guides the heart as it will guide—

11. Will that epoch of reunion ever come to pass
When ardor will smoulder within breasts that now are desolate?

12. Shall we live despite time and erstwhile
The springs of reunion will flow, now hindered by separation?