1. Did the day sadden you when its camels set out,
Bent on glory, hastening their departure,

2. From the meadows of Naqb when they left it
With the sea trailing behind their hindquarters?

3. I saw their beauty towering over the dunes
As if the Pleiades glittered above their humps.

4. They passed by Turba defying it
With their elegance, weariness, and fences.

5. I saw their departure so I lingered like rain
Stirring my sorrow and departure.

6. When the two eyes looked at them, they were dazzled
By their tears along with the persistent gaze.

7. They roamed the plains where they had dwelled
Branded by fate like glimmering lightning.

8. They stirred me with the yearning of 'Ufari
That stirs the soul of the passionate and roused.

9.
The fertile pastures and meadows escorted them.

10. Rousing the zeal of every gloomy ascetic.
In the dunes when they approached a castle

11. A cow mooed sadly for Suwaika.
A gait of ease‚ no exertion

12. Their humps did not sway as they strode.

13. I almost perished when they disappeared
While they were submissive to destiny's ruling.

14.
At Dhi Jadd - lush with saplings -

15. Its mist seemed like carded cotton.

16. They passed the hill of Qutaida
As its rugged terrain called out to them.

17. I'll die accusing while being accused
Though they suspected me of lying snow.

18.
As if the tears of my eyes when they appeared

19. Were copious‚ overflowing‚ and passionate.
Stirring on the morrow of roses a leg

20. Whose infatuation was aroused at dawn.
If only you would show love forever

21. To the brothers‚ though it vexed the jealous.