جادَ الرَبيعُ بِشَوطى رَسمَ مَنزِلَةٍ

جادَ الرَبيعُ بِشَوطى رَسمَ مَنزِلَةٍ

أُحِبُّ مِن حُبِّها شَوطى فَأَلجاما

أُحِبُّ مِن حُبِّها شَوطى فَأَلجاما

Spring lavishly watered the traces of a dwelling at Shawṭā.

Spring marched on with my abode, and mapped a dwelling

Out of love for her, I love Shawṭā, then Aljām,

More beloved to me than its love are leagues galore

فَبَطنَ خاخَ فَأَجزاعَ العَقيقِ لِما

فَبَطنَ خاخَ فَأَجزاعَ العَقيقِ لِما

نَهوى وَمِن جَوِّ ذي عِبرَينِ أَهضاما

نَهوى وَمِن جَوِّ ذي عِبرَينِ أَهضاما

Then Khākh’s valley floor, then the bends of al-‘Aqīq, for what

So it imbibed pure wine, and the carnelian's essence, because

We love, and low-lying hollows in the valley of Dhū ‘Ibrayn.

Of a passion, and from tears of the two doves a draught

داراً تَوَهَّمتُها مِن بَعدِ ما بَلِيَت

داراً تَوَهَّمتُها مِن بَعدِ ما بَلِيَت

فَاِستَودَعَتكَ وُسومُ الدارِ أَسقاما

فَاِستَودَعَتكَ وُسومُ الدارِ أَسقاما

A dwelling I imagined after it had decayed;

An abode which, after my affliction, I fancied

Then the dwelling’s marks entrusted you with ailments.

Thus the marks of the abode consigned you to trust