1. A longing stirred from need has come over me
Peace be upon you, why this journey of yours?

2. In the dark depths of the valley, its guide
Complains to it of terror, and dwells

3. You see the five [daily prayers] dragging their trains along
When people contend as though they were to be killed with patience

4. It makes every heavily-laden camel kneel
As though the riding beasts were avoiding live coals with us

5. Night has veiled it with the lids of slumber and it was hidden
Away in the conscience that no bright fortune was left for it

6. When it breaks free of the one with strong fetters it helps
From the depths and its rain clouds darken the horizons

7. Not a month's journey have our mounts been tasked with
Rather, it is a month's time we have spent journeying

8. Ships ply the winds unto you
From the sands till their riders course the sea

9. When we moan in the wilderness, it is as though
We sob at dawn's break, terrified

10. Ibn Layla sought from hoping beyond hope
And had it not been for Ibn Layla, we would not have come to Egypt

11. You were praised and we were given good tidings of your grace
As though we were fully aware of it already

12. When the hopeful pause at your door
Along with the delegation, their banners do not return empty

13. And they said to us, "Servant of al-'Aziz - upon you
There you will find resolution, and the attainment of objects of desire

14. The best of births was directed at you, so it corresponded
To a full moon night whose time was preordained

15. And so there came a light by whose face
Is illuminated - its ancestry and purity are sufficient for it

16. And she is derived from the loins of her people white
You have made the lances' points her dowry

17. When rumors come from the striking of tongues with her
They are thought to be mere gossip or lies

18. And a need has led her to you we could not find
Beyond you respite, nor could we ward off

19. So help me and my companions with reliable protection
As though its proper fulfillment were binding and obligatory

20. When she let loose the light of every garden
Her cheeks turned saffron

21. The branch is yours from my living self, Quraysh, so you have not diminished
The pilgrimage rite, neither the morning star nor full moon

22. You have branched out from the house of Al-Asbah, yet have not found
A building excelling the Asbah's, nor one of age

23. Marwan singled them out from the house of Rifa'ah
And they were of equal rank, and were allied in-laws

24. Know well, Tamim are your brothers
And the best people to live long lives in good health are those who give thanks

25. When you wish, you rouse Tamim, and when roused
They make your enemies shrink in fear

26. Payment of the stampeding steeds is [made] with fury in battle
Until we have severed your enemies by force