1. يا حاديَ العيس رِفقاً

    بوَخذِها في البيدِ

    O driver of the pale camels, be gentle

    as you prod them through the deserts.

  2. واثن المَطيَّ قليلاً

    على المُحبِّ العَميد

    And turn the riding camels a little

    toward the love-stricken lover.

  3. بَلى بسَلع حَبيبٌ

    لقاؤُه يومُ عيد

    Yes, at Salʿ there is a beloved;

    meeting him is a feast day.

  4. بلِّغه أنّي طريحٌ

    على تِلاعِ زُرود

    Tell him that I have lain prostrate

    upon the hills of Zarūd,

  5. مِن يَوم ذاك التَجنّي

    وعهدِ ذاكَ الصُدود

    since the day of that unjust reproach

    and the time of that rejection.