وَلَقَد حَلَلتُ من المَنازِل وادياً

وَلَقَد حَلَلتُ من المَنازِل وادياً

مَحلَ الجوانب إسمُه البَيضاءُ

مَحلَ الجوانب إسمُه البَيضاءُ

And indeed, among the stopping places, I alighted in a valley,

I have abandoned homes and traveled a valley,

barren on all sides, its name al-Bayḍāʾ—the White.

Its sides are called Al-Bayda,

فرحلتُ عنه وَقُلتُ للركب اِرحَلوا

فرحلتُ عنه وَقُلتُ للركب اِرحَلوا

عنه عليه الرايةُ السَوداءُ

عنه عليه الرايةُ السَوداءُ

So I departed from it and said to the caravan, “Depart

So I departed from it, and said to the caravan: “Move on!

from it: over it is the black banner.”

Move on from it! Upon it is the black banner!”