1. أَقامَ عَنِ المَسيرِ وَقَد أُثيرَت

    رَكائِبُهُ وَغَرَّدَ حادِياها

    He held back from setting out, though already roused

    Were his riding camels, and their two drivers sang.

  2. وَقالَ أَخافُ عادِيَةَ اللَيالي

    عَلى نَفسي وَأَن تَلقى رَداها

    And he said, “I fear the onslaught of the nights

    Upon my life, and that it may meet its doom.”

  3. فَقُلتُ لَهُ عَزَمتُ عَلَيكَ إِلّا

    بَلَغتَ مِنَ العَزيمَةِ مُنتَهاها

    So I said to him, “I adjure you to

    Reach the utmost bounds of resolve;

  4. فَمَن كانَت مَنِيَّتُهُ بِأَرضٍ

    فَلَيسَ يَموتُ في أَرضٍ سِواها

    For he whose death is destined in a land

    Will die in no land other than that.”