1. تُذَكِّرُني قِبابُ التركِ أَهلي

    وَمَبداهُم إِذا نَزَلوا سَناما

    The Turks’ domed tents remind me of my people,

    and their desert camp when they settled at Sanām;

  2. وَصَوتُ حَمامَةٍ بِجِبالِ كِسٍّ

    دَعَت مَع مَطلَعِ الشَّمسِ الحَماما

    so does a dove’s voice in the mountains of Kiss,

    calling to the doves at sunrise.

  3. فَبِتُّ لِصَوتِها أَرِقاً وَباتَت

    بِمَنطِقِها تُراجِعُني الكَلاما

    So I spent the night sleepless because of her voice, while she spent it

    exchanging words with me in her own speech.