مِنَ الرَّملِ رَملِ الحَوشِ أَو غافِ راسِبٍ

مِنَ الرَّملِ رَملِ الحَوشِ أَو غافِ راسِبٍ

وَعَهدي بِرَملِ الحَوشِ وَهوَ بَعيدُ

وَعَهدي بِرَملِ الحَوشِ وَهوَ بَعيدُ

From the sands—the sands of al-Hawsh, or the ghaf trees of Rasib—

From the sands, sands of the courtyard or settled dust

And my recollection of the sands of al-Hawsh is distant.

And my pact with the sands of the courtyard, though it is far