1. فقلت للركبِ إذ صَاحَ الدليلُ بهم

    هُبّوا فكلهُّم لباه إذْ صاحا

    I said to the caravan when the guide called out to them,

    “Rise!”—and they all answered him when he called—

  2. يا رائحين إلى المختار من مضرٍ

    صرتم جسوماً وصِرْنا نحنُ أرواحا

    O you journeying to the Chosen One of Mudar,

    You have become bodies, and we ourselves have become souls.

  3. حيّوا بعوسجة سبحانَ منطِقها

    والمنتقى غرراً منها واوضَاحا

    Offer greetings with ʿAwsajah—glory be to its speech—

    And with the chosen splendors and shining beauties from it.

  4. وبلغوه سلاَماً مشرقاً أرِجَّا

    كالصبح إذ لاح و كالمسك إن فاحا

    And convey to him a radiant, fragrant greeting,

    Like dawn when it shines, and like musk when its fragrance spreads.

  5. أنَا إلى الله من عذرٍ أقمت به

    ومن أقام على عذر كمن راحا

    I appeal to God concerning the excuse that kept me behind;

    And whoever stays with an excuse is like one who has departed.