1. رُدُّوا فُؤادِي ما يَعِيشُ الفَتَى

    بِلا فُؤادٍ يا بَنِي مالِكِ

    Give back my heart—the young man cannot live

    without a heart, O sons of Mālik!

  2. لاَ وَاخَذَ اللهُ حَبِيبِي فما

    يَنْتَصِفُ الممْلوكُ من مالِكِ

    No—and may God seize my beloved!—for

    a bondsman can win no redress from a master.

  3. أَهْلَكَني الشَّوقُ لِنَجْدٍ وما

    ساكِنُهُ يَشْعُرُ بالهالِكِ

    Longing for Najd has killed me, while

    its dweller is unaware of the man who is perishing.

  4. تركْتُهُ أَبْغي دِيارَ اللّوَى

    فَضَلَّ ذا المسْلَكُ بالسالِكِ

    I left it, seeking the encampments of al-Liwā,

    and this path led the wayfarer astray.

  5. وصِرْتُ لا هذَا ولا ذَا وَلا

    ظَفِرْتُ بالْمَطْلُوبِ من ذَلِكِ

    I ended up neither this nor that, nor

    did I attain what I sought from all that.