1. وَإن وَراءَ ظَهري يا اِبن لَيلى

    أناساً يَنظُرونَ مَتى أَؤوب

    And indeed, behind me, O son of Layla,

    are people waiting to see when I will return.

  2. امامَة مِنهُم وَلمأقييها

    غداةَ البَين في اثري غَروب

    Umamah is among them; from the corners of her eyes,

    on the morning of parting, tears flowed in my wake.

  3. تَرَكت بِلادَها وَنَأَيت عَنها

    فَاِشبَه ما رَأَيت بها السَلوب

    I left her homeland and went far away from her;

    the closest likeness to her I have seen is a she-camel bereft of her calf.

  4. فَاِتبِع بَعضَنا بَعضاً فَلَسنا

    تَثيبك لكِن اللَهَ المُثيب

    So let some of us rejoin the others, for it is not we who

    reward you, but God, the Giver of reward.