لَعمري عَلى فوت لايَة نَظرَة

لَعمري عَلى فوت لايَة نَظرَة

وَنَحنُ بِاِعلى حائِل فَالجَرائِم

وَنَحنُ بِاِعلى حائِل فَالجَرائِم

By my life, across the distance—what a glance!

By my life, a glance is lost upon the demise

While we were on the heights of Hā’il and then al-Jarā’im.

While we are separated by the highest obstacle and transgressions

نَظَرتُ وَدوني مِن شَمامان حَرَّةٌ

نَظَرتُ وَدوني مِن شَمامان حَرَّةٌ

جُؤاتٌ كَاِثباجِ حائِل فَالجَرائِم

جُؤاتٌ كَاِثباجِ حائِل فَالجَرائِم

I looked, with a lava field from Shamāmān between me and them,

I glanced, below me a bustling army

[Unclear epithet], like the broad backs of Hā’il and al-Jarā’im,

Approaching like swarms climbing the obstacle and transgressions

لِيُدرِكَ طرفي اهلَ وَدّان إِنَّني

لِيُدرِكَ طرفي اهلَ وَدّان إِنَّني

بِوَدّان ذو شَجو حَديث وَقادِم

بِوَدّان ذو شَجو حَديث وَقادِم

So that my gaze might reach the people of Waddān—indeed, I

So my eyes may find family and loved ones

Bear sorrow for Waddān, both new and old.

I have loved ones with new longing who have arrived

بِنَجد تَروم الغَورَ بِالطَرفِ هَل تَرى

بِنَجد تَروم الغَورَ بِالطَرفِ هَل تَرى

بِهِ الغور ما لاءَمت من مُتَلائِم

بِهِ الغور ما لاءَمت من مُتَلائِم

In Najd you seek the Ghawr lowlands with your gaze—can you see

Does Najd yearn for the valley with glances?

The Ghawr with it, however you bring things into alignment?

There the valley has found one with whom to harmonize