1. ألا تَسأل الخَيمات مِن بَطنِ أَرثَد

    إِلى النَّخلِ من وَدّان ما فَعَلت نَعم

    Will you not ask the tents, from the valley of Arthad

    to the palms of Waddān, what has become of Naʿm?

  2. اسائَل عَنها كُل رَكب لَقيتَهُم

    وَمالي بِها مِن بَعد ان فارَقتَ عَلم

    I ask every band of riders you have met about her,

    and I have no news of her since you parted.