لَوْلاَكَ يَا غَايَتي وَقَصْدِي

مَا هِمْتُ وَجْداً بَرَبْعِ نَجْدِ

Without you, my ultimate desire,

I would not have yearned in the land of Najd.

أَسْقَيْتَنِي في الهَوىَ حَدِيثاً

يُسْكِرُ لِلْعَاشِقِينَ بَعْدِي

You intoxicated me with love’s tales -

An intoxication for lovers after me.

وَمُذْكِرِى للسُّلُوِ عَهْداً

بِذِكْرِ غَيْرِي نَسِيتَ عَهْدِي

And my reminiscing of nights of joy -

With mentions of another you forgot me.

وَرُبَّ مُهْدِي الصِّبَا سُحَيْراً

أَغْنَتْهُ عَنْ نَشْرِهَا بِبُرْدِ

And many a guide of youth made drunk -

Their singing made them forget spreading it.

لاَ تَذْكُرُوا لِلنَّسِيمِ سُكْرِي

فَقَدْ أَتَى مُبْشِراً بِوَجْدِي

Do not mention to the breeze my intoxication,

For it came with glad tidings of my fervor.