غَزَالُ الحَيِّ مِنْ أَثَلاَتِ نَجْدِ

لِوَجْهِكَ وِجْهَتِي وَهَوَاكَ قَصْدي

The gazelle of the desert from the glades of Najd

To your face my orientation, to your love my goal

وَدَيْنُكَ فِي مُدَاوَمَةِ التَّصَابِي

عَليَّ وَلِي وَفِي قَبْلِي وَعِنْدِي

And your religion in continually drawing nearer

Obligatory on me, and before me, and in my constitution

أَحِنُّ إِذَا تَبَسَّمَتِ النُّعَامَى

مُعَطَّرَةً بِمَسْحَبِ ذَيْلِ هِنْدِ

I yearn when the ostriches smile

Fragrant with the tail of an Indian drape

وَاَصْبُو لِلصِّبَا النَّجْدِي إِذَا مَا

سَرَى ما بَيْنَ بَانَاتٍ وَرَنْدِ

And I pour for the Najdi youth when he travels

Between the sand dunes and soft land

وَمَعْشُوقُ الدَّلاَلِ يَغَارُ مِنْهُ

مِنْ الأَغْصَانِ كُلُّ رَشِيقِ قَدِّ

And the beloved of the guide is envied

By every elegant branch of the gum trees

سَقَتْ أَلْحاظُهُ العُشَّاقُ كَاْسَاً

حَبَاهَا خَالُهُ بِخَتَامِ نَدِّ

His glances gave the lovers a cup

Gifted by his mole with the seal of nobility

فَرَاحُوا فِي مَحَبَّتِهِ نَشَاوَى

لِغَيْرِ نِهَايِةٍ وَلِغَيْرِ حَدِّ

So they savored in his love distracted

With no end and no limit

لِقِبْلَةِ وَجْهِهِ أبَداً صَلاَتِي

وَلَثْمُ الوَرْدِ مِنْ خَدَّيْهِ وِرْدِي

To the kiss of his face always my prayers

And the kissing of roses from his cheeks my want