عوجا عَلى رَبعِ سُعدى كَي نُسائِلَهُ

عوجا فَما بِكُما غَيٌّ وَلا بَعَدُ

Turn aside at Su'ad's abode that we may question her,

Turn aside! Neither of you is to blame nor too remote.

إِنّي إِذا حَلَّ أَهلي مِن دِيارِهِمُ

بَطنَ العَقيقِ وَأَمسَت دارَها بَرَدُ

When my family left their dwellings,

At Buṭn al-'Aqīq, and their abode grew cold,

تَجمَعُنا نِيَّةٌ لا الخِلُّ واصِلَةٌ

سُعدى وَلا دارُنا مِن دارِهِم صَدَدُ

It was a firm intention, not kinship, that gathered us together,

Neither Su'ad nor our dwelling barred them access.