أَهاجَكَ رَبعٌ عَفا مُخلِقُ

نَعَم فَفُؤادُكَ مثستَغلِقُ

A breeze stirred up a quarter that was gentle and benign

Yes, so your heart is tightly shut

لِذِكرِكَ مَن قَد نَأَت دارُهُ

وَقَلبُكَ في إِثرِهِ مُوثَقُ

For the one who's home is far away, you recall

And your heart is tied to their remembrance

يُذَكِّرُني الدَهرَ ما قَد مَضى

مِنَ العَيشِ فَالعَينُ تَغرَورِقُ

Time reminds me of times gone by

Of a life once lived, and so tears well up in my eyes

لَياليَ أَهلي وَأَهلُ الَّتي

دُمُوعي لِذِكرَتِها تَسبِقُ

Nights with my family and with her family

My tears precede in remembrance of them

خَلِيطانِ مَحضَرُنا وَاحِدٌ

وَحَبلُ المَوَدَّةِ لا يَخلُقُ

Our dwelling place is one and the same

And the rope of affection does not wear out

لَنا وَلهندٍ بِبَطنِ العَقي

قِ مُبدىً وَمَنزِلُهُ مُونِقُ

For us and for Hind is the place at the ridge of Al-'Aqiq

An abode and dwelling serene

فَإِن يَكُ ذاكَ الزَمانُ اِنقَضى

وَحَبلُكَ مِن حَبلِها مُطلَقُ

If that time has passed away

And your rope from hers comes untied

فَقَد عِشتُ فِيما مَضى خِدنَها

لَيالي الوِصالُ بِها يَعنقُ

Then I have lived, in times gone by, her intimacy

Nights of union with her I embrace