لَولا الَّذي حُمِّلتُ مِن حُبِّكُم

لَكانَ في إِظهارِهِ مَخرَجُ

Had it not been for the love with which you burdened me,

There would have been a way out

أَو مَذهَبٌ في الأَرضِ ذو فُسحَةٍ

أَجَل وَمَن حَجَّت لَهُ مَذحجُ

Or an open space on earth into which I could have fled.

By God, he who finds a way out can run away!

لَكِن سَباني مِنكُمُ شادِنٌ

مُرَبَّبٌ ذو غُنَّةٍ أَدعَجُ

But you have harnessed me with a stubborn camel,

A singing camel with a lovely voice,

أَغَرُّ مَمكورٌ هَضيمُ الحَشى

قَد ضاقَ عَنهُ الحَجلُ والدُملُجُ

A bold camel with a slit nostril, whose mind is made up,

Too bulky for narrow mountain paths and ravines.