أقولُ لهُ وأنضاءُ المِهارِ

طلائحُ قد ونينَ من السِّفَارِ

I say to him while the stars of Al-Muhar

Shine like the lamps of travelers

تعزَّ أخا العُرَيْبِ فما بنجدٍ

لنا أخرى الليالي من قَرارِ

Console, O brother of Arabia, for we have in Nejd

No other nights of rest

أتطمعُ في شَميمِ عَرارِ نجدٍ

وهل بعدَ العشيّةِ من عَرارِ

Do I aspire to the fragrance of Nejd’s air

Is there any fragrance after evening?

ستطْلُبُ منهُمُ داراً بدارٍ

وترضى دونَهم جاراً بجار

I will ask them for a house for a house

And accept less than them a neighbor for a neighbor

وما فارقتُهمْ طوعاً ولكنْ

قضاءٌ ما ملكتُ لهُ اختياري

And I did not leave them willingly but

A decree I had no choice

همومٌ قد مُنِيتُ بها طِوالٌ

لأيام مَضَيْنَ به قِصارِ

Sorrows with which I have been afflicted for long

For days that have passed quickly