رَضيتُ بِرَضوى رَوضَةً وَمُناخا

فَإِنَّ بِهِ مَرعىً وَفيهِ نُفاخا

I was content with the gardens' satisfaction as a dwelling and halt

For in it there is pasture, and in it a resting place

عَسى أَهلُ وُدّي يَسمَعونَ بِخِصبِهِ

فَيَتَّخِذوهُ مَربَعاً وَمُناخا

Maybe the people of my love will hear of its fertility

And take it as a square and a halt

فَإِنَّ لَنا قَلباً بِهِنَّ مُعَلَّقاً

إِذا ما حَدا الحادي بِهِنَّ أَصاخا

For we have a heart attached to them

When the announcer calls to them, shouting

وَإِن هُم تَنادَوا لِلَّرَحيلِ وَفَوَّزوا

سَمِعتَ لَهُ خَلفَ الرِكابِ صُراخا

And if they call each other to depart and hasten

You would hear behind the riders a cry

فَإِن قَصَدوا الزَوراءَ كانَ أَمامَهُم

وَإِن يَمَّموا الجَرعاءَ ثُمَّ أَناخا

So if they head for Al-Zawra, their way is ahead of them

And if they intend Al-Jarfa, then a halt

فَما الطَيرُ إِلّا حَيثُ كانوا وَخَيَّموا

فَإِنَّ لَهُ في حَيِّهِنَّ فِراخا

The birds are only where they camped and settled

For it has in their neighborhood fledglings

تَحارَبَ خَوفٌ لي وَخَوفٌ مِن أَجلِها

وَما واحِدٌ عَن قِرنِهِ يَتَراخا

Fear for me battles fear for their sake

And neither retreats from its mate

إِذا خَطَفَت أَبصارَنا سُبُحاتُها

أَصَمَّ لَها صَوتُ الشَهيقِ صِماخا

When their necklaces snatch our sights

The sound of panting is deafened to their sake