أَمَرتُكَ يارِياحُ بِأَمرِ حَزمٍ

فَقُلتَ هَشيمَةٌ مِن أَهلِ نَجدِ

I commanded you, O winds, with a decisive command

So you said, "We are but fragments from the people of Najd"

وَقُلتُ لَهُ تَحَفَّظ مِن قُرَيشٍ

وَرَقِّع كُلَّ حاشِيَةٍ وَبُردِ

And I said to it, "Be wary of Quraysh

And mend every tear and cloak"

وَقُلتُ لَهُ تَحَرَّز مِن رِجالٍ

عَلى مَحبوكَةِ الأَصلابِ جُردُ

And I said to it, "Be wary of men

Whose innate dispositions are bare"

وَوَجداً ما وَجَدتُ عَلى رِياحٍ

وَما أَغنَيتُ شَيئاً غَيرَ وَجدي

By God, I have never found any good in winds

Nor have I accomplished anything except my passion