أَمِن أُمِّ عَمروٍ بِالخَريقِ دِيارُ

نَعَم دارِساتٌ قَد عَفَونَ قِفارُ

Is it from Umm Amr's abode in Al-Kharaiq the homes

Yes, homes long abandoned whose traces time outwore

وَأُخرى بِذي المَشروحِ مِن بَطنِ بِيشَةٍ

بِها لِمَطافيلِ النِّهاجِ صِوارُ

Another in Dhi Al-Mashrooḥ from the belly of Bishah

Where barking dogs startle the quiet no more

تَرَاها وَقَد خَفَّ الأَنيسُ كَأَنَّها

بِمُندَفِعِ الخُرطومَتينِ إِزارُ

You see it, though the friend has gone, as if

With its two protruding proboscises, a robe it wore

فَأَقسَمتُ لا أَنساكِ ما عِشتُ لَيلَةً

وَإِن شاحَطَت دارٌ وَشَطَّ مَزارُ

So I swore I'll not forget you as long as I live a night

Though homes crumble and tombs decay evermore

أُحِبُّكِ ما دامَت بِنَجدٍ وَشيجَةٌ

وَما ثَبَتَت أُبلى بِهِ وَتِعارُ

I love you as long as Nejd and Shayjah stand

As long as the camel's saddle its seat does score

وَما اِستنَّ رَقراقُ السَرابِ وَما جَرَت

مِنَ الوَحشِ عَصماءُ اليَدينِ نَوارُ

As long as the desert's mirage flows and as long as

The wild deer's wrists unbound by rope run before

وَما سالَ وادٍ مِن تِهامَةَ طيبٌ

بِهِ قُلبٌ عادِيَّةٌ وَكِرارُ

And as long as the clouds rain goodness on Tihamah

Gladdening hearts nomadic and settled folklore

سَقاها مِنَ الجوزاءِ وَالدَّلوِ خِلَفَةً

مَباكيرُ لَم يُندِب بِهِنَّ صِرارُ

Sakah gave them from Al-Jawzah and the bucket left behind

Maidens pure their beauty no elegy to deplore

بِدُرَّةِ أَبكارٍ مِنَ المُزنِ ما لَها

إِذا ما اِستَهلَّت بِالنِجادِ غَوارُ

With pearls of chaste virgins from Muzain they have

When dusk descends, dust their raiment does pour

وَفيها عَلى أَنَّ الفُؤادَ يُحِبُّها

صُدودٌ إِذا لاقَيتُها وَذِرارُ

In them, though the heart loves them, are breasts

When met by them, my reason and senses no more

وَإِنّي لَآتيكُم عَلى كَلِمِ العِدا

وَأَمشي وَفي المَمشى إِلَيكِ مُشارُ

I come to you true to my vow to your abode I walk

While my steps to where you dwell lead me evermore