لَعَمرُكَ لا أَنسى غَداةَ المُحَصِّبِ

إِشارَةَ سَلمى بِالبَنانِ المُخَضَّبِ

By your life! I shall not forget that morning of parting

Salma's sign with fingers dyed red

وَقَد صَدَرَ الحُجّاجُ إِلّا أَقَلَّهُم

مَصادِرَ شَتّى مَوكِباً بَعدَ مَوكِبِ

And the pilgrims had set out, all save a few

In scattered groups, procession after procession