بَقِيَّةُ قَومٍ آذَنوا بِبَوارِ

وَأَنضاءُ أَسفارٍ كَشَربِ عُقارِ

The remnant of a people who announced ruin

A remnant of a folk who have signaled their own demise,

And the brightness of journeys like the drinking of medicine

Worn gaunt by travel, like those drunk on vintage wine.

نَزَلنا عَلى حُكمِ الرِياحِ بِمَسجِدٍ

عَلَينا لَها ثَوباً حَصىً وَغُبارِ

We descended upon the rule of the winds in a mosque

We halted at the mercy of the winds within a mosque,

Upon us it had a garment of pebbles and dust

Clothed by the gale in a tunic of gravel and dust.

خَليلَيَّ ما هَذا مُناخاً لِمِثلِنا

فَشُدّا عَلَيها وَاِرحَلا بِنَهارِ

My two friends this is not a dwelling for our likes

O my two friends, this is no campsite for our kind,

So pack up and depart by daylight

So saddle the mounts and depart by the light of day.

وَلا تُنكِرا عَصفَ الرِياحِ فَإِنَّها

قِرى كُلِّ ضَيفٍ باتَ عِندَ سِوارِ

And do not deny the blowing of the winds for it

And do not denounce the violent blowing of the storm,

Is the lodging of every guest who spent the night at encampments

For it is the feast of every guest who lodges with Siwar.