عَلى أَنَّني بَعدَ ما قَد مَضى

ثَلاثونَ لِلهَجرِ حَولاً كَميلا

Although after what has passed

Thirty years of separation seem long

يُذَكِّرُنيكِ حَنينُ العَجولِ

وَنَوحُ الحَمامَةِ تَدعو هَديلا

The yearning of the young camel reminds me of you

And the wailing of the dove calling plaintively

صَبَحتُ بِها القَومَ حَتّى اِمتَسَك

تُ بِالأَرضِ أَعدِلُها أَن تَميلا

I have become with it until I clung

To the earth, the most just of things to lean on