أَمّا الدِيارُ فَقَلَّمالَبَثوا بِها

بَينَ اِستِباقِ العيسِ بِالرُكبانِ

Homes yearned for, yet few returned

As for the dwellings, brief was their tarrying there,

Between race of cavalry and foot traveller

Amidst the racing of white camels against the riders,

وَضَعوا سِياطَ الشَوقِ في أَعناقِها

حَتّى اِطَّلَعنَ بِهِم عَنِ الأَوطانِ

Reins of longing around their necks placed

They laid the whips of longing upon their necks,

Until far from home carried away

Until they bore them far beyond their homelands.