قِفا بنجدٍ نسلِّمْ

على ديارِ سعادِ

Stop at Najd, let us bid farewell

To the abodes of joy;

فَلي دموعٌ تروَّي

بها الطُّلولُ الصَّوادي

For I have tears that I shed

To water its towering heights.

والنَّاجياتُ إِليها

يخِدْنَ مِيلَ الهوادي

The yearning ones sigh for it still,

Inclining the valleys' slopes.

لَها من الشَّوقِ هادٍ

ومِن زَفيرِيَ حادِ

It has a longing that smolders,

A sigh from me ever abides,

وكَم بها مِن ظِباءٍ

حلَّتْ سرارةَ وادي

And many a gazelle grazed there,

That dwelt in valley seclusion,

تَسبي الأُسودَ بنُجْلٍ

كالباتراتِ الحدادِ

Hunting lionesses in packs,

Like ascetics dressed in scrubs,

كأَنَّها مِن فتورٍ

مملوءَةٌ مِن رُقادِ

As if out of enfeeblement

Filled with dormancy.

عارَضتُها إِذ توَلَّتْ

بها الحدوجُ الغوادي

When it was time for them to leave,

The valley ravines cried out.

أَبغي الفؤادَ لديها

فما وجدتُ فؤادي

I wanted my heart close by,

But I could not find my heart.