تَراءَت لِمَطوِىِّ الضُّلوعِ عَلى الهَوى

لَدى السَرحَةِ المِحلالِ أُختُ بَني كَعبِ

The ruins called to the chest pained with passion

At the pure gathering, sister of Bani Kaab

فَقَد نَكأَتْ قَرحاً رَجَوتُ اندِمالَهُ

بِقَرحٍ فَزِيدَ القَلبُ كَرباً عَلى كَربِ

It opened a wound whose closure I hoped for

With a wound that increased the heart's sorrows upon sorrows

وَأَبكى هُذَيماً أَرقأَ اللَهُ دَمعَهُ

أَنينيَ حَتىّ أَيقَظَتْ أَنَّتي صَحبي

It made Hudhaymah weep, God made his tears flow

Moaning until my companion woke me

وَقَبضيِ بِكِلْتا راحَتَيَّ عَلى الحَشَى

وَرَمي بإِحدى مُقلَتَيَّ إِلى الرَّكبِ

I held my palms over my breast

And threw one of my eyelids towards the riding camels

وَلَم يَكُ لي غَيرَ العُلَيميِّ مُسعِدٌ

أَلا لا رأى ما يُضرِعُ الخَدَّ مِن خَطبِ

None consoled me but my she-camel, my mount

Oh! Who can see what humbles the cheek out of distress?

فَدونَكِ يا ظَمياءُ مِنّي جَوانِحاً

سَيَحمِلُها وَجدي عَلى مَركَبٍ صَعبِ

So receive from me, O Ghumayya, my fluttering soul

My passion will carry it on the difficult ship

جَرَت عَبرَتي وَالقَلبُ غَصَّ بِهَمِّهِ

فَعِقدُكِ مِن دَمعي وَقُلبُكِ مِن قَلبي

My tears flowed and my heart crammed with worries

Your necklace is from my tears and your heart from my heart

لِيَهنِكِ أَنّي لا أَزالُ عَلى أَسى

وَأَنّيَ لا أَلقاكِ إِلّا عَلى عَتبِ

To delight you that I still suffer sorrow

And that I only find you after crossing tribulations

أَحِنُّ إِلى مَيثاءَ حاليَةَ الثَّرَى

وَأَصبو إِلى وَعساءَ طَيِّبَةِ التُّربِ

I yearn for Maytha, and the place of dust

And I look towards Wa'asa, the land of good soil

وَأَصحَبُ مِن جَرّاكِ مَن سَكَنِ الفَلا

وَأَشرَقُ مِن ذِكراكِ بالباردِ العَذبِ

I befriend those who inhabited the empty wilderness

And gleam from your memory in the coolness of spring