خليليَّ سيرا بارَكَ اللَّهُ فيكُما

فقد شاقَنِي مِن أرضِ عُذرَةَ ريمُ

My companions, journey on and may Allah bless you both

The land of Udhra's Rim has wearied me

بَهيرُ الخُطا لا يكلِّمُ الأَرضَ وطْؤُهُ

وما حازَهُ منهُ الوِشاحُ هضيمُ

A mounted scout cannot speak to the land his feet tread

Nor benefit from the mantle that shrouds him

يَنوشُ بواديها الأَراكَ وَعِندَهُ

مناهِلُ تُرعي أَهلَها وَتُسيمُ

It waters the wild deer in its valleys

With springs that sustain its people and cool them

فَما لَكُما مُستشرفينِ لمائِها

تُذادانِ عنهُ والرَّكائبُ هِيمُ

Why do you both shun its waters

And shy from them while the riding camels wander freely?

أَلَم تَعلَما أَنَّ السَّماحَة في الوَرى

وَبُخلَهُمُ لا اغتالَ عِرضيَ خِيمُ

Do you not know that magnanimity on earth

And their meanness did not rob me of my honored abode

أَحِنُّ إِليهِ حَنَّةً لَم يَجُد بِها

لِخلٍّ وذي قُربَى أَخٌ وَحَميمُ

I yearn for it with a yearning none has found

For a friend, a kinsman, a brother or an intimate

وَأَرثي لِمَن يَشكو الهوى فكأَنَّهُ

بِهِ غَرَضٌ للعاذلينَ رَجيمُ

And I grieve for one who complains of love so it seems

He has fallen prey to those who hurl reproaches

وَما لي أُكنِّي عَن سُعادَ بِغَيرِها

وَبي كمَدٌ بينَ الضُّلوعِ مُقيمُ

Why should I hide my love for Sauda through any but her

While my innermost being harbors an abiding anguish

تُصافِحُ جَفني عَبرَةٌ بعدَ عَبرَةٍ

إِذا ما سَرى بَرقٌ وهَبَّ نَسيمُ

Tear follows tear wetting my eyelids

When lightning flashes and a breeze stirs

فَشَوقي لَئيمٌ والدُّموعُ كَريمَةٌ

ووجدي سَفيهٌ والعَزاءُ حَليمُ

So my passion is base but tears noble

And my love foolish but solace is wise