نَحنُ شِئنا فَلَم يَكُن ما أَرَدنا

وَتَمَّت لِلَّهِ فينا المَشيَّه

What we wished did not happen

And God's will was done in us

وَثُرَيّا النُجومِ تَلقى حِماماً

كَالثُرَيّا في رَهطِها القِرشِيَه

And a flock of doves meets Pleiades

Like the Pleiades among the stars

قَد طَرِبنا إِلى المَهاري تَبارى

بِالأَصاحيبِ غَدوَةً وَعَشِيَّه

We were eager to go to Mahari

With friends morning and evening

مَلَأَتها البَياضَ سُحمٌ مِنَ الدُجنِ

وَبُهمى غَضيضَةٌ حَبَشِيَّه

It filled it with darkness from fires

And Abyssinian gloominess