أَقولُ لَها حَيثُ اِنتَهى مَسقَطُ النَقا

نَصَلتِ وَأَيمُ اللَهِ مِن رَملِ مُربِخِ

I say to her when the camel litter's descent ended,

"We have arrived safely, by God, from the shifting sands,

نَجَوتِ عَلى ما فيكِ مِن وِنيَةِ السُرى

وَطَيِّ المَوامي سَربَخاً بَعدَ سَربَخِ

You escaped with your secret intention of journeying by night

And crossing the sand dunes, one after another.

بِحَيثُ الفَتى لَمّا يُجِب دَعوَةَ الفَتى

وَلا يَعطِفُ الأَخُّ الكَريمُ عَلى الأَخِ

To where the young man doesn't answer the call of the young man,

And the generous brother doesn't show sympathy to the brother,

وَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا بَرزَخٌ فَاِقذِفي بِهِ

وَراءَكِ إِنَّ الدارَ مِن بَعدِ بَرزَخِ

Nothing remains but the intervening space, so cast it

Behind you, for the abode is after the intervening space."