تَذَكَّرتُ أَينَ الجابِرونَ قَناتَنا

فَقُلتُ بَني عَمّي أَبانَ اِبنِ دارِمِ

I remembered where the rainmakers built our dam

So I said, my cousin, son of Darim's house

رَمَوا لِيَ رَحلي إِذ أَنَختُ إِلَيهِمُ

بِعُجمِ الأَوابي وَاللِقاحِ الرَوائِمِ

They pitched my saddlebags when I leaned toward them

With foreign camels and active she-camels too

لَهُم عَدَدٌ في قَومِهِم شافِعُ الحَصى

وَدَثرٌ مِنَ الأَنعامِ غَيرُ الأَصارِمِ

For them a number among their people, asking for justice

And a cloak of livestock, not barren

تَجاوَزتُ أَقواماً إِلَيكُم وَإِنَّهُم

لَيَدعونَني فَاِختَرتُكُم لِلعَظائِمِ

I passed by other tribes, though they

Summoned me, but I chose you for great deeds

وَكُنتُم أُناساً كانَ يُشفى بِمالِكُم

وَأَحلامِكُم صَدعُ الثَأى المُتَفاقِمِ

You were people whose wealth and dreams could heal

The widening agony of separation

وَإِنَّ مُناخي فيكُمُ سَوفَ يَلتَقي

بِهِ الرَكبُ مِن نَجدٍ وَأَهلُ المَواسِمِ

My resting place with you will meet

Caravans from Najd and pilgrims too

وَأَينَ مُناخي بَعدَكُم إِن نَبَوتُمُ

عَلَيَّ وَهَل تَنبو صُدورُ الصَوارِمِ

But where is my resting place after you, if you abandon me

Can the breasts of warriors abandon at all?