سَأَرحَلُ عَنكُم لا جَواداً بِعَبرَةٍ

وَأُصبِحُ عَنكُم سالِياً فارِغَ الذِكرِ

I will leave you with no farewell or tears

And forget you as though you never existed

وَأَركَبُ ظَهرَ الأَرضِ أَو بَطنَ لُجَّةٍ

مُهَملَجَةٍ لَتَشتَكي خَبَبَ السَفرِ

I will ride the back of the earth or the belly of the sea

Complaining of the hardship of travel

إِذا اِضطَرَبَت تَحتَ الرِياحِ رَأَيتَها

كَأَحشاءِ مَنحوتِ الفُؤادِ مِنَ الذُعرِ

When stirred by the winds you will see it

Like the quaking entrails of one in terror

يُريكَ بِعَذبِ الماءِ صَفوَ تُرابِها

وَيُعطيكَ سُرَّ الأَرضِ وَالأَرضُ لا تَدري

It will show you the purity of its soil in fresh water

And reveal the secret of the earth, unknown to the earth itself