قِف بالكَثيب

وقل لمن طال عتبه

Stand by the sand dune

And say to those with lingering regrets

عذب الشَنيب

خدن الرَشا وتِربه

With sweet yearning

Cheeks red as myrrh berries

صل يا رَبيب

صبّاً ملكتَ قَلبَه

Pray, my beloved

Whose heart you have conquered

واِسمع عجيب

مقال من زاد كربَه

And hear the wondrous

Words of one burdened by sorrow

ما أَحلى الحبيب

إذا تلافى صبَّه

How sweet is my love

When his passion is reconciled

كَم ذا الجَفا

والهجر يا مفدّى

Such coldness

And estrangement, my redeemer

أَما كَفى

ما هدَّ جسمي هدّا

Has it not been enough

That wasted my body so

إِنَّ الوفا

بالمستهام أَجدى

Surely faithfulness

With the submissive is best

فاِسمح بطبيب

وصلك ولا تبخل به

So allow your healer

To reunite you and do not begrudge him

ما أَحلى الحبيب

إذا تلافى صبَّه

How sweet is my love

When his passion is reconciled

نومي غِرار

من يوم ذقت صدَّك

My sleep is deceptive

Since the day I tasted your rejection

والدَمعُ جار

على الخدود بعدك

And tears flow

Down my cheeks after you

فأدن المزار

لا ذقت مُرَّ فقدك

So come closer to me

Lest I taste the bitter sting of your loss

إنَّ الكئيب

قد كادَ يقضي نحبَه

For the gloomy one

Is near to being done with his sorrows

ما أَحلى الحبيب

إذا تلافى صبَّه

How sweet is my love

When his passion is reconciled

أَنتَ المنى

وأَنتَ غايةُ قصدي

You are my purpose

And my intended destination

ما المنحنى

وما منازِلُ نجدِ

What curve or bend

In the roads of al-Najd?

فاِشفِ الضَنى

وداوِ سقمَ وجدي

So heal my agony

And cure my lovesick heart

وصلك طَبيب

دائي وأنتَ طبَّه

And allow your healer

To remedy me for you are the cure

ما أَحلى الحبيب

إذا تلافى صبَّه

How sweet is my love

When his passion is reconciled