أَنَختُ جَديلاً عِندَ بَثنَةَ لَيلَةً

وَيَوماً أَطالَ اللَهُ رَغمَ جَديلِ

I pitched my tent at Buthna for a night

And a day Allah prolonged despite my tent

أَلَيسَ مُناخُ النِضوِ يَوماً وَلَيلَةً

لِبَثنَةَ فيما بَينَنا بِقَليلِ

Is not the stopping place of comfort a day and a night

For Buthna amidst the two of us a little while?

بُثَينَ سَليني بَعضَ مالي فَإِنَّما

يُبَيِّنُ عِندَ المالِ كُلُّ بَخيلِ

O Buthaina ask me for some of my money, for

Only the miserly is made evident by money

وَإِنّي وَتَكراري الزِيارَةَ نَحوَكُم

لَبَينَ يَدَي هَجرٍ بُثَينَ طَويلِ

And my repeating the visit towards you

Is clearly before a long separation, O Buthaina

فَيا لَيتَ شِعري هَل تَقولينَ بَعدَنا

إِذا نَحنُ أَزمَعنا غَداً لِرَحيلِ

So would that I knew, will you say after us

When we intend tomorrow for departure:

أَلا لَيتَ أَيّاماً مَضينَ رَواجِعٌ

وَلَيتَ النَوى قَد ساعَدَت بِجَميلِ

“Oh would that bygone days might return

And would that vows had been helpful”