إِنَّ الخَليطَ تَصَدَّعوا أَمسِ

وَتَصَدَّعَت لِفِراقِهِم نَفسي

Yesterday the companions parted

And my soul cracked at their leaving

وَوَجَدتُ وَجداً كانَ أَهوَنُهُ

كَأَشَدِّ وَجدِ الجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ

I was seized by a grief, the least of which

Would vex Jinn and mankind exceedingly

وَتَشَتُّتَ الأَهواءِ يَخلِجُني

نَحوَ العِراقِ وَمَطلَعِ الشَمسِ

Yearnings disquiet me northwards

Toward Iraq and the rising sun

وَهُناكَ فَأتوني بِخَرعَبَةٍ

غَرّاءَ آنِسَةٍ مِنَ اللُعسِ

And there they brought me a lively

Young she-camel, spirited and smooth

ما كانَ مِن سَقَمٍ فَكانَ بِنا

وَبِها السَلامُ وَصِحَّةُ النَفسِ

Whatever malady there was, was in us

While she was health and peace to the soul

وَتَبيتُ عُوّادي وَقَد يَئِسوا

مِنّي وَأَصبِحُ مِثلَ ما أُمسي

She spends the night tending me while they

Despaired of me, and I wake as I slept