أَرائِحَةٌ حُجّاجُ عُذرَةَ وِجهَةً

وَلَمّا يَرُح في القَومِ جَعدُ بنُ مِهجَعِ

The pilgrims are a fragrant breeze, their goal to plead excuse,

And whenever the slender one sways among the people, Ja'ad ibn Mihjan sways.

خَليلانِ نَشكو ما نُلاقي مِنَ الهَوى

مَتى ما يَقُل أَسمَع وَإِن قُلتُ يَسمَعِ

O intimate friends, we complain of what we suffer from love,

Whenever he speaks I listen, and if I speak he listens.

أَلا لَيتَ شِعري أَيُّ شَيءٍ أَصابَهُ

فَلي زَفَراتٌ هِجنَ ما بَينَ أَضلُعي

Oh, would that I knew what has befallen him,

For I have groaning sighs suppressed within my ribs.

فَلا يُبعِدَنكَ اللَهُ خِلّاً فَإِنَّني

سَأَلقى كَما لاقيتَ في كُلِّ مَصرَعِ

So may God not distance you, my intimate friend,

For I will encounter what you encountered at every fateful moment.