أَمِن أَجلِ خَيماتٍ عَلى مَدرَجِ الصَبا

أَمِن أَجلِ خَيماتٍ عَلى مَدرَجِ الصَبا

بِجَرعاءَ تَعفوها الصَبا وَالجَنائِبُ

بِجَرعاءَ تَعفوها الصَبا وَالجَنائِبُ

Is it because of tents along the east wind’s course,

Is it for the sake of tents along the east wind’s path,

on a sandy tract, effaced by the east wind and winds from every quarter?

at Jarʿāʾ, effaced by the east wind and the south winds?

أَلا قاتَلَ اللَهُ الرَكائِبَ إِنَّما

أَلا قاتَلَ اللَهُ الرَكائِبَ إِنَّما

تُفَرِّقُ بَينَ العاشِقينَ الرَكائِبُ

تُفَرِّقُ بَينَ العاشِقينَ الرَكائِبُ

Ah, may God strike down the mounts! For it is only

Ah, may God curse the riding camels! It is only

the mounts that part the two lovers.

the riding camels that part lovers.

بَكَرنَ بُكوراً وَاِجتَمَعنَ لِمَوعِدٍ

بَكَرنَ بُكوراً وَاِجتَمَعنَ لِمَوعِدٍ

وَسارَ بِقَلبي بَينَهُنَّ النَجائِبُ

وَسارَ بِقَلبي بَينَهُنَّ النَجائِبُ

They set out at earliest dawn and gathered for an appointed time;

They set out early and gathered for an appointed meeting,

and they journeyed off with my heart—among them, the noble she-camels.

and among them the highbred camels carried my heart away.