1. مَنَعَ النَومَ ذِكرَةٌ

    مِن حَبيبٍ مُفارِقِ

    A remembrance has banished sleep,

    of a beloved who has departed,

  2. نازِحِ الدارِ عَن دِيا

    رِكِ وَالقَلبُ شائِقي

    whose home is far from your dwell—

    —ings; and my heart makes me yearn.

  3. سالِكاتٍ عَنِ البَلا

    طِ سِراعِ النَواهِقِ

    Travelling away from al-Balā—

    —ṭ, with swiftly moving muzzles.

  4. فيهِمُ بَحتَرِيَّةٌ

    مِثلُ عَينِ المُعانِقِ

    Among them is a Baḥtarī,

    like the eye of the muʿāniq hawk.

  5. نَوِّلي أُمَّ خالِدٍ

    قَبلَ بَينِ الصَفائِقِ

    Grant me your favour, Umm Khalid,

    before the sturdy she-camels depart.

  6. إِنَّ قَلبي إِخالُهُ

    عَنكُمُ غَيرَ عائِقِ

    For my heart, I believe,

    does not hold me back from you.