1. سِرْ عَن بلادِهِمُ فقد سَئِمَتْ بها

    عيسي مُحُولَ مُعرَّسي ومُناخي

    Leave their lands, for there have grown weary

    my pale camels of the barrenness of my resting place and encampment.

  2. ودَعِ الأماني إنّها غَرّارةٌ

    ووعودُها للطّامعينَ أَواخي

    And abandon hopes: they are deceitful,

    and their promises are tethers for the covetous.

  3. ما عِندَها للوارِدين سَرَابَها

    غيرُ المِطالِ بمَوعِدٍ مُتراخي

    They have nothing for those who seek water at their mirage

    but stalling with a promise long deferred.