فَإِنَّ قَلائِصاً طَوَّحنَ شَهراً

فَإِنَّ قَلائِصاً طَوَّحنَ شَهراً

ضَلالٌ ما رَحَلنَ إِلى ضَلالِ

ضَلالٌ ما رَحَلنَ إِلى ضَلالِ

For young she-camels that wandered far for a month—

So the misers wandered for a month astray;

their journey toward folly was folly.

Misery the journey for the misers' way.

رَحَلتُ إِلَيكَ مِن جَنفاءَ حَتّى

رَحَلتُ إِلَيكَ مِن جَنفاءَ حَتّى

أَنَختُ حِبالَ بَيتِكَ بِالمَطالي

أَنَختُ حِبالَ بَيتِكَ بِالمَطالي

I journeyed to you from Janfāʾ, until

From Jineva I traveled to your abode

I made them kneel by your tent’s ropes at al-Maṭālī.

Until I pitched my tent-ropes on your sands.