1. رَكبٌ تَساقَوا عَلى الأَكوارِ بَينَهُمُ

    كَأسَ الكَرى فَاِنتَشى المَسقِيُّ وَالساقي

    A band of riders passed among themselves, upon camel saddles,

    the cup of slumber, till drinker and cupbearer grew drunk.

  2. كَأَنَّ أَرؤُسَهُم وَالنَومُ واضِعُها

    عَلى المَناكِبِ لَم توصَل بِأَعناقِ

    As though their heads, with sleep laying them

    upon their shoulders, were not joined by necks.

  3. خاضوا إِلَيكُم بِحارَ اللَيلِ آوِنَةً

    حَتّى أَناخوا إِلَيكُم فَلَّ أَشواقِ

    They waded toward you through seas of night, time after time,

    till they alighted beside you, a remnant routed by longing,

  4. مِن كُلِّ جائِلَةِ النِسعَينِ ضامِرَةٍ

    مُشتاقَةٍ حَمَلَت عِبءً لِمُشتاقِ

    from each lean she-camel whose two girths shifted loosely,

    yearning herself, bearing a burden for one who yearned.

  5. وَالحُسنُ مِنكِ يَطوفُ العاشِقونَ بِهِ

    فَأَنتِ مَوسِمُ رُوّادٍ وَعُشّاقِ

    And lovers circle around the beauty that comes from you;

    so you are the pilgrimage gathering of seekers and lovers.