1. لقد ظنّوا الهوى في أهل نجدٍ

    وماعلموا لأيهم اشتياقي

    Indeed, they thought my love lay among the people of Najd,

    but did not know for which of them I long.

  2. أقول هواي نجديٌّ وإنّي

    أموت جوًى إذا ذُكرَ العراقي !

    I say my love is Najdi, yet I

    die of longing when the Iraqi is mentioned!