يَا أُهَيْلَ الحَيِّ مِنْ ذَاكَ الحِمَى

يَا أُهَيْلَ الحَيِّ مِنْ ذَاكَ الحِمَى

أَنْتُمُ المَقْصُودُ مِنْ كُلِّ الوُجُودْ

أَنْتُمُ المَقْصُودُ مِنْ كُلِّ الوُجُودْ

O dear folk of the encampment from that sanctuary,

O people of life from that feverish concern

You are the aim of all existence.

You are the purpose of all existence

ظَبْيُّ أَبْيَاتِكُمُ ذَاكَ الَّذي

ظَبْيُّ أَبْيَاتِكُمُ ذَاكَ الَّذي

لاَ تَسَلْ مَا حَلَّ مِنْهُ بالأُسُودْ

لاَ تَسَلْ مَا حَلَّ مِنْهُ بالأُسُودْ

The gazelle of your tents is the one—

The Gazelle of your verses, that one

ask not what the lions have suffered at his hands.

Do not ask what has befallen it from misfortunes

وَسَقِيمُ الجَفْنِ قَدْ صَحَّ لَهُ

وَسَقِيمُ الجَفْنِ قَدْ صَحَّ لَهُ

سُنَّةُ المَنْعِ وَإِبْطَالُ الوُعُودْ

سُنَّةُ المَنْعِ وَإِبْطَالُ الوُعُودْ

And for the languid-eyed one, firmly established are

And the sick of eyelids has recovered for him

the custom of withholding and the breaking of promises.

The tradition of prevention and nullification of promises