1. نَزَلنا بِنُعمان الأَراكِ وَلِلنَّدى

    سَقيطٌ بِهِ اِبتَلَّتْ عَلَينا المَطارِفُ

    We camped at Nuʿmān of the arak trees, while the dew

    Fell in drops, wetting the bordered cloaks we wore.

  2. فَبِتُّ أُعاني الوَجدَ وَالرَكبُ نُوَّمٌ

    وَقَد أَخَذَتْ مِنَّا السُّرى وَالتَّنائِفُ

    So I spent the night enduring love’s anguish, while the riders slept,

    Though night journeys and barren wastes had worn us down.

  3. وَأَذكُرُ خَوداً إِن دَعاني عَلى النَّوى

    هَواها أَجابَتهُ الدُّموعُ الذَّوارِفُ

    And I recall a tender maiden: if, despite our separation, I am called

    By love for her, my streaming tears answer it.

  4. لَها في مَحاني ذَلِكَ الشِّعبِ مَنزِلٌ

    لَئِن أَنكَرَتهُ العَينُ فالقَلبُ عارِفُ

    She has a dwelling in the bends of that ravine;

    Even if the eye fails to recognize it, the heart knows it.

  5. وَقَفتُ بِهِ وَالدَّمعُ أَكثَرُهُ دَمٌ

    كَأَنِّيَ مِنْ عَيني بِنَعمانَ راعِفُ

    I stood there, my tears mostly blood,

    As though at Nuʿmān I were bleeding from my eye.