1. يَا أَهْلَ نَجْدٍ على هَوَائِي

    سَدَدْتُمُ سَائِرَ الجِهَاتِ

    O people of Najd, to the air I breathe

    you have closed off every direction.

  2. وَاعَجباً تَرْتَضُونَ قَتْلِي

    وَأَنْتُمْ في الهَوَى حَياتِي

    Oh, how strange that you consent to my killing,

    while you, in love, are my life.