وَرَدَتْ نِياقُ الحَيِّ منهَلَ رامَةٍ

وَرَدَتْ نِياقُ الحَيِّ منهَلَ رامَةٍ

وبَقيتُ من بُعْدي لها ظَمْآنا

وبَقيتُ من بُعْدي لها ظَمْآنا

The tribe’s she-camels reached Rāmah’s watering place.

The camels of the living tribe came to Rama's water spring

And because I was far away, I remained thirsty for it.

And I remained thirsty for it after they had gone

قدْ ردَّني عنها الرِّياضَةُ بالسِّوى

قدْ ردَّني عنها الرِّياضَةُ بالسِّوى

كَسَلاً فيا لَيْتَ السِّوى لا كانَا

كَسَلاً فيا لَيْتَ السِّوى لا كانَا

Spiritual discipline with all else has turned me away from it,

Exercise in moderation turned me away from it

through sloth—so, oh, would that all else had never existed!

Alas, would that moderation had never been!

يا مَنْ لَكُمْ حَصَلَ القَبولُ خُذوا لَنا

يا مَنْ لَكُمْ حَصَلَ القَبولُ خُذوا لَنا

من صَدِّ أَمْلاكِ الحَطيمِ أَمانَا

من صَدِّ أَمْلاكِ الحَطيمِ أَمانَا

O you who have gained acceptance, obtain for us

O you who have gained acceptance, grant us

protection from the rebuff of the angels of the Ḥaṭīm.

Safety from the rejection of the Destructor's kingdom