أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل أَبيتَنَّ لَيلَةً

أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل أَبيتَنَّ لَيلَةً

وَأَهلي مَعي بِالمَأزِمَينِ حُلولُ

وَأَهلي مَعي بِالمَأزِمَينِ حُلولُ

Ah, would that I knew: shall I ever spend a night

Oh, would that I knew if you will spend a night

With my family beside me, encamped at al-Ma’zimayn?

While my family is with me at al-Muzdalifa

وَهَل أَبصِرَنَّ العيسَ تَنفُخُ في البُرى

وَهَل أَبصِرَنَّ العيسَ تَنفُخُ في البُرى

لَها في مِنى بِالمُحرِمينَ ذَميلُ

لَها في مِنى بِالمُحرِمينَ ذَميلُ

And shall I ever see the pale camels snorting through their nose-rings,

And would that I saw the ibex blowing in the slopes

Moving at an easy trot in Mina, bearing pilgrims in ihram?

It has among the sacred pilgrims a tryst