1. أَلا هَلْ إِلَى حَوْمانَةٍ ذاتِ عَرْفَجٍ

    وَوادِي سُبَيْعٍ يا عَلِيلُ سَبِيلُ

    Ah, is there a way to a plain covered in arfaj shrubs,

    And the valley of Subayʿ, O ailing one,

  2. وَدُوِّيَّةٍ قَفْرٍ كَأَنَّ بِها الْقَطا

    بِرِيٍّ لَها فَوْقَ الْحِدابِ يَجُولُ

    And a barren wilderness, where the sandgrouse seem

    To roam above the hillocks with their thirst quenched?