1. أَلا أَيُّها البَرقُ الَّذي ظَلّ يَرتَقِي

    وَيَجلثو دُجى الظَلماءِ أَذكرتَني نَجدا

    Ah, O lightning that kept rising

    and dispelling the dark night's gloom, you have reminded me of Najd.

  2. أَلَم تَرَ أَنّ اللَيلَ يَقصُر طُولُه

    بِنَجدٍ وَتَزدادُ الرِياحُ بِها بَردا

    Have you not seen that the night grows shorter

    in Najd, and the winds there grow colder?

  3. وَيا أَيُها البَرقُ الَّذي لاحَ مِن هُنا

    لَقَد هِجتَ لي شَوقاً وَحمّلتَني جَهدا

    And O lightning that flashed from here,

    you have indeed stirred longing in me and burdened me with hardship.

  4. وَيا أَيُّها البَرقُ الَّذي طالَ عَهدُه

    عَلَيّ لَقَد أَضرَمتَ في كبِدِي وَجدا

    And O lightning, whose absence has been long

    for me, you have indeed kindled yearning in my liver.