1. وركبٍ تَساقَوْا كؤوسَ الكرى

    وقد طلب النومَ طولُ السرى

    And a band of riders passed round cups of slumber,

    For the long night journey had called for sleep.

  2. يؤمُّون نجداً فيا نجدُ بشرى

    سيغبطُ منكَ الثريَّا الثرى

    They make for Najd—so rejoice, O Najd!

    The Pleiades will envy your soil.

  3. وقفتُ بواديهمُ لا أرى

    كواعبَه البيضَ فيما أرى

    And I stood in their valley, not seeing

    Its fair, full-breasted maidens among all I saw.

  4. أسائلُهُ أين أُدْمَ الصريمِ

    وأَنْشُدُهُ أَيْنَ أُسْدُ الشرى

    I ask it: where are the white gazelles of the sands?

    And I ask it: where are the lions of al-Shara?

  5. فلو كنتَ تُبصرني عنده

    ذكرتَ جميلاً بوادي القرى

    So, had you seen me beside it,

    You would have recalled Jamil in Wadi al-Qura.