1. يَجُرُّ الصِّبا قلبى اذا جَرَتِ الصَّبا

    ويأبى اليها القلبُ الاَّ تقلَبا

    Youth draws my heart whenever the east wind blows,

    and the heart will do nothing but turn toward it.

  2. أيا ليلَ نجدٍ انَّ ليلَ تِهامةٍ

    تنسَّمْ نسيماً منك حتى تَحببَا

    O night of Najd, indeed the night of Tihamah

    has breathed in a breeze from you until it grew dear.

  3. ويا ليلَ نجدٍ زُرْ تِهامةَ علنى

    تضيفُكَ قلباً من هواكَ معذَّبَا

    And O night of Najd, visit Tihamah, that perhaps I

    may host you with a heart tormented by love for you.

  4. أَمن بعد ما كنتُ الغزالةَ طالعاً

    على الناسِ أغشى الأَرضَ شَرقاً ومَغربَا

    Is it after I had been the sun, rising

    above people, traversing the earth eastward and westward,

  5. يرانى القَطا أَهدى له من رياحهِ

    وأَخرق للخَرقِ البعيدِ وأَقربَا

    the sandgrouse finding me a surer guide than its winds,

    and better at crossing the distant wilderness and drawing near—

  6. أَحن الى نجدٍ ونجدٌ قريبةٌ

    أَبى اللهُ الا أنْ اذِلَّ وأَنْصبَا

    that I yearn for Najd, though Najd is near?

    God wills only that I be humbled and weary.