1. صب ونى ليل الرحيل ونَامَه

    هتفَت به الأشواق حين ونَى مَه

    A lovesick man grew weary on the night of departure and slept through it.

    Longings cried out to him as he faltered: "Enough!"

  2. ماذا التواني والركايب في السرى

    قُدّام حاديها العقيقُ ورامه

    Why this delay, while the mounts travel by night?

    Al-ʿAqīq and Rāmah lie ahead of their camel-driver.

  3. ما عاقه التقصير إلا شاقه

    برق تألّق بالأبيرق شامه

    Whenever slackness held him back, his longing was stirred

    by lightning he saw flashing at al-Ubayriq.

  4. قد ظلّ في شمس الهواجر سائراً

    شوقاً لبدر ظللته غمامه

    He kept traveling beneath the midday sun,

    yearning for a full moon shaded by a cloud.

  5. الحامدُ الحامي نزيل جنابه

    أوفى وأكفى مَن يصون ذمامه

    The praiser, protector of the guest at his side,

    the most faithful and capable of those who keep their pledges.

  6. نبعت عيون الماء من راحاته

    وبكفه أبدى الجماد كلامه

    Springs of water gushed from his palms,

    and in his palm, lifeless matter revealed its speech.

  7. والبدر شُقّ لأجله وكذا سعت

    شجر الفلا حُبّاً له وكرامه

    And the full moon was split for his sake, and likewise hastened

    the trees of the wilderness, out of love and reverence for him.

  8. فعليه والآل الكرام وصحبه

    وإلى إله الأرض صلاته وسلامه

    So upon him, his noble family, and his companions,

    and to the God of the earth, his prayers and peace.