1. إِن جزتَ بأجرع الحِمى يا حادي

    قِف وَقفَةَ مغرمٍ بِأَهلِ النادي

    If you pass by water skins, O camel driver

    Stop for a while, like one passionately fond of his people

  2. واِذكُر ظمأي لَدى نِطاف الوادي

    تَنقع بجُرَيعَةٍ غَليلَ الصادي

    And recall my thirst by the banks of the valley

    Quenched by a drink that soothes the burning thirst