1. لَقَد طُفتُ سَبعاً قُلتُ لَمّا قَضَيتُها

    أَلا لَيتَ هَذا لا عَلَيَّ وَلا لِيا

    Indeed, I made seven circuits; when I had completed them, I said:

    “Ah, would that this counted neither against me nor for me!”

  2. يُسائِلُني صَحبي فَما أَعقَلُ الَّذي

    يَقولونَ مِن ذِكرٍ لِلَيلى اِعتَرانِيا

    My companions question me, but I cannot understand what

    they say, for remembrance of Layla has seized me.

  3. إِذا جِئتَ بابَ الشِعبِ شِعبَ اِبنِ عامِرٍ

    فَأَقرِ غَزالَ الشِعبِ مِنّي سَلامِيا

    When you reach the ravine’s entrance—the ravine of Ibn Amir—

    then give the ravine’s gazelle my greeting.

  4. وَقُل لِغَزالِ الشِعبِ هَل أَنتَ نازِلٌ

    بِشِعبِكَ أَم هَل يُصبِحِ القَلبُ ثاوِيا

    And say to the ravine’s gazelle: “Are you staying

    in your ravine, or will the heart lie dead?”

  5. لَقَد زادَني الحُجّاجُ شَوقاً إِلَيكُمُ

    وَقَد كُنتُ قَبلَ اليَومِ لِلحَجِّ قالِيا

    The pilgrims have indeed increased my longing for you,

    though before today I had loathed the pilgrimage.

  6. وَما نَظَرَت عَيني إِلى وَجهِ قادِمٍ

    مِنَ الحَجِّ إِلّا بَلَّ دَمعي رِدائِيا

    And never has my eye looked upon the face of one returning

    from the pilgrimage without my tears drenching my cloak.