1. يا وَمضة البرقِ من ذات الأثيلاتِ

    صفي لأهَلِ الحمَى وَجدي ولوعاتي

    O flash of lightning from Dhat al-Uthaylat,

    Describe to the people of the protected pasture my longing and my burning sorrows.

  2. ويا نسيم فروعِ البانِ من إضمِ

    هَل ما مَضىَ في الحِمىَ بعدَ النَّوى آتِ

    And O breeze of the moringa branches from Idam,

    Will what passed in the protected pasture return after separation?

  3. كأنَّ فيكَ شذىً من أرضِ كاظمةس

    فَهَل مَرَرت على تلكَ الثَّنيَّاتِ

    It is as though you bear a fragrance from the land of Kazimah;

    So did you pass by those mountain passes,

  4. وَحملَّوكَ رِسالاتٍ فوا أَسفاً

    عَليهِمُ وعلى تِلكَ الرِّسالاتِ

    and did they entrust you with messages? Alas

    for them and for those messages!

  5. عوُجوا وَحيُّوا على الخَلصاءِ دارَهمُ

    علِّي أُعلِّلُ قلبي بالتَّحيَّاتِ

    Turn aside and greet their dwelling at al-Khalsa’,

    Perhaps I may soothe my heart with greetings.

  6. واستخبروا دمنةَ الوادي أَهل خَطرت

    ظُعونُهم بالقُدود السَّمهَرياتِ

    And ask the valley’s campsite traces: did there pass, swaying,

    their women in litters, with figures slender as spears?

  7. فَقد تُجيبكمث الخَرساءُ ناطقَةً

    عَنهُم سريعاً ولكن بالإِشاراتِ

    For the mute one may answer you, speaking

    of them swiftly, but through signs.