وَلَيلٍ بَهيمٍ كُلَّما قُلتُ غَوَّرَت

وَلَيلٍ بَهيمٍ كُلَّما قُلتُ غَوَّرَت

كَواكِبُهُ عادَت فَما تَتَزَيَّلُ

كَواكِبُهُ عادَت فَما تَتَزَيَّلُ

And a pitch-black night—whenever I said, “They have set,”

And a gloomy night whenever I say it darkens

its stars returned and would not disappear.

Its stars go back so they do not disappear

بِها الرَكبُ أَيما يَمَّمَ الرَكبُ يَمَّموا

بِها الرَكبُ أَيما يَمَّمَ الرَكبُ يَمَّموا

وَإِن لَم تَلُح فَالقَومُ بِالسَيرِ جُهَّلُ

وَإِن لَم تَلُح فَالقَومُ بِالسَيرِ جُهَّلُ

By them the riders are guided; wherever the riders head, they head.

The caravan wherever the people intend the caravan intends

And if they do not appear, the people do not know how to travel.

And if you do not join the people are ignorant of the journey