1. لَقَد عَرَضَت لي بِالمُحَصَّبِ مِن مِنىً

    مَعَ الحَجِّ شَمسٌ سُتِّرَت بِيَمانِ

    Indeed, at al-Muhassab in Mina there appeared to me

    during the pilgrimage, a sun veiled in Yemeni cloth.

  2. بَدا لِيَ مِنها مِعصَمٌ يَومَ جَمَّرَت

    وَكَفٌّ خَضيبٌ زُيِّنَت بِبَنانِ

    Her wrist appeared to me the day she cast the ritual pebbles,

    and a henna-dyed hand, adorned with fingers.

  3. فَلَمّا اِلتَقَينا بِالثَنِيَّةِ سَلَّمَت

    وَنازَعَني البَغلُ اللَعينُ عِناني

    So when we met at al-Thaniyyah Pass, she greeted me,

    and the accursed mule wrestled with me for my reins.

  4. فَوَاللَهِ ما أَدري وَإِنّي لَحاسِبٌ

    بِسَبعٍ رَمَيتُ الجَمرَ أَم بِثَمانِ

    So, by God, I do not know—though I was keeping count—

    whether I stoned the jamrahs with seven pebbles or eight.

  5. فَقُلتُ لَها عوجي فَقَد كانَ مَنزِلي

    خَصيبٌ لَكُم ناءٍ عَنِ الحَدَثانِ

    So I said to her, 'Turn aside, for my dwelling was

    bountiful for you, far from the blows of fate.'

  6. فَعُجنا فَعاجَت ساعَةً وَتَكَلَّمَت

    فَظَلَّت لَها العَينانِ تَبتَدِرانِ

    So we turned aside; she lingered a while and spoke,

    and her two eyes kept vying to shed tears.