1. طالَ لَيلي وَاِعتادَني أَطرابي

    وَتَذَكَّرتُ باطِلي في شَبابي

    My night has grown long, and my restless yearnings have returned.

    And I recalled my follies in my youth.

  2. وَتَذَكَّرتُ مِن رُقَيَّةَ ذِكراً

    قَد مَضى دارِساً عَلى الأَحقابِ

    And I recalled a memory of Ruqayya,

    Long past, faded by the passing ages.

  3. إِنَّ وَجدي بِقُربِكُم أُمَّ عَمروٍ

    مِثلُ وَجدِ الصَدي بِبَردِ الشَرابِ

    Indeed, my yearning to be near you, Umm Amr,

    Is like a thirsty man's yearning for a cool drink.

  4. سَلَّمَ اللَهُ أَلفَ ضِعفٍ عَلَيكُم

    مِثلَ ما قُلتُمُ لَنا في الكِتابِ

    May God send you peace a thousandfold,

    Like that you wished us in the letter—

  5. عَدَدَ التُربِ وَالحِجارَةِ وَالنَق

    بِ مِنَ الأَرضِ سَهلِها وَالظِرابِ

    As many as the grains of dust, the stones, and the mountain passes

    Of the earth—its plains and low hills.