1. ثَلاثَةِ أَحجارٍ وَخَطٍّ خَطَطتِهِ

    لَنا بِطَريقِ الغَورِ بِالمُتَنَجَّدِ

    Three stones, and a line you traced

    for us on the road to al-Ghawr, at al-Mutanajjad;

  2. وَمَعمَلِ أَصحابي وَخَوصٍ ضَوامِرٍ

    وَمَمشى إِلى البُستانِ يَوماً وَمَقعَدِ

    and my companions’ journeying, and lean, narrow-eyed camels;

    and a walk to the garden one day, and a sitting place;

  3. وَرَشِّ الفَتاةِ الطَلُّ بِالأَبطَحِ الَّذي

    جَلَسنا إِلَيهِ وَالمَطِيُّ بِأَقتُدِ

    and the dew sprinkling the maiden at al-Abtah—the gravelly flat beside which

    we sat, while the riding camels were at Aqtud;

  4. وَإِرسالِها لَمّا أُجِدَّ رَحيلُها

    عَلى عَجِلٍ بادٍ مِنَ البَينِ موفِدِ

    and her sending word, when her departure was hastened,

    in evident, pressing haste brought on by parting,

  5. بِأَن بِت عَسى أَن يَستُرَ اللَيلُ مَقعَداً

    وَيَغفُلَ عَنّا ذو الرَدى المُتَهَجِّدِ

    saying: ‘Stay the night; perhaps the night will conceal a place to sit,

    and the doom-bearing night worshipper will fail to notice us.’