1. صَبَا قَلبي وَمَالَ إِلَيكِ مَيلا

    وَأَرّقَني خَيَالُكِ يَا أُثَيلا

    My heart yearned and leaned toward you in longing;

    and your phantom kept me sleepless, O Uthayla.

  2. يَمانيَةٌ تُلِم بِنَا فَتُبدِي

    دَقيقَ مَحَاسنٍ وَتُكِنُّ غَيلا

    A Yemeni woman visits us and reveals

    delicate charms, yet conceals treachery.

  3. دَعِينا مَا أَمَمتِ بَنَاتِ نَعشٍ

    مِن الطَّيفِ الَّذي يَنتَابُ ليلا

    Leave us, so long as you head toward Banat Na‘sh,

    free of the phantom that visits by night.

  4. ولكِن إِن أَرَدتِ فَصَبِّحينا

    إِذَا أَمَّت رَكَائِبُنا سُهَيلا

    But if you wish, then visit us in the morning,

    when our riding camels head toward Suhayl.

  5. فَإِنَّكَ لَو رَأَيتِ الخَيلَ تَعدُو

    سِرَاعاً يَتَّخِذنَ النَقعَ ذَيلا

    For if you saw the horses galloping

    swiftly, making the dust their trailing hem,

  6. إِذَاً لَرَأَيتِ فَوقَ الخَيلِ أُسدَاً

    تُفِيدُ مَغَانِماً وتُفِيتُ نَيلا

    then you would surely see lions atop the horses,

    winning spoils and thwarting others' gains.

  7. إِذَا سَارَ الوَلِيدُ بنا وَسِرنا

    إِلَى خَيلِ نَلُفُّ بِهنَّ خَيلا

    When al-Walid leads us forth and we march

    toward cavalry, entangling cavalry with them,

  8. وَنَدخُلُ بالسُّرُورِ ديارَ قَومٍ

    وَنُعقِبُ آخرينَ أَذىً وَوَيلا

    and enter with joy the dwellings of some people,

    and leave others with harm and woe.