1. طَرَقَ الخَيالُ المُعتَري

    وَهناً فُؤادَ العاشِقِ

    The visiting phantom came

    at night to the lover's heart.

  2. طَيفٌ أَلَمَّ فَهاجَني

    لِلبَينِ أُمَّ مُساحِقِ

    A phantom visited, then stirred me

    over parting, O Umm Musahiq.

  3. الآنَ أَبصَرتُ الهُدى

    وَعَلا المَشيبُ مَفارِقي

    Now I have seen the right way,

    and grayness has covered my hair's partings.

  4. وَتَرَكتُ أَمرَ غوايَتي

    وَسَلَكتُ قَصدَ طَرائِقي

    And I have abandoned my wayward course,

    and followed the straight course of my paths.

  5. وَلَقَد رَضيتُ بِعَيشِنا

    إِذ نَحنُ بَينَ حَدائِقِ

    And indeed I was content with our life,

    when we were among gardens,

  6. وَرَكائِبٌ تَهوي بِنا

    بِينَ الدُروبِ فَدابِقِ

    and riding camels sped along with us

    between the passes and Dabiq.