O earth of the Highland

O earth of the Highland, mayst thou be a blessed highland! May the rain-clouds water thee abundantly with shower on shower!
And may he who has greeted thee for fifty years greet thee once and twice and then once again!
I crossed every desert and wilderness to meet her, riding on the big-humped she-camel and the old dromedary,
Until the lightning shone from the direction of al-Ghaḍá, and its coming in the night has increased the passion that I felt before.