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I grew old, yet my heart is still enamored with love

شبت ولي قلب غريم الغرام

1. I grew old, yet my heart is still enamored with love
It inclines towards beauty and loves the well-built

١. شِبْتُ وَلي قلبٌ غريمُ الغرام
يهوى التثني ويحب القَوام

2. And I have not been tempted except by she
Who, O people, is as sweet smelling as musk or perfume

٢. وما فَتَنّى غير تلك التي
يا قوم تحلوا بامشام امو شام

3. O people, among you there is no young man who knows
To interpret the dream I saw

٣. يا قوم ما فيكم فتى عارفٌ
معبرا يعبر رؤيا المنام

4. I saw in my sleep as if I were in
A meadow on which clouds had rained

٤. رأيت في الليل كأني عاص
روضة جَادَ عليها الغمَام

5. I swear that love is in Aamer
And generosity is in Saad, son of the generous

٥. أقسمتُ إنّ الحبَ في عامر
والجودُ في سعدِ ابن بنت الكرام

6. Weigh, may Allah keep her alive, her brilliance
And blame, may Allah keep him alive, his darkness and blame

٦. وَزِنّ حيّا اللهَ بِّرَاقها
ولام حيا الله دُحمى ولام

7. And in the Suhailis is the secret of glory
Were it not for the Suhailis, the arrows would have been lost

٧. وفي السُّهيلييّن سِرُّ العُلا
لولا السُّهيليّونَ ضاعت سهام

8. Tribes like the sea, no matter how turbulent
The sea remains unaffected and in it is strength

٨. قبائل كالبحر مهما طمى
ما يلزم البحر وفيه التظام