1. أَقولُ وَقَد صاحَ اِبنُ دَأيَة غدوَةً

    بِبُعدِ النَوى لا أَخطَأَتكَ الشَبائِكُ

    I say, as Ibn Daʾyah, the raven, cries out at dawn,

    Of distant separation: may the snares not miss you!

  2. أَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ رائِعي أَنتَ رَوعَة

    بِبَينونَة الأَحبابِ إِلفُكَ فارِكُ

    Must you strike terror into me every day

    With the parting of loved ones? May your mate loathe you!

  3. وَلا بضتَ في خَضراء ما عِشتَ بَيضَةً

    وَضاقَت بِرَحبَيها عَلَيكَ المَسالِكُ

    And may you lay no egg amid greenery as long as you live,

    And may the paths, despite their breadth, close in upon you.

  4. وَفارَقت أُمَّ الأَفرخِ السوء عَن قلىً

    وَناحَت عَلى اِبنَيكَ الضروسُ المَماحِكُ

    And may you part in hatred from the mother of the vile fledglings,

    And may the ill-tempered, quarrelsome one wail over your two sons.

  5. وَأَصبَحتَ مِن بَينِ الأَحِبَّةِ هالِكاً

    كَما أَنا مِن بَينِ الأَحِبَّةِ هالِكُ

    And may you perish among loved ones,

    Just as I am perishing among loved ones.