ذَكر الرَّكْبَ الذي نَزَحا

ذَكر الرَّكْبَ الذي نَزَحا

فاسْتَحَمَّ الدَّمْعَ وانْتَزَحَا

فاسْتَحَمَّ الدَّمْعَ وانْتَزَحَا

He remembered the caravan that had gone far away.

He recalled the caravan that departed

So he called forth tears and drained them.

So he shed tears and took leave

وشَجَاهُ رَسْمُ عاطِلَةٍ

وشَجَاهُ رَسْمُ عاطِلَةٍ

قَلَّدَتْها عَيْنُه وشَجَا

قَلَّدَتْها عَيْنُه وشَجَا

And the traces of an unadorned dwelling grieved him.

And her traces pained him

His eye adorned her with interwoven strands.

His eyes imagined her and pained him

نَزَحَتْ عنها جآذِرُها

نَزَحَتْ عنها جآذِرُها

فَتَشَكَّى رَبْعُها البُرَحا

فَتَشَكَّى رَبْعُها البُرَحا

Her wild-cow calves had departed from her.

Her roots departed from her

So her dwelling complained of anguish.

So her once verdant abode withered

تيَّمَتْ قَلْبَ السَّحابِ بها

تيَّمَتْ قَلْبَ السَّحابِ بها

وأَراها أَدمُعاً سُفُحا

وأَراها أَدمُعاً سُفُحا

She enthralled the clouds’ heart with love for her.

The heart of clouds mourned for her

And they showed her freely flowing tears.

And showed her copious tears

وانثنت بالنوى عاصية

وانثنت بالنوى عاصية

نون دال من برحا

نون دال من برحا

And she turned away, defiant in separation.

She turned away defiantly to travel

Nūn, dāl—whoever departed [wording unclear].

The letter Noon joined Dal in Birca

كأَثافيها حمائِمُها

كأَثافيها حمائِمُها

أَوَ لَيْسُوا بالنَّوى صُدُحا

أَوَ لَيْسُوا بالنَّوى صُدُحا

Her doves are like her hearthstones.

Like her doves mourning her

And are they not singing aloud of separation?

Are they not in Nawa loud wailers?