حَيّا الحَيا دِمَنَ العَقيقِ وإِنْ عَفَتْ

حَيّا الحَيا دِمَنَ العَقيقِ وإِنْ عَفَتْ

فيهِ عُهودُ أَحِبَّةٍ ومَعاهِدُ

فيهِ عُهودُ أَحِبَّةٍ ومَعاهِدُ

May the rain greet al-Aqiq's ruined camps, though effaced

The friend revived life from bloody carnage though it was fading away,

Are the memories of loved ones and their haunts there.

in it were covenants of lovers and pacts.

وبَكَتْ بُكايَ عَلى رُباهُ غَمائِمٌ

وبَكَتْ بُكايَ عَلى رُباهُ غَمائِمٌ

يَجْنُبْنَهُنَّ بَوارِقٌ ورَواعِدُ

يَجْنُبْنَهُنَّ بَوارِقٌ ورَواعِدُ

And clouds wept as I wept upon its hills,

The clouds wept copiously for their fosterer,

Flashes of lightning and peals of thunder driving them along.

lightning and thunder protected them.

وعلى الصِّبا أَيّامَ صَبْري ناقِصٌ

وعلى الصِّبا أَيّامَ صَبْري ناقِصٌ

عَنْ شَمْسِ كُلَّتِهِ ووَجدي زائِدُ

عَنْ شَمْسِ كُلَّتِهِ ووَجدي زائِدُ

And for youth, in days when my patience was scant

My patience in youth over my incomplete happiness

Apart from the sun of his canopy, while my longing grew.

is excessive compared to my bliss.

طَلَعَتْ لَنا فَأَنارَ بَدْرٌ طالِعٌ

طَلَعَتْ لَنا فَأَنارَ بَدْرٌ طالِعٌ

فَتأَوَّدَتْ فاهْتَزَّ غُصْنٌ مائِدُ

فَتأَوَّدَتْ فاهْتَزَّ غُصْنٌ مائِدُ

She rose before us, so a rising full moon shone.

A rising full moon rose for us and illuminated,

Then she swayed, so a swaying branch quivered.

so a fruitful branch was set in motion.

وبَكَتْ أَسىً فانْهَلَّ نورٌ ذائِبٌ

وبَكَتْ أَسىً فانْهَلَّ نورٌ ذائِبٌ

وتَبَسَّمَتْ فأَضاءَ ظِلٌّ حامِدُ

وتَبَسَّمَتْ فأَضاءَ ظِلٌّ حامِدُ

And she wept in sorrow, so molten light poured forth.

It wept in sorrow so a melting light poured down,

And she smiled, so a praising shadow shone.

and it smiled so a fading shadow lit up.