سَقى اللَهُ جازاناً فَمَن حَلَّ وَليَهُ

سَقى اللَهُ جازاناً فَمَن حَلَّ وَليَهُ

فَكُلَّ مَسيلٍ وَمِن سَهامِ وَسُردَدِ

فَكُلَّ مَسيلٍ وَمِن سَهامِ وَسُردَدِ

May God water Jazan and whoever dwells nearby,

God watered Jazan, so whoever untied its protector,

and every watercourse of Saham and Surdad,

Every outpour and arrows and spears showered down,

وَمَحصولَةَ الدارِ الَّتي خَيَّمَت بِهِ

وَمَحصولَةَ الدارِ الَّتي خَيَّمَت بِهِ

سَقاها فَأَروى كُلَّ ريعِ وَفَدفَدِ

سَقاها فَأَروى كُلَّ ريعِ وَفَدفَدِ

and Mahsulah, the dwelling where she camped;

And the harvest of the house that settled there,

may He water it, drenching every rise and open plain.

He watered it, quenching every meadow and plain.

فَأَنتِ الَّتي كَلَّفَتني البِركَ شاتِياً

فَأَنتِ الَّتي كَلَّفَتني البِركَ شاتِياً

وَأَورَدتِنيهِ فَاِنظُري أَينَ مَورِدي

وَأَورَدتِنيهِ فَاِنظُري أَينَ مَورِدي

For it was you who made me go to al-Birk in winter,

You, who tasked me with seeking goodness while traveling,

and brought me to it—look where my watering place lies.

And made me pursue it-look where my pursuit has led!

فَوا نَدَما إِذ لَم أَعجُ إِذ تَقولُ لي

فَوا نَدَما إِذ لَم أَعجُ إِذ تَقولُ لي

تَقَدَّم فَشَيِّعنا إِلى ضَحوَةِ الغَدِ

تَقَدَّم فَشَيِّعنا إِلى ضَحوَةِ الغَدِ

Oh, my regret that I did not turn aside when she said to me:

Oh how I regret that I did not rush when you told me-

Come along and escort us until midmorning tomorrow.

"Go ahead of us, accompanying us to tomorrow's morning."

تَكُن سَكَناً أَو تَقرَرِ العَينَ إِنَّها

تَكُن سَكَناً أَو تَقرَرِ العَينَ إِنَّها

سَتَبكي مِراراً فَاِسلُ مِن بَعدُ أَوجُدِ

سَتَبكي مِراراً فَاِسلُ مِن بَعدُ أَوجُدِ

You will be a comfort, or gladden the eye, for it

Whether you reside or comfort the eye, it

will weep repeatedly; afterward, find solace or grieve.

Will surely weep bitterly, so discharge me after I plead.

لَعَلَّكَ أَن تَلقى مُحِبّاً فَتَشتَفي

لَعَلَّكَ أَن تَلقى مُحِبّاً فَتَشتَفي

بِرُؤيَةِ رِئمٍ بَضَّةِ المُتَجَرَّدِ

بِرُؤيَةِ رِئمٍ بَضَّةِ المُتَجَرَّدِ

Perhaps you will meet a lover and find relief

Perhaps you will find a lover, and be satisfied

in seeing a white gazelle, her bare body soft and smooth.

By seeing a graceful figure of one unadorned.

بِلادَ العُدى لَم تَأتِها غَيرَ أَنَّها

بِلادَ العُدى لَم تَأتِها غَيرَ أَنَّها

بِهاهَمُّ نَفسي مِن تَهامٍ وَمُنجِدِ

بِهاهَمُّ نَفسي مِن تَهامٍ وَمُنجِدِ

You have not visited the lands of foes, yet

The abode of enmity did not come to it, except that

my heart's concern lies there, among Tihamah's people and Najd's.

My soul frets for it, from anxiety and fervor.

وَما جَعَلَت ما بَينَ مَكَّةَ ناقَتي

وَما جَعَلَت ما بَينَ مَكَّةَ ناقَتي

إِلى المِركِ إِلّا نَومَةَ المُتَجَهِّدِ

إِلى المِركِ إِلّا نَومَةَ المُتَجَهِّدِ

My she-camel made the distance from Mecca

I did not make what was between Mecca my she-camel

to al-Mirk no more than a weary man's nap.

To Al-Mirq except a dozing of one exerting effort.

وَكادَت قُبَيلَ الصُبحِ تَنبِذُ رَحلَها

وَكادَت قُبَيلَ الصُبحِ تَنبِذُ رَحلَها

بِذَروَةَ مِن لَغطِ القَطا المُتَبَدِّدِ

بِذَروَةَ مِن لَغطِ القَطا المُتَبَدِّدِ

And just before dawn she nearly threw off her saddle

Nearing dawn, she almost tossed off her baggage

at Dharwah, from the din of the scattered sandgrouse.

At the summit of the clamor of scattered cats.

فَأَصبَحتُ مِمّا كانَ بَيني وَبَينَها

فَأَصبَحتُ مِمّا كانَ بَيني وَبَينَها

سِوى ذِكرِها كَالقابِضِ الماءَ بِاليَدِ

سِوى ذِكرِها كَالقابِضِ الماءَ بِاليَدِ

Thus, in all that once passed between me and her,

By morning I was, from what was between me and it,

save her memory, I am like one grasping water in his hand.

Nothing but the memory of it, like one grasping water in his hand.