أَبى اللَهُ إِلّا أَن يُقيدَكَ بَعدَما

أَبى اللَهُ إِلّا أَن يُقيدَكَ بَعدَما

تَراءَيتُموني مِن قَريبٍ وَمَودِقِ

تَراءَيتُموني مِن قَريبٍ وَمَودِقِ

God willed only to exact retribution from you, after

you had sighted me close by and on perilous ground,

وَمِن بَعدِ ما أُنذِرتُمُ وَأَضاءَني

وَمِن بَعدِ ما أُنذِرتُمُ وَأَضاءَني

لِقابِسِكُم ضَوءُ الشِهابِ المَحَرِّقِ

لِقابِسِكُم ضَوءُ الشِهابِ المَحَرِّقِ

and after you had been warned, and I was lit up

for your fire-seeker by the scorching firebrand’s light.

فَأَعشَيتُهُ مِن بَعدِ ما راثَ عِشيُهُ

فَأَعشَيتُهُ مِن بَعدِ ما راثَ عِشيُهُ

بِسَهمٍ كَسَيرِ الثابِرِيَّةِ لَهوَقِ

بِسَهمٍ كَسَيرِ الثابِرِيَّةِ لَهوَقِ

So I gave him supper, after his supper had been delayed,

with a long arrow like a thong of Thabiriyyah leather.

وَقُلتُ لَهُ هَل كُنتَ آنَستَ خالِداً

وَقُلتُ لَهُ هَل كُنتَ آنَستَ خالِداً

فَإِن كُنتَ قَد آنَستَهُ فَتَأَرًّقِ

فَإِن كُنتَ قَد آنَستَهُ فَتَأَرًّقِ

And I said to him, “Had you caught sight of Khalid?

So if you have indeed seen him, then lie sleepless!”