وَحَطَّ بِها أَكوارَ خوصٍ لَواغِبٍ

وَحَطَّ بِها أَكوارَ خوصٍ لَواغِبٍ

يُقلِلُ إِكثارُ الذَميلِ ذَميلَها

يُقلِلُ إِكثارُ الذَميلِ ذَميلَها

There the saddles of weary, hollow-eyed camels were set down;

And set down there the saddles of weary, sunken-eyed camels,

too much swift pacing had diminished their pace.

whose trot is slowed by excessive trotting.

نُغِض عَبرَةً حَلَّ الفِراقُ عِقالَها

نُغِض عَبرَةً حَلَّ الفِراقُ عِقالَها

وَأَقلَقَ هِجرانُ الحَبيبِ مَقيلَها

وَأَقلَقَ هِجرانُ الحَبيبِ مَقيلَها

We hold back a tear whose hobble parting has loosed,

Let us drain away a tear whose tether parting has loosened,

and whose resting place estrangement from the beloved has disturbed.

and whose noonday resting place separation from the beloved has disturbed.

فَلا غَروَ أَن فاضَت دُموعُ مُتَيَّمٍ

فَلا غَروَ أَن فاضَت دُموعُ مُتَيَّمٍ

عَلى الدارِ يَسقي طَلُّهُنَّ طُلولَها

عَلى الدارِ يَسقي طَلُّهُنَّ طُلولَها

No wonder, then, that the tears of one enslaved by love overflow

So it is no wonder that the tears of one enslaved by love overflowed

upon the dwelling— their gentle shower watering its ruins.

upon the dwelling, their dew watering its ruins.