فباتت همومُ الصَدرِ شتّى يَعُدنَهُ

فباتت همومُ الصَدرِ شتّى يَعُدنَهُ

كما عيدَ شِلوٌ بالعَراءِ قَتيلُ

كما عيدَ شِلوٌ بالعَراءِ قَتيلُ

So all night my manifold cares kept returning to my breast,

So the heart's varied cares kept visiting him through the night,

as a slain corpse in the open waste is revisited.

as a slain body in the open was visited.

فَبَيناهُ يَشري رَحلَهُ قال قائِلٌ

فَبَيناهُ يَشري رَحلَهُ قال قائِلٌ

لِمَن جَمَلٌ رِخوُ المِلاطِ طَويلُ

لِمَن جَمَلٌ رِخوُ المِلاطِ طَويلُ

And while he was selling his saddle gear, someone said:

Then, while he was selling his saddle, someone said:

“Whose camel is it—supple-flanked and tall,

"Whose is this tall, soft-flanked camel,

مُحلّى بأَطواقٍ عِتاقٍ كأنَّها

مُحلّى بأَطواقٍ عِتاقٍ كأنَّها

بَقايا لُجَينٍ جَرسُهُنَّ صَليلُ

بَقايا لُجَينٍ جَرسُهُنَّ صَليلُ

adorned with fine old neck-rings, as though they were

adorned with fine collars, as though they were

relics of silver, their chime a clear metallic ring?”

remnants of silver, their sound a metallic chime?"