زُبَيرِيَّةٌ بِالعَرجِ مِنها مَنازِلٌ

زُبَيرِيَّةٌ بِالعَرجِ مِنها مَنازِلٌ

وَبِالخَيفِ مِن أَدنى مَنازِلِها رَسمُ

وَبِالخَيفِ مِن أَدنى مَنازِلِها رَسمُ

A Zubayri woman—at al-ʿArj lie dwellings of hers,

A house of Zubayriyyah in slopes, in it dwellings,

And at al-Khayf, a trace of her nearest dwellings.

And in Khaif, below its dwellings, a drawing.

أُسائِلُ عَنها كُلَّ فَردٍ لَقيتُهُ

أُسائِلُ عَنها كُلَّ فَردٍ لَقيتُهُ

وَما لي بِها مِن بَعدِ مَكَّتِنا عِلمُ

وَما لي بِها مِن بَعدِ مَكَّتِنا عِلمُ

I ask every person I have met about her,

I ask about it every individual I met,

And since our time in Mecca, I have had no news of her.

And I have no knowledge of it after our separation.

أَيا صاحِبَ النَخلاتِ مِن بَطنِ أَرثَدٍ

أَيا صاحِبَ النَخلاتِ مِن بَطنِ أَرثَدٍ

إِلى النَخلِ مِن وَدَّانَ ما فَعَلَت نُعمُ

إِلى النَخلِ مِن وَدَّانَ ما فَعَلَت نُعمُ

O master of the palms, from the valley of Arthad

O owner of the palm trees from the valley of Arthad,

To the palms of Waddan—how has Nuʿm fared?

To the palm trees from Waddan, how good they are!

فَإِن تَكُ حَربٌ بَينَ قَومي وَقَومِها

فَإِن تَكُ حَربٌ بَينَ قَومي وَقَومِها

فَإِنّي لَها في كُلِّ حادِثَةٍ سِلمُ

فَإِنّي لَها في كُلِّ حادِثَةٍ سِلمُ

For if there is war between my people and hers,

So if there is war between my people and her people,

Then I am at peace with her through every calamity.

Then I am for her in every incident reconciled.