ضَنَّت عَقيلَةُ لَمّا جِئتُ بِالزّادِ

ضَنَّت عَقيلَةُ لَمّا جِئتُ بِالزّادِ

وَآثَرَت حاجَةَ الثاوي عَلى الغادي

وَآثَرَت حاجَةَ الثاوي عَلى الغادي

ʿUqayla withheld her favors when I came bearing provisions,

Aqila was stingy when I came with provisions,

preferring the resident’s need to the traveler’s.

and preferred the resident's need to the departing man's.

فَقُلتُ واللَهِ لَولا أَن تَقولَ لَهُ

فَقُلتُ واللَهِ لَولا أَن تَقولَ لَهُ

قَد باحَ بِالسِّرِّ أَعدائي وَحُسّادي

قَد باحَ بِالسِّرِّ أَعدائي وَحُسّادي

So I said, “By God, were it not that she might tell him,

So I said: By God, were it not that they might say to him,

‘My enemies and those who envy me have let out the secret,’

“He has divulged the secret”—my enemies and enviers—

قُلنا لِمَنزِلِها حُيِّيتَ مِن طَلَلٍ

قُلنا لِمَنزِلِها حُيِّيتَ مِن طَلَلٍ

وَلِلعَقيقِ أَلا حُيّيتَ مِن وادي

وَلِلعَقيقِ أَلا حُيّيتَ مِن وادي

we would have hailed her dwelling: ‘Greetings, O trace of a deserted camp!’

we would have said to her dwelling: “Hail, ruined abode!”

and al-ʿAqīq: ‘Ah, greetings, O valley!’”

and to al-Aqiq: “Ah, hail to you, valley!”

إِنّي جَعَلتُ نَصيبي مِن مَوَدَّتِها

إِنّي جَعَلتُ نَصيبي مِن مَوَدَّتِها

لِمَعبَدٍ وَمُعاذٍ وابنِ صَيّادِ

لِمَعبَدٍ وَمُعاذٍ وابنِ صَيّادِ

I have allotted my share of her affection

Indeed, I assigned my share of her affection

to Maʿbad, Muʿādh, and Ibn Ṣayyād—

to Ma'bad, Mu'adh, and Ibn Sayyad,

لابنِ اللَعينِ الَّذي يُخبا الدُخانُ لَهُ

لابنِ اللَعينِ الَّذي يُخبا الدُخانُ لَهُ

وَلِلمُغَنّي رَسولِ الزُورِ قَوّادي

وَلِلمُغَنّي رَسولِ الزُورِ قَوّادي

to the accursed one’s son, for whom al-Dukhān was kept hidden—

to the accursed one's son, for whom the smoke is concealed,

and to the singer, falsehood’s messenger, my procurer.

and to the singer, messenger of falsehood, my procurer.

أَمّا مُعاذٌ فَإِنّي لَستُ ذاكِرَهُ

أَمّا مُعاذٌ فَإِنّي لَستُ ذاكِرَهُ

كَذاكَ أَجدادُهُ كانوا لأَجدادي

كَذاكَ أَجدادُهُ كانوا لأَجدادي

As for Muʿādh, I shall not mention him;

As for Mu'adh, I shall not mention him;

his forefathers did the same for mine.

his forefathers played the same part for mine.