إِنَّ زَينَ الغَديرِ مَن كَسَر الجَر

إِنَّ زَينَ الغَديرِ مَن كَسَر الجَر

رَ وَغَنَّى غِناءَ فَحلٍ مُجيدِ

رَ وَغَنَّى غِناءَ فَحلٍ مُجيدِ

Surely the pool’s adornment is the one who broke the drawn-out

Indeed, the pool’s adornment is whoever broke the jars

strain and sang as a consummate master sings.

and sang the song of an accomplished stallion.

قُلتُ مَن أِنتِ يا ظَعينُ فَقالَت

قُلتُ مَن أِنتِ يا ظَعينُ فَقالَت

كنتُ فيما مَضَى لآلِ سعيدِ

كنتُ فيما مَضَى لآلِ سعيدِ

I said, “Who are you, O lady of the camel-litter?” She replied,

I said, “Who are you, O traveling woman?” She replied,

“In days gone by, I belonged to the house of Sa‘id.”

“I once belonged to the family of Saʿīd.”