تمارحُ أنضاءُ السُّرى عجْرفيَّةً

تمارحُ أنضاءُ السُّرى عجْرفيَّةً

وقد وهبَت نحْض الذُّرى للسباسب

وقد وهبَت نحْض الذُّرى للسباسب

The mounts wasted by night travel frolic headstrongly,

The companions of nightly revels act pompous,

though they have given the flesh of their humps to the wastelands,

Having been granted the prime of life for pleasures,

مِراح الصَّفايا بالغريب غُدَيَّةً

مِراح الصَّفايا بالغريب غُدَيَّةً

علَقْنَ مريّاً جيدَ وهناً بساكبِ

علَقْنَ مريّاً جيدَ وهناً بساكبِ

like choice milch-camels at al-Gharib one morning,

The hill-slopes of Sufayya are scented at dawn

having grazed on nourishing herbage drenched at night by a downpour,

With a perfumed southern breeze and languor.

اِذا قيل مُلْقى بالعراقِ مُناخُها

اِذا قيل مُلْقى بالعراقِ مُناخُها

بأبلج من عُليا لؤيِّ بن غالبِ

بأبلج من عُليا لؤيِّ بن غالبِ

when told that their resting-place is set in Iraq

When it is said, "Her home is in Iraq,"

beside a radiant man of the noblest stock of Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib,

It is with pure white pearls from 'Ulayya, daughter of Ghālib.

على ثقةٍ أنَّ الطَّراديَّ ضامِنٌ

على ثقةٍ أنَّ الطَّراديَّ ضامِنٌ

غنى أسْنِماتٍ عُرِّيتْ وغواربِ

غنى أسْنِماتٍ عُرِّيتْ وغواربِ

confident that al-Taradi guarantees

Trusting that the pursuer will guarantee

fullness for their stripped humps and withers.

Rich booty - bangles and anklets taken off.

لبيقُ الغنى لا يُنْقص الفقر جوده

لبيقُ الغنى لا يُنْقص الفقر جوده

ولا يُمترى معروفُه بالعواصِبِ

ولا يُمترى معروفُه بالعواصِبِ

Deft with wealth, his generosity is not diminished by poverty,

Wealthy generosity is not diminished by poverty,

nor need his bounty be milked out with constraining bonds.

Nor is his kindness rationed by misfortunes.

مريحُ عُزيبِ الحلم والخطب طائشٌ

مريحُ عُزيبِ الحلم والخطب طائشٌ

ومُغري سَرايا صبرهِ بالنَّوائبِ

ومُغري سَرايا صبرهِ بالنَّوائبِ

He brings straying forbearance home while calamity runs wild,

He who cheers the anguished and excites orations

and urges his patience’s raiding bands against misfortunes.

Tempts, with disasters, the patience of his palace.

وحامل غُرمِ الحي جُلُّ سَراتِه

وحامل غُرمِ الحي جُلُّ سَراتِه

مريرُ القوى مُسْتروحٌ للمتاعب

مريرُ القوى مُسْتروحٌ للمتاعب

He shoulders the clan’s debts, foremost among its nobles,

Bearer of the burden of passionate love and desire,

unyielding in strength, finding respite in toil.

Bitter struggle its drive, though distressed by labors.

هو المرء أقصى البأس منه لنجدة ال

هو المرء أقصى البأس منه لنجدة ال

طَّريدِ وأدْنى مالهِ للمواهبِ

طَّريدِ وأدْنى مالهِ للمواهبِ

He is the man whose utmost might is for rescuing the

The best of him in dire straits aids the outcast;

outcast, and whose wealth lies nearest at hand for gifts.

The least of his assets gifts to the petitioner.

حوى المجد والعلياء بين مَناسبٍ

حوى المجد والعلياء بين مَناسبٍ

كِرامٍ مساعيها وبين مكاسبِ

كِرامٍ مساعيها وبين مكاسبِ

He gathered glory and eminence both from lineages

He divided glory and nobility among fits and starts

noble in their endeavors, and from honors he earned.

Of generous deeds, as well as gains.

فلم يكُ منها غائبٌ مثل حاضرٍ

فلم يكُ منها غائبٌ مثل حاضرٍ

ولم يكُ منها حاضرٌ دونَ غائبِ

ولم يكُ منها حاضرٌ دونَ غائبِ

So among them no absent one equaled a present one,

Thus, none of them were absent, like those present,

nor was any present one beneath an absent one.

Nor were those present, without the absent.

وما زالَ مِطْعامَ العشيِّ وسيد ال

وما زالَ مِطْعامَ العشيِّ وسيد ال

نَّديُ مُشاراً في الوغى والمواكب

نَّديُ مُشاراً في الوغى والمواكب

And he has ever fed guests at evening, and been lord of the

The meal of nightfall remains—and he is always the lord of hospitality,

assembly, the man people point to in battle and processions.

Shared in tumultuous assembly and retinue.