أَتِعارُ عَينُكَ يا بنَ أَحمَرَ ضِلَّةً

أَتِعارُ عَينُكَ يا بنَ أَحمَرَ ضِلَّةً

وَيَسومُ لَيسَ بِبارِحٍ وَتِعارُ

وَيَسومُ لَيسَ بِبارِحٍ وَتِعارُ

Is your eye Tiʿār, O Ibn Aḥmar, in delusion?

Does your eye shed tears, O son of the ruddy complexion,

And Yasūm is not departing, nor is Tiʿār.

Out of loss though it happened not yesterday nor sheds tears?

مِن قَبلِ باهِلَةَ الَّتي يُنمى لَها

مِن قَبلِ باهِلَةَ الَّتي يُنمى لَها

جَدّاكَ قيلَت فيهِما الأَشعارُ

جَدّاكَ قيلَت فيهِما الأَشعارُ

Before Bāhila, to whom are traced

For the sake of the simpleton to whom your ancestors

Your two forefathers, poems were composed about those two.

Recited poems that contained glories.

وَكَذاكَ أَحكامُ الزَمانِ وَإِنَّما

وَكَذاكَ أَحكامُ الزَمانِ وَإِنَّما

ثَوبُ الحَياةِ وَما يَضُمُّ مَعارُ

ثَوبُ الحَياةِ وَما يَضُمُّ مَعارُ

And such are Time’s decrees; indeed,

Thus are the judgments of time, which

Life’s garment and all it enfolds are only borrowed.

Is but the life's garment that bears shame.

وَالدَهرُ عارٍ لا يُغادِرُ مَلبَساً

وَالدَهرُ عارٍ لا يُغادِرُ مَلبَساً

فَالمَجدُ مُندَرِسٌ بِهِ وَالعارُ

فَالمَجدُ مُندَرِسٌ بِهِ وَالعارُ

And Time is naked, leaving no garment;

Time is shameful and leaves no garment intact,

So glory is effaced by it, and disgrace as well.

So glory in it lies tattered while shame stays erect.