أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ أَسماءَ عَنّي

أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ أَسماءَ عَنّي

وَلَو حَلَّت بِيُمنٍ أَو جُبارِ

وَلَو حَلَّت بِيُمنٍ أَو جُبارِ

Ah, who will carry word from me to Asmā’,

Oh, who will bear my greeting

even if she has settled in Yumn or Jubār,

To one who dwells amid the tents of Ḍu Jibār

بِأَنَّ حَليلَها دَرَهَت عَلَيهِ

بِأَنَّ حَليلَها دَرَهَت عَلَيهِ

خُطوبٌ لا تُفَرَّجُ بِالسِرارِ

خُطوبٌ لا تُفَرَّجُ بِالسِرارِ

that her husband has been assailed

And say that passion for her wastes my form,

by calamities that whispered words cannot dispel?

Though sore afflictions may such wish debar.