مَنَعَ الرُقادَ فَما يُحَسُّ رُقادُ

مَنَعَ الرُقادَ فَما يُحَسُّ رُقادُ

خَبَرٌ أَتاكَ وَنامَتِ العُوّادُ

خَبَرٌ أَتاكَ وَنامَتِ العُوّادُ

It banished sleep, so no slumber is felt:

Sleep is denied so how can one feel sleepy

news that reached you while the visitors slept.

News has reached you when the visitors slept

خَبَرٌ أَتاني عَن عُيينَةَ مُوجَعٌ

خَبَرٌ أَتاني عَن عُيينَةَ مُوجَعٌ

وَلِمِثلِهِ تَتَصَدَّعُ الأَكبادُ

وَلِمِثلِهِ تَتَصَدَّعُ الأَكبادُ

Painful news came to me of ʿUyaynah,

Grievous news reached me about Uyainah

and at such news, livers are rent apart.

At which livers would crack

بَلَغَ النُفوسَ بَلاؤُها فَكَأَنَّنا

بَلَغَ النُفوسَ بَلاؤُها فَكَأَنَّنا

مَوتى وَفينا الروحُ وَالأَجسادُ

مَوتى وَفينا الروحُ وَالأَجسادُ

The souls were overwhelmed by their affliction, as though we were

Troubles have reached the souls, so we seemed

dead, though we still have spirit and bodies.

As if dead, while the soul and bodies remained

ساءَ الأَقارِبَ يَومَ ذاكَ فَأَصبَحوا

ساءَ الأَقارِبَ يَومَ ذاكَ فَأَصبَحوا

بِهَجينَ قَد سَرّوا بِهِ الحُسّادُ

بِهَجينَ قَد سَرّوا بِهِ الحُسّادُ

It distressed the kinsmen that day, and they were left

The kinsfolk felt happy that day, so they became

with a disgrace that had brought the envious joy.

With joy, which the envious loved

يَرجونَ عَثرَةَ حَدِّنا وَلَوَ اَنَّهُم

يَرجونَ عَثرَةَ حَدِّنا وَلَوَ اَنَّهُم

لا يَدفَعونَ بِنا المَكارِهَ بادوا

لا يَدفَعونَ بِنا المَكارِهَ بادوا

They hope for our might to stumble; yet if they

They hope for our stumbling even if they

did not ward off hardships through us, they would perish.

Cannot drive troubles away from us

لَمّا أَتاني عَن عُيينَةَ أَنَّهُ

لَمّا أَتاني عَن عُيينَةَ أَنَّهُ

عانٍ تَظاهَرَ فَوقَهُ الأَقيادُ

عانٍ تَظاهَرَ فَوقَهُ الأَقيادُ

When word came to me of ʿUyaynah, that he was

When news about Uyainah reached me that he

a captive, with fetters piled upon him,

Was helpless, overwhelmed by shackles

نَخَلَت لَهُ نَفسي النَصيحَةَ أَنَّهُ

نَخَلَت لَهُ نَفسي النَصيحَةَ أَنَّهُ

عِندَ الشَدائِدِ تَذهَبُ الأَحقادُ

عِندَ الشَدائِدِ تَذهَبُ الأَحقادُ

my soul sifted out pure goodwill for him, for

My soul sincerely advised him that

in times of hardship, grudges fade away.

Grudges disappear during adversities

وَعَلِمتُ أَنّي إِن فَقَدتُ مَكانَهُ

وَعَلِمتُ أَنّي إِن فَقَدتُ مَكانَهُ

ذَهَبَ البِعادُ فَكانَ فيهِ بِعادُ

ذَهَبَ البِعادُ فَكانَ فيهِ بِعادُ

And I knew that if I lost his presence,

And I knew if I lost his position

estrangement would vanish, and in that would lie separation.

Separation would disappear, so he was company

وَرَأَيتُ في وَجهِ العَدُوِّ شَكاسَةً

وَرَأَيتُ في وَجهِ العَدُوِّ شَكاسَةً

وَتَغَيَّرَت لي أَوجُهٌ وَبِلادُ

وَتَغَيَّرَت لي أَوجُهٌ وَبِلادُ

And I saw surliness in the enemy's face,

And I saw fierceness on the enemy's face

and faces and lands changed for me.

Faces and countries changed for me

وَذَكَرتُ أَيَّ فَتىً يَسُدُّ مَكانَهُ

وَذَكَرتُ أَيَّ فَتىً يَسُدُّ مَكانَهُ

بِالرِّفدِ حينَ تَقاصَرُ الأَرفادُ

بِالرِّفدِ حينَ تَقاصَرُ الأَرفادُ

And I pondered which young man could fill his place

And I remembered which brave man would take his place

with bounty, when gifts fall short,

With support, when comrades fall short

أَم مَن يُهينُ لَنا كَرائِمَ مالِهِ

أَم مَن يُهينُ لَنا كَرائِمَ مالِهِ

وَلَنا إِذا عُدنا إِلَيهِ مَعادُ

وَلَنا إِذا عُدنا إِلَيهِ مَعادُ

or who would hold his choicest wealth cheap for us,

Or who would humiliate our prestigious wealth for us

and be our refuge whenever we return to him?

While we have a return to it

لَو كانَ مَن حَضَنٍ تَضاءَلَ رُكنُهُ

لَو كانَ مَن حَضَنٍ تَضاءَلَ رُكنُهُ

أَو مِن نَضادَ بَكَت عَلَيهِ نَضادُ

أَو مِن نَضادَ بَكَت عَلَيهِ نَضادُ

Had he been of Ḥaḍan, its flank would have dwindled,

If it was someone whose pillar crumbled

or of Naḍād, Naḍād would have wept for him.

Or who wept over, so settlements wept over him