1. Sleeplessness caused by haunting worries,
And sorrow and remembering old misfortunes,

2. Has maddened me since night fell till
Dawn broke and stars shone bright.

3. With a radiance that yellows the horizon
There appeared, at the end of a gloomy night,

4. A dimwitted simpleton.
Tell yourself: people are like festivals,

5. Between prosperity and ruin.
From lands I visited haunted by memories

6. Between a laugh of the joyful and tears of the defeated,
The winds have woven their backs until

7. The horizon was cleared of all markings,
Just as the wounds were cleared from Sturdy's skin

8. Until it healed after festering.
And the changing days have erased them

9. After the epochs of firm settlement.
The abode of the gazelle eyes that tempted me

10. With delusions - so who can help a sick heart?
We gathered there, me and the doe,

11. To secretly enjoy our hidden love,
Ever playful, betraying my reason

12. With the folds of a delicate neck and a beautiful face.
Her leg, peeking below it,

13. A man's, announcing prosperity.
Her black tresses adorned with pearls

14. And shells of a threaded necklace.
Lighting the darkness of affection

15. As dawn reveals the gloom of night.
Saving the heart from touching her bentness

16. And delighting the soul with legitimate gain.
Forgetting youth for one with slanted glances

17. Who redeems her son with a headband.
She threw the last three blames

18. Without discontent or regret.
So she is like the warrior poet whose

19. Verses fiercely criticize the everlasting mansion.
I saw him in a piece of cloth not

20. Finding clothes wide enough for the orphan.
He tours the wine-houses until

21. His eye grows dim, shooting a thick arrow.
Roaming, startling the thickets with dubious

22. Incomprehensible screams and gulps,
Though a worry like it held me back

23. It would unsettle the heart of the wise.
My people parted after being

24. My people - so weep without blame!
The neighbour lowers himself among them

25. Without expectation or scorn.
Repelling the injuries, every

26. Obstinate group with worries,
They tied them since the land dried up

27. And they scattered in the meadows.
They sprawled like pipes carrying

28. To the pasture every generous patch.
Knowing, when the shears of death meets

29. The elite of the early and late,
Holding back every fearful gap,

30. Determined at the heads of the lofty.
They are mute but understood my words

31. "Wait for me," "Help me," "Gift me," "My people!"
And "All Khaifana," and "Bare Arjad,"

32. "Abyssinian Al-Shawaa," "Robust Kumiya,"
"Thin" and "towering," with the back of a gazelle

33. And the walk of a wounded camel,
And a tail adorning a behind

34. With an outstanding double hump,
And a tied, protruding breastbone

35. And ribs parting clothes and chest,
And firm legs like a trunk stripped

36. By the palm thief of its covering,
And twisted horns of she-goats