قالَت أُمامَةُ يَومَ بُرقَةِ واسِطٍ

قالَت أُمامَةُ يَومَ بُرقَةِ واسِطٍ

يا اِبنَ الغَديرِ لَقَد جَعَلتَ تَغَيَّرُ

يا اِبنَ الغَديرِ لَقَد جَعَلتَ تَغَيَّرُ

Umāmah said on the day at Burqat Wāsiṭ:

Ummamah said one day at Burqah in Wasit:

O son of al-Ghadīr, you have indeed begun to change.

"O son of al-Ghadir, you have surely begun to change!

أَصبَحتَ بَعدَ شَبابِكَ الغَضِّ الَّذي

أَصبَحتَ بَعدَ شَبابِكَ الغَضِّ الَّذي

نُقِضَت مَريرَتُهُ وَغُصنُكَ أَخضَرُ

نُقِضَت مَريرَتُهُ وَغُصنُكَ أَخضَرُ

You have become, after your tender youth, whose

After your fresh youth whose bitterness is over,

tightly twisted cord was unraveled while your branch was green,

And your branch still green, you have become

شَيخاً دِعامَتُكَ العَصا وَمُشَيِّعاً

شَيخاً دِعامَتُكَ العَصا وَمُشَيِّعاً

لا يَبتَغي خَبَراً وَلا يستخبِرُ

لا يَبتَغي خَبَراً وَلا يستخبِرُ

an old man, a staff your support, and fainthearted,

An old man, your staff as your support and your companion,

seeking no news and making no inquiry.

Who seeks no news and asks no questions.

فَأَجَبتُها أَمَّن يُعَمَّرُ يَعتَرِف

فَأَجَبتُها أَمَّن يُعَمَّرُ يَعتَرِف

ما قَد زَعَمتِ وَيَنبُ عَنهُ المَنظَرُ

ما قَد زَعَمتِ وَيَنبُ عَنهُ المَنظَرُ

So I answered her that whoever lives long acknowledges

So I answered her: Does he who lives long not admit

what you have claimed, and his good looks desert him.

What you have claimed and cease to look into the mirror?

وَلَقَد رَأَيتُ شَبيهَ ما عَيَّرتِني

وَلَقَد رَأَيتُ شَبيهَ ما عَيَّرتِني

يَغدو الزَمانُ بِهِ عَلَيكِ وَيَبكُرُ

يَغدو الزَمانُ بِهِ عَلَيكِ وَيَبكُرُ

And indeed, I have seen the like of what you taunt me for

And indeed I have seen the like of what you reproached me

as time brings it upon you, morning after morning.

Advance upon you with time and rise early.

وَجَعَلتُ يَحفَظُني الصَغيرُ وَمَلَّني

وَجَعَلتُ يَحفَظُني الصَغيرُ وَمَلَّني

أَهلي وَكُنتُ مُكَرَّماً لا أُكهَرُ

أَهلي وَكُنتُ مُكَرَّماً لا أُكهَرُ

And now a child watches over me, and I have wearied

And my little son kept watch over me when family filled me

my family; once I was honored, never rebuked.

And I was honored, not cowed.

وَشَرِبتُ بِالقَعبِ الصَغيرِ وَقادَني

وَشَرِبتُ بِالقَعبِ الصَغيرِ وَقادَني

نَحوَ المُقامَةِ مِن بَنِيَّ الأَصغَرُ

نَحوَ المُقامَةِ مِن بَنِيَّ الأَصغَرُ

And I drank from the small wooden bowl, and was led

And I drank from the little goblet and it led me

toward the gathering by the youngest of my sons.

Toward proper manners from my youngest son."