1. Take me to the pole of comfort, if you find it,
And the pole of comfort is far from my tribe, a stranger,
١. أَلِكني إِلى قُطبِ الرَحا إِن لَقيتَهُ
وَقُطبُ الرَحا نائي العَشيرَةِ أَجنَبُ
2. So are you striving for the equality of a man
Whom fate showed its eyes, Zainab?
٢. فَهَل أَنتَ ساعٍ في سَواءَةَ لِاِمرِئٍ
أَرَتهُ بِعَينَيها المَنِيَّةَ زَينَبُ
3. An equalizer who did not pelt a raven
And did not come early to the living to accompany,
٣. سُوائِيَةٌ لَم تَرمِ عَن حَفَضٍ لَها
غُراباً وَلَم تَبكُر عَلى الحَيِّ تَصحَبُ
4. When she wrapped herself in the two loincloths and beneath them
The sons of Asad, it was not known where she was sought.
٤. إِذا اِكتَفَلَت بِالعُرفَتَينِ وَدونَها
بَنو أَسَدٍ لَم يُدرَ مِن أَينَ تُطلَبُ