يا شَرَّ هَل لِلوَعدِ مِن نُجحِ

يا شَرَّ هَل لِلوَعدِ مِن نُجحِ

أَم لِلذُنوبِ لَدَيكَ مِن صَفحِ

أَم لِلذُنوبِ لَدَيكَ مِن صَفحِ

O Sharr, will the promise be fulfilled?

Or is there any pardon with you for sins?

لَيسَت لَها كَبِدٌ تَرِقُّ بِهِ

لَيسَت لَها كَبِدٌ تَرِقُّ بِهِ

شَهِدَت بِذاكَ لَطافَةُ الكَشحِ

شَهِدَت بِذاكَ لَطافَةُ الكَشحِ

She has no liver with which to feel compassion;

the slenderness of her waist bears witness to that.

هامَت رَكائِبُنا إِلَيكَ فَما

هامَت رَكائِبُنا إِلَيكَ فَما

يَخبِطنَ أَهلَ النارِ وَالنَبحِ

يَخبِطنَ أَهلَ النارِ وَالنَبحِ

Our riding camels have wandered toward you, and do not

stumble upon the folk of fires and barking dogs.

فَكَأَنَّ أَيدِيَهُنَّ لازِمَةٌ

فَكَأَنَّ أَيدِيَهُنَّ لازِمَةٌ

يَفحَصنَ لَيلَتَهُنَّ عَن صُبحِ

يَفحَصنَ لَيلَتَهُنَّ عَن صُبحِ

It is as though their forelegs were fixed fast,

as they scratch through their night in search of dawn.