ركبٌ يجوبون الفلا بنجائبٍ

ركبٌ يجوبون الفلا بنجائبٍ

عُنِيَتْ بنصٍّ دائمٍ وعنيقِ

عُنِيَتْ بنصٍّ دائمٍ وعنيقِ

A company of riders crosses the wilderness on noble camels,

They ride around the dunes in litters

kept at a ceaseless gallop and trot.

Keen on an ancient, lasting text

فحثثتُها والحيُّ قد نزلوا منىً

فحثثتُها والحيُّ قد نزلوا منىً

ذكرَ الحجيجِ لياليَ التشريق

ذكرَ الحجيجِ لياليَ التشريق

So I urged them on, while the tribe had encamped at Mina,

I urged them while the living descended from me

with the pilgrims' invocations on the nights of Tashriq.

Speaking of pilgrims on the days of stoning

تسري بكلِّ فتىً كأنَّ رداءَهْ

تسري بكلِّ فتىً كأنَّ رداءَهْ

خَضِلاً بأدْمُعُهِ رداءُ غريق

خَضِلاً بأدْمُعُهِ رداءُ غريق

They carry each young man through the night, as though his cloak,

It moves with every young man as if his cloak

soaked with his tears, were a drowned man's cloak.

Damp with his tears is the cloak of one who drowned

يتنازعون على الرحالِ حديثَهُمُ

يتنازعون على الرحالِ حديثَهُمُ

كتنازعِ الندماءِ كأسَ رحيق

كتنازعِ الندماءِ كأسَ رحيق

They pass their talk among themselves upon their saddles,

They compete over saddlebags, their talk

as drinking companions pass around a cup of pure wine.

Like the competition of wild cows over a drink

رُمْدُ العيونِ كأنما عبراتُهُمْ

رُمْدُ العيونِ كأنما عبراتُهُمْ

دُرٌّ تحَدَّرَ من فُصوص عقيق

دُرٌّ تحَدَّرَ من فُصوص عقيق

Their eyes are inflamed, as though their tears

The flowing of their eyes as if their tears

were pearls cascading from carnelian gems.

Were pearls descending from carnelian gems