وفى عُروةَ العُذرِىِّ إِن مِتُّ أُسوَةٌ

وفى عُروةَ العُذرِىِّ إِن مِتُّ أُسوَةٌ

وَعَمرِو بنِ عجلاَنَ الذى قَتَلَت هِندُ

وَعَمرِو بنِ عجلاَنَ الذى قَتَلَت هِندُ

And in ʿUrwa al-ʿUdhri, if I die, I have a consoling example,

In the chastity of Urwe there is a model if I die,

and in ʿAmr ibn ʿAjlan, whom Hind killed.

And Amr ibn Ajlān, whom Hind killed,

هَلِ الحُبُّ إِلاّ زَفرَةٌ بَعدَ زَفرَةٍ

هَلِ الحُبُّ إِلاّ زَفرَةٌ بَعدَ زَفرَةٍ

وَحَرٌّ عَلَى الأَحشَاءِ لَيسَ لَهُ بَردُ

وَحَرٌّ عَلَى الأَحشَاءِ لَيسَ لَهُ بَردُ

Is love anything but sigh after sigh,

Is love anything but a sigh after a sigh,

and heat upon the entrails for which there is no coolness,

And a heat in the intestines that has no coolness?

وَفَيضُ غُرُوبِ العَينِ بِالدّمعِ كُلَّما

وَفَيضُ غُرُوبِ العَينِ بِالدّمعِ كُلَّما

بَدَا عَلمٌ مِن أَرضِكُم لم يكُن يَبدُو

بَدَا عَلمٌ مِن أَرضِكُم لم يكُن يَبدُو

and the eye’s tear ducts overflowing with tears whenever

And the overflowing of the eye at sunset with tears whenever

a landmark of your land comes into view that was not visible before?

A sign appeared from your land that did not used to appear.