رَضيتُ بِرَضوى رَوضَةً وَمُناخا

رَضيتُ بِرَضوى رَوضَةً وَمُناخا

فَإِنَّ بِهِ مَرعىً وَفيهِ نُفاخا

فَإِنَّ بِهِ مَرعىً وَفيهِ نُفاخا

I am content with Radwa as a meadow and a resting place.

I was content with the gardens' satisfaction as a dwelling and halt

For it has pasture and soft soil.

For in it there is pasture, and in it a resting place

عَسى أَهلُ وُدّي يَسمَعونَ بِخِصبِهِ

عَسى أَهلُ وُدّي يَسمَعونَ بِخِصبِهِ

فَيَتَّخِذوهُ مَربَعاً وَمُناخا

فَيَتَّخِذوهُ مَربَعاً وَمُناخا

May those I love hear of its fertility,

Maybe the people of my love will hear of its fertility

And take it as a spring encampment and a resting place.

And take it as a square and a halt

فَإِنَّ لَنا قَلباً بِهِنَّ مُعَلَّقاً

فَإِنَّ لَنا قَلباً بِهِنَّ مُعَلَّقاً

إِذا ما حَدا الحادي بِهِنَّ أَصاخا

إِذا ما حَدا الحادي بِهِنَّ أَصاخا

For we have a heart attached to them;

For we have a heart attached to them

Whenever the camel-driver chants for them, it listens intently.

When the announcer calls to them, shouting

وَإِن هُم تَنادَوا لِلَّرَحيلِ وَفَوَّزوا

وَإِن هُم تَنادَوا لِلَّرَحيلِ وَفَوَّزوا

سَمِعتَ لَهُ خَلفَ الرِكابِ صُراخا

سَمِعتَ لَهُ خَلفَ الرِكابِ صُراخا

And if they call to one another to depart and enter the wilderness,

And if they call each other to depart and hasten

You hear its cries behind the riding-camels.

You would hear behind the riders a cry

فَإِن قَصَدوا الزَوراءَ كانَ أَمامَهُم

فَإِن قَصَدوا الزَوراءَ كانَ أَمامَهُم

وَإِن يَمَّموا الجَرعاءَ ثُمَّ أَناخا

وَإِن يَمَّموا الجَرعاءَ ثُمَّ أَناخا

For if they make for al-Zawra, it is ahead of them;

So if they head for Al-Zawra, their way is ahead of them

And if they head toward al-Jar‘a, then it halts to rest.

And if they intend Al-Jarfa, then a halt

فَما الطَيرُ إِلّا حَيثُ كانوا وَخَيَّموا

فَما الطَيرُ إِلّا حَيثُ كانوا وَخَيَّموا

فَإِنَّ لَهُ في حَيِّهِنَّ فِراخا

فَإِنَّ لَهُ في حَيِّهِنَّ فِراخا

For the bird is only where they are and pitch camp,

The birds are only where they camped and settled

For it has chicks in their encampment.

For it has in their neighborhood fledglings

تَحارَبَ خَوفٌ لي وَخَوفٌ مِن أَجلِها

تَحارَبَ خَوفٌ لي وَخَوفٌ مِن أَجلِها

وَما واحِدٌ عَن قِرنِهِ يَتَراخا

وَما واحِدٌ عَن قِرنِهِ يَتَراخا

Fear for myself and fear for her fought each other,

Fear for me battles fear for their sake

And neither gives ground before its opponent.

And neither retreats from its mate

إِذا خَطَفَت أَبصارَنا سُبُحاتُها

إِذا خَطَفَت أَبصارَنا سُبُحاتُها

أَصَمَّ لَها صَوتُ الشَهيقِ صِماخا

أَصَمَّ لَها صَوتُ الشَهيقِ صِماخا

When her splendors snatch away our sight,

When their necklaces snatch our sights

The sound of sobbing for her deafens the ear.

The sound of panting is deafened to their sake