يا أَثلُ لا غِيَراً أُعطى وَلا قوداً

يا أَثلُ لا غِيَراً أُعطى وَلا قوداً

عَلامَ أَو فيمَ إِسرافاً هَرَقتُ دَمي

عَلامَ أَو فيمَ إِسرافاً هَرَقتُ دَمي

O Athl, I am given neither blood money nor retribution.

O palm tree, I give no gift nor firewood

Why—or for what purpose—did I shed my blood so wastefully?

Why or for what have I wasted my blood?

إِلّا تُريحي عَلَينا الحَقَّ طائِعَةً

إِلّا تُريحي عَلَينا الحَقَّ طائِعَةً

دونَ القضاةِ فَقاضِينا إِلى حَكَمِ

دونَ القضاةِ فَقاضِينا إِلى حَكَمِ

If you will not willingly give us our due

Except to obey the truth willingly before judges

Without recourse to judges, then bring our dispute before an arbiter.

So our judge is to the decree

صادَتكَ يَومَ المَلا مِن مَثعَرٍ عرضاً

صادَتكَ يَومَ المَلا مِن مَثعَرٍ عرضاً

وَقَد تُلاقي المَنايا مَطلَعَ الأَكَمِ

وَقَد تُلاقي المَنايا مَطلَعَ الأَكَمِ

She ensnared you by chance on the day at al-Malā, from Mathʿar—

Your righteousness on the day of ordeal was presented from Masar

And you may meet death where the hillocks rise—

And deaths meet the rise of sorrows

بِمُقلَتَي ظَبيَةٍ أَدماءَ خاذِلَةٍ

بِمُقلَتَي ظَبيَةٍ أَدماءَ خاذِلَةٍ

وَجيدُها يَتَراعي ناضرَ السَلَمِ

وَجيدُها يَتَراعي ناضرَ السَلَمِ

With the two eyes of a white gazelle withdrawn from the herd,

With the eyelids of a gazelle, the blood of a cowardly betrayer

And her neck reaches for the fresh foliage of the salam acacias.

And its cheek anticipates the ripening dates

ما أَنجَزَت لَكَ مَوعوداً فَتَشكُرها

ما أَنجَزَت لَكَ مَوعوداً فَتَشكُرها

وَلا أَنالَتكَ مِنها برَّةَ القَسَمِ

وَلا أَنالَتكَ مِنها برَّةَ القَسَمِ

She fulfilled no promise to you that you might thank her;

You have not fulfilled any promise for it to thank you

Nor did she grant you fulfillment of any oath of hers.

Nor has it obtained from you an oath of loyalty