حَنَّت قَلوصيَ وَهناً بَعدَ هَدأَتِها

فَهَيَّجَت مُغرَماً صَبّاً عَلى الطَرَبِ

My heart ached and softened after being hardened

It aroused intense longing, pouring out passion

حَنَّت إِلى خير من حُثَّ المَطيُّ لَهُ

كالبَدرِ بَينَ أَبي سُفيانَ وَالعُتبِ

It yearned for one better than the urged camel does for him

Like the full moon between Abu Sufyan and al-Utaybi

تَذَكَّرَت بِقُرى البَلقاءِ نائِلَهُ

لَقَد تَذَكَّرتُه مِن نازِح عَزَبِ

It recalled the settlements of al-Balqaa and its people

I remembered it from an emigrant of the nomadic tribe

وَاللَهِ ما كانَ بي لَولا زِيارَتُهُ

وَأَن أُلاقي أَبا حَسّانَ مِن أَرَبِ

By God, I wouldn't have visited were it not for seeing him

And that I meet Abu Hassaan from the Arabs

حَنَّت لِترجعَني خَلفي فَقُلتُ لَها

هَذا أَمامِكِ فالقَيهِ فَتى العَرَبِ

It ached for me to return behind me, so I said to it

This is ahead of you, meet the young man of the Arabs

لا يَحسَبُ الشَرَّ جاراً لا يُفارِقُهُ

وَلا يُعاقِبُ عِندَ الحِلمِ بالغَضَبِ

He doesn't consider harm a neighbor, doesn't part with it

Nor punish with anger when being forgiving

مِن خَيرِ بَيتٍ عَلِمناهُ وَأَكرَمهِ

كانَت دِماؤُهمُ تَشفي مِن الكَلَبِ

From the best house we knew and honored

Their blood heals those bitten by dogs