أَرِقتُ وَآبَتني الهُمومُ الطَوارِقُ

أَرِقتُ وَآبَتني الهُمومُ الطَوارِقُ

وَلَم يَلقَ ما لاقَيتُ قَبلِيَ عاشِقُ

وَلَم يَلقَ ما لاقَيتُ قَبلِيَ عاشِقُ

I lay sleepless, and the cares that visit by night returned upon me;

I lay awake while crushing sorrows fell upon me,

no lover before me ever suffered what I have suffered.

And found not what other lovers found before.

إِلَيكُم بَني لَأمٍ تَخُبُّ هِجانُها

إِلَيكُم بَني لَأمٍ تَخُبُّ هِجانُها

بِكُلِّ طَريقٍ صادَفَتهُ شَبارِقُ

بِكُلِّ طَريقٍ صادَفَتهُ شَبارِقُ

Toward you, sons of Laʾm, her noble she-camels hasten,

To you, sons of a grieving mother whose love is fervent

along every road where thornbushes stand in their way.

On every path bright dawns have shone.

لَكُم نائِلٌ غَمرٌ وَأَحلامُ سادَةٍ

لَكُم نائِلٌ غَمرٌ وَأَحلامُ سادَةٍ

وَأَلسِنَةٌ يَومَ الخِطابِ مسالِقُ

وَأَلسِنَةٌ يَومَ الخِطابِ مسالِقُ

Yours are unstinting bounty and the forbearance of lords,

For you await a torrent of glory and noble dreams

and tongues that cut keenly when it is time to speak.

And tongues, on days of speech, most eloquent.

وَلَم يَدعُ داعٍ مِثلَكُم لِعَظيمَةٍ

وَلَم يَدعُ داعٍ مِثلَكُم لِعَظيمَةٍ

إِذا وَزَمَت بِالساعِدَينِ السَّوارِقُ

إِذا وَزَمَت بِالساعِدَينِ السَّوارِقُ

No caller has ever summoned men like you to a grave undertaking,

No supplicant called upon the likes of you for greatness

when the life-stealing blades strike at forearms.

When raiders gripped fast to both arms.