سَقى اللَهُ جازاناً فَمَن حَلَّ وَليَهُ

فَكُلَّ مَسيلٍ وَمِن سَهامِ وَسُردَدِ

God watered Jazan, so whoever untied its protector,

Every outpour and arrows and spears showered down,

وَمَحصولَةَ الدارِ الَّتي خَيَّمَت بِهِ

سَقاها فَأَروى كُلَّ ريعِ وَفَدفَدِ

And the harvest of the house that settled there,

He watered it, quenching every meadow and plain.

فَأَنتِ الَّتي كَلَّفَتني البِركَ شاتِياً

وَأَورَدتِنيهِ فَاِنظُري أَينَ مَورِدي

You, who tasked me with seeking goodness while traveling,

And made me pursue it-look where my pursuit has led!

فَوا نَدَما إِذ لَم أَعجُ إِذ تَقولُ لي

تَقَدَّم فَشَيِّعنا إِلى ضَحوَةِ الغَدِ

Oh how I regret that I did not rush when you told me-

"Go ahead of us, accompanying us to tomorrow's morning."

تَكُن سَكَناً أَو تَقرَرِ العَينَ إِنَّها

سَتَبكي مِراراً فَاِسلُ مِن بَعدُ أَوجُدِ

Whether you reside or comfort the eye, it

Will surely weep bitterly, so discharge me after I plead.

لَعَلَّكَ أَن تَلقى مُحِبّاً فَتَشتَفي

بِرُؤيَةِ رِئمٍ بَضَّةِ المُتَجَرَّدِ

Perhaps you will find a lover, and be satisfied

By seeing a graceful figure of one unadorned.

بِلادَ العُدى لَم تَأتِها غَيرَ أَنَّها

بِهاهَمُّ نَفسي مِن تَهامٍ وَمُنجِدِ

The abode of enmity did not come to it, except that

My soul frets for it, from anxiety and fervor.

وَما جَعَلَت ما بَينَ مَكَّةَ ناقَتي

إِلى المِركِ إِلّا نَومَةَ المُتَجَهِّدِ

I did not make what was between Mecca my she-camel

To Al-Mirq except a dozing of one exerting effort.

وَكادَت قُبَيلَ الصُبحِ تَنبِذُ رَحلَها

بِذَروَةَ مِن لَغطِ القَطا المُتَبَدِّدِ

Nearing dawn, she almost tossed off her baggage

At the summit of the clamor of scattered cats.

فَأَصبَحتُ مِمّا كانَ بَيني وَبَينَها

سِوى ذِكرِها كَالقابِضِ الماءَ بِاليَدِ

By morning I was, from what was between me and it,

Nothing but the memory of it, like one grasping water in his hand.