إِلى اِبنِ يَزيد الخَيرِ باتَت مَطِيَّتي

بِسَورانَ تَبلوها المَطايا وَتَبتَلي

To the son of Yazid the benevolent, my she-camel spent the night

In Sowran, trodden by mounts and tried,

تَشَكّى أَظَلَّيها وَتَملو كَأَنَّها

نَجاةُ غطاطٍ آخرَ اللَيلِ مُجفِلِ

Complaining of its shade and finding it oppressive, as though it were

The survival of Ghattat at the dark end of night, feeling his way along.

ظَعائِنُ مِن قَيسِ بنِ عَيلانَ أَشحَصَت

بِهِنَّ النَوى إِنَّ النَوى ذاتُ مغوَلِ

The slender she-camels of Qais ibn Ailan have become emaciated

With them the provisions - though provisions are exhausting -

يُحَيّونَ فَيّاضَ النَدى مُتَفَضِّلاً

إِذا التَرِحُ المنّاعُ لِم يَتَفَضَّلِ

They greet the pure drops of dew overflowing

When the sturdy male is too dignified to overflow.

فَعادَ زَمانٌ بَعدَ ذاكَ مُفَرِّقٌ

وَأَشعَلَ وَليٌ مِن نَوى كُلَّ مِشعَلِ

Then after that time has passed, a time of separation,

And a tribesman has kindled a fire with every kind of kindling,

وَتسبغَةٍ يَغشى المَناكِبَ ريعُها

لِداودَ كانَت نَسجُها لَم يُهَلهَلِ

With a dyed garment whose train covers the shoulders -

Its weaving was for Dawood, it has not been worn threadbare -

فَذي حَلِفٍ فَالرَوضِ رَوضِ فلاجَةٍ

فَأَجزاعِهِ مِن كُلِّ عيصٍ وَغَيطَلِ

The one with the oath, then the meadow, the meadow of Falajah,

With its tall palm trees of every 'Ays and Ghaytal.