تَعرِفُ أَمسِ مِن لَمِيس الطَّلَل

مِثلَ الكتَابِ الدَّارسِ الأَحوال

You can distinguish yesterday from the ruins,

Like a student examining circumstances.

أَنعم صَبَاحاً عَلقَمَ بنَ عَديّ

أَثَوَيتَ الَيومَ أَم تَرحَل

Did you lodge this morning at Alqama ibn Adyy,

Or are you moving on today?

قَد رَحَّلَ الفِتيَانُ عِيرَهُمُ

واللَّحمُ بِالغيطَانِ لَم يُنشَل

The young men have loaded up their camels

And the meat at Al-Ghiṭān was not cut into strips.

إذ هِيَ تَسبي النَّاظرِينَ وتَج

لُو واضِحاً كَالأُقحُوانِ رَتِل

As it captivates the gazes of onlookers

And appears clearly like columns in a line.

عَذباً كما ذُفتُ الَجِنَّي مِنَ التُفَّ

احِ مَسقيّاً بِبَردِ الطَّل

As sweet as the fragrance I inhaled from the apple,

Quenched by the coolness of the morning dew.