أَضحَت أُمَيمَةُ لا يُنالُ زِمامُها
وَاِعتادَ نَفسَكَ ذِكرُها وَسَقامُها
Umaymah has become uncontrollable
And your soul has become accustomed to remembering and longing for her
وَرَأَت سِهامَكَ لَم تَصِدها فَاِلتَوَت
وَاِختَلَّ قَلبُكَ إِذ رَمَتكَ سِهامُها
She saw your arrows but they did not deter her, so she turned away
And your heart was disturbed when her arrows struck you
وَغَدَت كَأَنَّ حُمولَها وَزُهاءَها
سُحُقُ النَخيلِ تَفَيَّأَت أَكمامُها
She has become like her howdah and litter are the crushed flakes of palm trees that her sleeves uncover
So I yearned when she was disobedient and my sadness raged
فَاِشتَقتُ إِذ شَطَّت وَهاجَ كَآبَتي
ذِكرى وَنَفسي شَفَّني تَهمامُها
The memory of her consoled me when her madness cured me
Going away with my love for her and weakness to her would heal the sick with her soft talk
وَذَهابُ هَمّي وَصلُ من عُلِّقتُهُ
وَهنانَةً يَشفي السَقيمَ كَلامُها
The beauty of pretty-faced maids embellishes her beauty
And it increases above their completeness
يُربي عَلى حُسنِ الحَوابي حُسنُها
وَيَزيدُ فَوقَ تَمامِهِنَّ تَمامُها
She walks on two brown wrappers in the forest
Twisted, their servants never failing
تَخطو عَلى بَردِيَّتَينِ بِغابَةٍ
مَمكورَتَينِ فَما يَزولُ خِدامُها
When she stands, the sands slide down
From the top of the dune piling down violently
رُودٌ إِذا قامَت تَداعى رَملَةٌ
يَنهالُ مِن أَعلى الكَثيبِ هَيامُها
Her scarf being restless and the strap of her litter
A nape to which its strap and order cling
فَوِشاحُها قَلِقٌ وَشَبَّ سُموطَها
نَحرٌ عَلَيهِ سُموطُها وَنِظامُها
She has plaits that surmount high abodes
Their scent nourished by their splendor
وَلَها غَدائِرُ قَد عَلَونَ مَآكِماً
يُغذى العَبيرَ أَثيثُها وَسُخامُها
She has, to cool you, two black eyes with a tooth
That illuminates their darkness
وَلَها كَهَمِّكَ مُقلَتانِ وَسُنَّةٌ
وَبِها يُضاءُ مِن الدُجى إِعتامُها
A blond one who at dawn is like a glowing flame
Increasing in beauty when the daylight awakes
صَفراءُ تُصبِحُ كَالعَرارَةِ زادَها
حُسناً إِذا اِرتَفَعَ الضَحاءُ مَنامُها
She meets you with cheeks that have reddened an enfeebled man
Over whom her saliva and smile flow
تَجلو بِأَفنانٍ أَغَرَّ مُفَلَّجاً
يَجري عَلَيهِ أَراكُها وَبَشامُها
A pasture irrigated as if showered from the direction
Of the passing (cloud) of spring, its arrows piercing it,
رِيفاً يَرِفُّ كَالأُقحُوانِ أَصابَهُ
مِن صَوبِ غادِيَّةِ الرَبيعِ رِهامُها
As if it were perfume or cloves hoarded
That retain their seal over years
وَكَأَنَّ مِسكاً أَو شَمولاً قَرقَفاً
عَتَقَت وَأَخلَقَ بِالسِنين خِتامُها
Her breath and the scent of her hair heals
The fever in heads when they drink
يُشفى بِنَفحَتِها وَريحِ سِياعِها
عِندَ الشُروبِ مِن الرُؤوسِ زُكامُها
Gray-haired with camphor and orange-blossom water
And excellent water that washes her lint white
شيبَت بِكافورٍ وَماءِ قَرَنفُلٍ
وَبِماءِ مَوهَبَةٍ يَسِحُّ فِدامُها
Running over her eyeteeth and front teeth
When its darkness fades and lightens
يَجري عَلى أَنيابِها وَلِثاتِها
لَمّا تَكَرَّرَ وَاِنجَلى إِعتامُها
She shows you gentility, happiness, slaying,
And that adorns her form and structure
وَتُريكَ دَلّا آنِساً وَتَقَتُّلاً
وَيَزينُ ذاكَ بَهاؤُها وَقَوامُها
She straightens her branch equal to you so do not blame her
She whose uncles are her paternal uncles
فَرعاً مُقابَلَةً فَلا تَخزي بِها
وَهِيَ الَّتي أَخوالُها أَعمامُها
She is the one who reached perfection resembling a doll
Or a pearl, her owner having paid highest prices for her
وَهِيَ الَّتي كَمَلَت تُشبَّهُ دُميَةً
أَو دُرَّةً أَغلى بِها مُستامُها
She returned after going through a difficult time
With the months and days replacing her nights and days
وَعَدَت عِداتٍ حالَ دونَ نَجازِها
صَرفُ اللَيالي بَعدَها أَيّامُها
The winds pollinating her pollen
When the darkness of her elevation was stirred
فَنَأَتكَ إِذ شَطَّت بِها عَنكَ النَوى
وَعَقا لَها دِمَنٌ وَبادَ مَقامُها
A land fertilized by the four (cardinal) winds
That blew over the hill of Dumunnah and its rubbish
مَرُّ الدُهورِ مَعَ الشُهورِ تَنوبُها
وَمِنَ الرِياحِ لِقاحُها وَعُقامُها
Five purifying breezes and each impurity
Square-nosed whose (source of) sorrows piled up clouds
غَربَلنَها وَنَخَلنَ أَليَنَ تُربِها
وَجَلالَها لَمّا اِستُثيرَ قَتامُها
It rings as if there were locusts in her chambers
And the moaning after it of a 'ud jar neck
تُربٌ تَعاوَرُها عَواصِفٌ أَربَعٌ
عَفّى مَعارِفَ دُمنَةٍ تَقمامُها
The equipment drowned in her and slowed its passing
Burdens overwhelmed until their heap leaned
خَمساً تُعَفّيها وَكُلُّ مُلِثَّةٍ
رَبَعِيَّةٍ أُنُفٍ أَسَفَّ غَمامُها
Until when it grew dark and its clouds died
The admirers in his darkness crammed each other
دَلَفَت كَأَنَّ البُلقَ في حَجَراتِها
وَحَنينَ عُوذٍ بَعدَهُ إِرزامُها
She staggered repeating "wa-hay" as her bones were disjointed
When the deluge intensified and her downpour intensified
غَرِقَ الرَبابُ بِها وَأَبطَأَ مَرَّها
أَحمالُ مُثقَلَةٍ يَنوءُ رُكامُها
And the water overflowed above every high ground
And it increased without decreasing its intensity
حَتّى إِذا اِعتَمَّت وَماتَ سَحابُها
حَفَشَ التِلاعَ بِثَجِّهِ تَسجامُها
Until when it subsided and its rain clouds cleared away
It wore the weeds of plants as its blanket
وَوَهَت مُبَعِّجَةً تَبَعَّجَ عُظمُها
لَمّا تَزَيَّدَ وَاِدلَهُمَّ جَهامُها
And fresh moist growth whose plants
Entwined as she embellished the gardens accompanying them
وَالماءُ يَطفَحُ فوق كُلِّ عَلايَةٍ
وَيَزيدُ فيهِ وَما يَني تَسجامُها
The oryxes let down their heavy bodies
Dust wrapped around them, their cows moaning over them
حَتّى إِذا خَفَّت وَأَقلَعَ غَيمُها
لَبِسَت تَهاويلَ النَباتِ إِكامُها
And you see the sheep bleat their new-borns around them
Joyful with a mark on their cheeks shining
وَالنَقعُ وَالرَيّانُ جُنَّ نَباتُهُ
مُستَأسِداً وَزَها الرِياضَ تُؤامُها
And you see she-camels wandering
Around it, only a heavy footed ostrich wandering around it
وَضَعَت بِها أُدمُ الظِباءِ سِخالَها
عُفرٌ تَعَطَّفُ حَولَها أَرآمُها
Pure in color as though it were
Plucked shoulder hairs disheveled in their ruins
وَتَرى النِعاجَ بِها تُزَجّى سَخلَها
رُجناً يَلوحُ عَلى شَواها شامُها
And a range of help whose stallions never
Cease, their harassment and combat lasting long
وَتَرى أَداحِيَّ الرِثالِ خَوالِياً
مِنها سِوى قَيضٍ يَجولُ نَعامُها
When the cry of warblers rose noisily in the early dawn
The hardy stallions did not settle and their neighing intensified
صُحماً عَفاؤُها وَكَأَنَّها
شُوهُ الحَواطِبِ رُعبِلَت أَهدامُها
They scattered in their successive raids and hatreds flared up
Enmities not even their wombs had borne
وَمَجالُ عُونٍ ما تَزالُ فُحولُها
غَيري يَطولُ عِذامُها وَكِدامُها
They resided in an abode whose marks were not visible
Their domes had resided in it
فَإِذا أَضَرَّ بِعانَةٍ صَخِبُ الضُحى
جَأبُ النُسالَةِ لَم يَقِرَّ وِحامُها
So I left them without asking after new moons in Dumnah
When greeting them their response to "peace" was not returned
ضَرَحَت تَوالِيها وَهاجَ ضَغائِناً
وَعَداوَةً ما حُمِّلَت أَرحامُها
And I chose "drifting" whose echo did not cease
The warblers trilling after the silence of nightfall
سَكَنَت بِدارٍ ما تُبَيِّنُ آيُها
كانَت بِهِنَّ قِبابُها وَخِيامُها
An unmarried girl with no humans or jinn around her
She is the one who makes stray, her flags not seen
فَتَرَكتُهُنَّ وَما سُؤالي دِمنَةً
عِندَ التَحِيَّةِ لا يُرَدُّ سَلامُها
I left her with glorious festivities
Spotted, its knots for tying erected
وَاِجتَبتُ تِيهاً ما تَني أَصداؤُهُ
تَزقو وَغَرَّدَ بَعدَ بومٍ هامُها
A brown one who takes unawares the rugged land with a sneaking
She makes the pebbles disappear and her mask smooths them
عَذراءُ لا إِنسٌ وَلا جِنٌّ بِها
وَهِيَ المَضِلَّةُ لا تُرى أَعلامُها
With unyielding strength like a pole straight of it
Elevated its pliant strap and bridle stretching out
خَلَّفتُها بِجُلالَةٍ عِيديَّةٍ
مَضبورَةٍ يَبني القُتودَ سَنامُها
So when she walked as if chained she leapt like
The strongest flood when its swimmers crossed it
عَيساءُ تَغتالُ الفِجاجَ بِوَقَّحٍ
تَنفي الحَصى وَيَرُضُّهُ تَلثامُها
As if the most talkative of the lost were in her armpit
When their brightness dimmed after tireless efforts
بِعَنَطنَطٍ كَالجِذعِ مِنها أَسطَعٌ
سامٍ يُمَدُّ جَديلُها وَزِمامُها
And those coming after find her companion
A pasture soft of growth, its wood intertwining
فَإِذا مَشَت مَقصورَةً زافَت كَما
يَجتازُ أَعظَمَ غَمرَةٍ عَوّامُها
She was thin so I made her plump
Until her skin was in harmony with her bones
وَكَأَنَّ أَخطَبَ ضالَةٍ في شِدقِها
لَمّا عَمى بَعدَ الدُؤوبِ لُغامُها
I left her like the crescent whose complaint is that of the healthy
As if it were its ailment moaning
وَيُصيبُ بَعدَ القادِمَينِ زَميلَها
رَيّانُ ناعَمَ نَبتَهُ إِعقامُها
She intends and aspires to a successor calf
For this her effort and endeavor strive
كانَت ضِناكاً فَاِستَحَلتُ سَمينَها
حَتّى تَلاءَمَ جِلدُها وَعِظامُها
A generous king who brings prosperity to the palm
Of a king whose palm is the best refuge, its dwellers guided
وَتَرَكتُها مِثلَ الهِلالِ رَذِيَّةً
وَكَأَنَّما شَكوى السَليمِ بُغامُها
When stingy palms refrain she glows
And you do not see her eminences at the top of his palms
تَنوي وَتَنتَجِعُ الوَليدَ خَليفَةً
يُعنى بِذلِكَ جُهدُها وَجَمامُها
He who night and day does good
Diverse blessings he gave abundantly to him
مَلِكٌ أَغَرُّ نَمى لِمَلكٍ كَفُّهُ
خَيرُ العَطاءِ بُدورُها وَسَوامُها
And when Quraysh preceded you, you preceded it
Through your old pact and you are its pillar
تَندى إِذا بَخِلَ الأَكُفُّ وَلا تُرى
تَعلو بَراجِمَ كَفِّهِ إِبهامُها
And when Glory's path tried to take it
Through the breadth of your outstretching they were driven away, their bodies scattered
وَهُوَ الَّذي يُمسي وَيُصبِحُ مُحسِناً
شَتّى لَهُ نِعَمٌ جَدا إِنعامُها
You were the one who after God guided it
When its tribes gambled dangerously with you
وَإِذا قُرَيشٌ سابَقَتكَ سَبَقتَها
بِقَديمِ أولاها وَأَنتَ قِوامُها
So inherited its leader and obtained its wager
And litigated firmly one whose litigation was not undone
وَإِذا قَناةُ المَجدِ حاوَلَ أَخذَها
فَبِطولِ بَسطَتِهِ يُبَذُّ جِسامُها
أَنتَ الَّذي بَعدَ الإِلهِ هَدَيتَها
إِذ خاطَرَتكَ بِأَقدُحٍ أَقوامُها
فَوَرِثتَ قائِدَها وَفُزتَ بِقِدحِها
وَخَصَمتَ لُدّاً لَم يَهُلكَ خِصامُها
