أرِقتُ ومُعرِضاتُ الليلِ دوني

لِبَرقِ باتَ يَستَعِرُ استِعارا

I stayed up while the sides of night turned away from me

To lightning that started borrowing metaphors

تواضَعَ للسجاسجِ من مُنيمٍ

وجادَ العينَ وافترشَ الغمارا

It humbled itself to the pitch-dark night

And the eye gave freely and the clouds spread

وبات يَحُطُّ من جبلي نِزارٍ

غواربَ سيلِهِ حُزَماً كِبارا

And it started unloading from my two mountains

Torrents of its floods in big bundles

بسحٍّ تغرقُ النجواتُ منه

ويبعثُ من مرابِعها الصُّوارا

With a pouring that drowns the stars because of it

And sends from its pens roaring

ويصطادُ الرِّئالَ اذا علاها

وإن أمعَنَّ من فَزَعٍ فِرارا

And it hunts the frightened deer when it climbs them

Even if they escape in panic and fleeing

وحَبلٌ من جُمانَةَ مستجدٌ

أبيتُ لأهلِهِ إِلا ادِّكارا

And a rope of braided palm fiber was new

I refused to give it to its family except as a loan

يُطالعُني بدَومةَ يا لَقومي

اذا ما قلتُ قد نَهضَ استحارا

It reminds me of Dawma, O my people

When I say the morning star has risen seeking help

فما غراءُ في دَمثٍ هيامٍ

أراد بها السهولةَ والقرارا

So, no wonder in a leaning tent, annihilated

It wanted ease and stability

بأحسنَ من جُمانَةَ يومَ ردوا

جمالَ البينِ وارتحلوا نهارا

Better than Jumana the day they returned

The beauty of separation and traveled by day

وقِيدَ الى الظعينةِ ارحَبيٌّ

جلالٌ هيكَلٌ يصفُ القطارا

And tied to the she-camel was Arhabi

Majestic, a form describing the train

فقلنَ لها اركبي لا تحبسينا

أبت خَفَراً وخالَطَت انبِهارا

So we said to her, “Mount, do not detain us”

She refused out of caution and was confused

تهدُّ محالَ آدمَ دوسريٍّ

تجوزُ بها ملاطاه القفاراَ

She sways the dwellings of Adam Duseri

She crosses over them into barren lands

تدافع بالمناكبِ من بعيدٍ

وتسترُ بالمطارفِ أن تضارا

She wards off from afar with her shoulder blades

And avoids harm by covering herself

ترى السمكَ الطوالَ يَحدنَ عنها

وتبهرُ في المقاومةِ القِصارا

You see the long fish withdraw from her

And she dazzles with brave brevity

فلما قامَ كبّرَ من يليها

وقالوا خالطَ الجملُ انكسارا

So when he who followed her stood up

They said, “The camel mixed with breaking”

فما ذكري جُمانةَ غيرَ أَني

كصاحبِ خِلعةٍ ذكرَ القمارا

I do not mention Jumana except that I

Am like the owner of a gown remembering gambling

وخُصّي في الحوادثِ أَن قيساً

أصابوا بعد خُضبِهمُ الغيارا

And I was excluded from events, for Qais

Won after their loss and war

وتغلِبُ جَدَّعَ السرواتِ منها

وذاقَت من تَخَمطِها البوارا

And Jadda’s heels from it

Tasted of her bruising and misfortune

وما كلبٌ بجازيةٍ بنعمى

ولا بهراءُ تَطَلعُ الديارا

And no dog from Jaziyah or Bhara’

Rises to the homesteads

فلولا الخيلُ من غاري كلابٍ

وحيٌّ بني الحُبابِ ومن أجارا

So were it not for horses from Ghari dogs

And a love of the people of Hibab and those who protected

لما دُعِيَت غداةَ الروعِ قيسٌ

ولا كانَت نِزارُهُمُ نِزارا

The morning after fear’s advent Qais

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وإنّا يومَ نازَلَهُم شُعيبٌ

كليثِ الغابِ أَصحَرَ فاستغارا

And we, the day Shu'ayb fought them

Were like the lion of the forest, yellowed, so it darkened

ظلَلنا ما من الحَيينِ الا

يرى الصَّبرَ التجملَ والفخارا

We are not but those whom

Sees patience, beauty, and pride

بضرب تنعسُ الابطالُ منه

وتمتكرُ اللحى منه امتكارا

With a blow the heroes become drowsy from it

And the beards from it curl up

تجدَّلَ كاهلٌ ونجا ابنُ بدرٍ

نجاءً من اسنَّتِنا فِرارا

Kahil stumbled and the son of Badr escaped

Escaping from our sharp swords

وغودر هوَبرٌ وبنو مليكٍ

كمن قد ماتَ في زمنٍ فبارا

And Huwbar Gudar and the sons of Malik

Perished in time, so it passed

فلا شَمِتَ الاعادي في شبيبٍ

ومن قاسى ومن بالسرو غارا

So do not let the enemies gloat over Shubayb

And those who suffered, and those the willow shaded

فاني قد وجدت بني نفيلٍ

يشنون القنابلَ والغوارا

For I have found the sons of Nufayl

Shooting arrows and pouring forth violence

على كلبٍ وأَهلِ الشامِ طراً

كشدّ الاسدِ غَصباً واهتصارا

Upon a dog and the people of Syria, pleased

Like the pulling of a lion, imposing and overwhelming