عوجَا على طلل الخزاعا خلّان
عربي العبيلة شرقي رأس علانِ
He roamed the ruins of Khuza'a left behind,
An Arab of a noble lineage, eastern Al-An.
وحيث مغنى اللوى والأبرقين لنا
معاهد لثمين الأثل والبانِ
Where there was once singing and pipes for us,
Are treaties for the precious and the white sheep.
ومن طويلع رقم السَّفح قد دثرت
طمساً معاهده من بعدِ قحطانِ
And from Toayl'a the flank of the slopes have been covered
With a veil, the treaties gone after Qahtan.
رسم تغيِّره الأرياحُ مذ همرت
به أصائل من غدقٍ وتهنانِ
The winds have changed its features since they roared
With hosts from Judham and Tayy and Tahan.
تحسبه من خلال المزن صائبه
تطمي معالم أطلالٍ وغيطانِ
You would think them, through the twisting sands,
Covering the features of ruins and sands.
فاض المجلجل قد حاق الرسوم وقد
هاض الملثُّ على ربعٍ بمرنانِ
The torrent overflowed, erasing the shapes, and
The place languished over a land of Marnan.
أقول ولم يبق لي من بعدِ ساكنِه
إلّا مراتعُ من وحش وصيرانِ
I say, and none of its inhabitants remain for me
Except the grazing lands of beasts and crickets.
ربعٌ لجاريةٍ حوراءَ غانيةٍ
حوريّة جُعلت في خَلقِ إنسانِ
A land for a lovely singing slave girl,
A houri created in the form of a human.
غيداءُ ساميةٌ ريداء ضاميةٌ
هيفاءُ ناميةٌ تسمو بأخدانِ
Radiant, sublime, gentle, embracing,
Sleepy, growing with cheeks.
بيضاءُ عاليةٌ تزهو بغاليةٍ
بضَّاء طاليةٌ من عطرِها القانِ
White, lofty, blossoming with glory,
Laughing white, with the perfume of coats.
غنجاً معطّفة روحا ملطَّفة
ظميا مهفهفة في عطفِ وهنانِ
Leafy, gentle of soul, pleasant,
Adorned, swaying with tenderness and bliss.
حسناً عواجبُها حمرا رواجبُها
ترمي حواجبُها من سهم إنسانِ
Her qualities are goodness, her cheeks redness,
Her eyebrows shoot arrows from human bows.
وضَّاحُ مغرقُها من فوق مفرقِها
كالشمس مشرقُها ضوءٌ بلمعانِ
Her forehead's splendor from her hairline
Is like the rising sun, beaming with light.
لعسا ملاثمها سلساً ملاهمها
مُلساً ملازمُها تاهت بإحسانِ
Maybe her soft speech gently touches,
Smoothly clinging, lost in kindness.
رخصاً حقائبها أعلى حزايقها
فاحت حدائقها من عترِ قُنوانِ
Cheap are her burdens, atop her saddlebags,
Her gardens have spread the perfume of lawns.
في فرعها غسقٌ في خدِّها فلقٌ
في ثغرها دلق تزهو بألحانِ
In her branch is dusk, in her cheek a slit,
In her lips a slice, blossoming with tunes.
زانت سوالفها منها رفارفها
فعما روادفُها أحقاف كُثبانِ
Her conversations are adorned, her companionships
Crowd the dunes with song and music.
وسناء مقلتها حسناء وجنتها
حببا برشفتها من كأس نشوانِ
The splendor of her eyes and beauty of her dimples
Have captivated with a cup of joy.
ظنّت براقعها منها مقانعها
تخفو مصانعها جلباب صنعانِ
Her veils conceal her masks, hiding
Her treasures, a cloak of San'aan.
لفَّت مآزرها منها موازرها
هانت خواصرها من كشح ظمآنِ
She has wrapped her waistbands around her hips,
Her delicate waist faint from the thirst of yearning.
دُهماً ذوائبها غنماً ترائبها
تهوى حبائبها عهدي برضوانِ
Her black tresses are lambs, her braids are cattle,
She desires her loved ones in my covenant of satisfaction.
في خَطوِها رسل في مشيها كسلٌ
ألفاظها عسلٌ ريّا بألبانِ
In her gait are messages, in her walking is grace,
Her words are honey flowing with milk.
في خدِّها لهبٌ في صدرها ذهبٌ
بخالها عجبٌ ينمو برفعانِ
In her cheek is flame, in her chest is gold,
Her stinginess is wonder growing in ascent.
في كشرِها ضمرٌ في قدِّها سمرٌ
أزهارها ثمرٌ يزهو برمَّانِ
In her wink is plot, in her stature dusk,
Her flowers are fruit growing with pomegranates.
في عينها وجلٌ في خدِّها خجلٌ
في جيدِها زجلٌ يسمو بأريانِ
In her eyes is fear, in her cheek shame,
In her neck sound, rising to the highlands.
في حليها سطر في جعدِها عطرٌ
أرضابُها مطرٌ بالغصنِ والبانِ
In her jewelry is a line, in her curls fragrance,
Her land is rain with the branch and white.
كافورُها عرقٌ منظومها ورقٌ
سربالها سرق في برد كتَّانِ
Her camphor is sweat, her poem leaves,
Her gown stolen in the cool of cotton.
جلَّت مراتبها لمَّا أعاتبُها
قولي ترايبها جودي بلقيانِ
She surpasses the ranks when I reproach her,
Say to her confused my generosity in union.
عهدي بها سمحت وصلي وقد منحت
ما خلتُها جنحت صدّاً بهجرانِ
My covenant with her was generosity and when I united
I did not let her incline to separation and estrangement.
أيَّام تسعدني منها وتوعدُني
فالآن تبعدني عنها وتنساني
Days that made me happy through her then threatened me,
Now they distance me from her and make me forget.
قالت تنبّه لي إن كنت ذا مهلٍ
لا تغترر جهلي تغرو بنقصانِ
She said, take heed if you have any patience -
Do not be fooled by my ignorance, tempted by loss.
فاِعلَم ترى حَسبي يكفيك عن نسبي
هل تعرفنَّ أبي من زيدِ كهلانِ
Know that you see my lineage suffices you beyond my ancestry.
Do you know who my father is from old Zayd of Kulan?
فقلت اِسمعي ممّا أقول وعي
هل تعلمي فرعي من آل عدنانِ
So I said listen to what I say and understand -
Do you know my origin is from Adnan's house?
وَمن كنانة لي أصلاً ومن مضر
وقُرب آل رسول اللَه قربانِ
And from Kinana I have ancestry and from Mudar
And nearness to the Prophet's family of offerings.
محمَّد فصلاة اللَه تختمه
تُهدى رسالته للإنس والجانِ
Muhammad, may Allah's prayers complete him,
His message is gifted to mankind and spirits.
