أَلا يا لِقَومي لِلهَوى وَالتَذَكُّرِ

وَعَينٍ قَذى إِنسانُها أُمُّ جَحدَرِ

Alas, O my people, for passion and remembrance,

And an eye whose tears humans shed like rainfall,

فَلَم تَرَ عَينِيَ مِثلَ قَلبِيَ لَم يَطِر

وَلا كَضُلوعٍ فَوقَهُ لَم تُكَسَّرِ

My eye has not seen the likes of my heart that did not soar,

Nor ribs above which were not broken.

أَطاعَ لَها نَبتُ الخُزامى وَجادَها

بِأَوطانِها غُرُّ السَحابِ المُنَحِّرِ

The growth of eglantine obeyed it and gifted it

With its homelands, the downpour of bursting clouds,

وَإِنّي مِن قَيسٍ وَقَيسٌ هُمُ الذُرى

إِذا رَكِبَت فُرسانُها في السَنَوَّرِ

And I am from Qais and Qais are the offspring,

When their knights mount their steeds caparisoned.

جُيوشُ أَميرِ المُؤمِنينِ الَّتي بِها

يُقَوَّمُ رَأس المَرزُبانِ المُسَوَّرِ

The armies of the Commander of the Faithful, with which

The head of the armored warlord is kept upright,

لَقَد زادَني ظَنّاً بِنَفسِيَ أَنَّني

إِذا قيلَ أَينَ الرَأسُ لَم أَتَأَخَّرِ

Indeed, thinking well of myself made me,

When asked where is the head, not hesitate.