ثَوَّرَها ناشِطَةً عِقالَها
قَد مَلأَت مِن بُدنِها جِلالَها
Her passion stirred her, sharpening her intellect
Her glory had filled her sturdy body
فَلَم تَزَل أَشواقُهُ تَسوقُها
حَتّى رَمَت مِنَ الوَجى رِحالَها
His longing kept driving her
Until she cast off from the beloved their supplies
ماذا عَلى النّاقَةِ مِن غَرامِهِ
لَو أَنَّهُ أَنصَفَ أَو رَثى لَها
What is with this she-camel and her passion?
Had he been fair or elegized her
أَرادَ أَن تَشرَبَ ماء حاجِرٍ
أَرِيَّها يَطلُبُ أَم كَلالَها
He wanted her to drink the water of Hajir
Does he show her seeking her perfection?
إِنَّ لَها عَلى القُلوبِ ذِمَّةً
لأَنَّها قَد عَرَفَت بِلبالَها
She has a pact with hearts
For she knew her mind
كانَت لَها مَعَ الصَّبا تَحِيَّةً
أَعجَلَها السّائِقُ أَن تَنالَها
She used to greet the morning breeze
The driver rushed her to attain it
كَم تَسأَلُ البارِقَ عَن سُوَيقَةٍ
وَلا يُجيبُ عامِداً سُؤالَها
How she asks lightning about Suiqa
Yet it does not answer her question
خَوفاً عَلى قُلوبِها إِن عَلِمَت
إِنَّ الغَوادي دَرَسَت أَطلالُها
Fearing for her hearts if she knew
That the valleys had trodden her ruins
مَسارِحٌ رَعَت بِها مَنيعَةٌ
فَما رَأَى طارِدُها انشِلالَها
Pastures she grazed protected
So her pursuer did not see her falter
وَحَيثُ مَدَّت في الجَميمِ بَوعَها
وَقامَصَت مِن مَرَح إِفالَها
Wherever she stretched her foreleg in the sand
And rose from the place of her kneeling
وَسَرَّحَت لاعِبَةً كَأَنَّما
تَحسَبُها مِن سَفَهٍ فِصالَها
And set out playing as if
She reckoned him too foolish for her company
قَد ناكَرَت مِنَ الوَجى أَخفافَها
وَناحَلَت مِن ضُمُرٍ ظِلالَها
She denied her soft steps from the beloved
And obtained from determination her shadows
وَامتَدَّتِ الفَلاةُ دونَ خَطوِها
كَأَنَّها قَد كَرِهَت زَوالَها
The desert stretched before her steps
As if she disliked her fading
فَعَلِّلوها بِحَديثِ حاجِرٍ
وَلتَصنَعِ الفَلاةُ ما بَدا لَها
So justify her with the talk of Hajir
And let the desert do as it pleases
