شَجا قَلبَهُ أَظعانُ سُعدى السَوالِكُ

وَأَجمالُها يَومَ البُلَيدِ الرَواتِكُ

The complaints of Sa'dya's camels have broken his heart

And their beauty on the day they set out, marching

أَقولُ وَقَد جاوَزنَ أَعلامَ ذي دَمٍ

وَذي وَجَمى أَو دونَهُنَّ الدَوانِكُ

I say, though we have passed the landmarks of bloodshed

And shame, or less than them, the small hills

تَأَمَّل كَذا هَل تَرعَوي وَكَأَنَّما

مَوائِجُ شيزى أَمرَحتَها الدَوامِكُ

Look - does it graze like this? As if

The waves of Shayza were stirred up by the constant winds

وَهَل تَرَيني بَعدَ أَن تُنزَعَ البُرى

وَقَد أُبنَ أَنضاءً وَهُنَّ زَواحِكُ

Do you see me after the cattle were taken away

When does were built, and they are your friends

وَرَدنَ بُصاقاً بَعدَ عِشرينَ لَيلَةً

وَهُنَّ كَليلاتُ العُيونِ رَكائِكُ

They returned with contempt after twenty nights

While they are the little nights of the eyes, your comrades

فَأُبنَ وَما مِنهُنَّ مِن ذاتِ نَجدَةٍ

وَلَو بَلَغَت إِلّا تُرى وَهيَ زاحِكُ

Does were built, but none of them were beneficial

Even if they reached, you would see her laughing

نَفى السَيرُ عَنها كُلَّ جاءِ إِقامَةٍ

فَهُنَّ رَذايا بِالطَريقِ تَرائِكُ

Travel denied everything that came to stay

So they are gazelles on the path, your peers

وَحُمِّلَتِ الحاجاتِ خوصاً كَأَنَّها

وَقد ضَمِرَت صُفرُ القِسِيِّ العَواتِكُ

The needs were loaded on thin camels as if

Their yellow saddle blankets were shriveled

وَمَقرُبَةٌ دُهمٌ وَكُمتٌ كَأَنَّها

طَماطِمُ يوفونَ الوُفورَ هَنادِكُ

A pot is smoked and silent as if it were

Tomatoes overflowing with boiling here and there

كَأَنَّ عَدَولِيّاً زُهاءَ حُمولَها

غَدَت تَرتَمي الدَهنا بِها وَالدَهالِكُ

As if the driver's camels were about to throw off

Their fat here and there and the luggage

وَفَوقَ جِمالِ الحَيِّ بيضٌ كَأَنَّها

عَلى الرَقمِ آرامُ الأَثيلِ الأَوارِكُ

And over the live white as if they were

Gazelles resting on the hilltops, grazing

ظِباءُ خَريفٍ حَشَّت السَدرَ خُضَّع

ثَنى سِربَها أَطفالُهُنَّ العَوالِكُ

Autumn deer that lodged on the lotus tree bent

Their fawns gathered them, the teeny ones

فَما زِلتُ أُبقي الظَعنَ حَتّى كَأَنَّها

أَواقي سَدىً تَغتالُهُنَّ الحَوائِكُ

So I remained complaining until it was as if they were

Tent pegs of blazing fire consumed by the winds

فَإِنَّ شِفائي نَظرَة إِن نَظَرتُها

إِلى ثافِلٍ يَوماً وَخَلفي شَنائِكُ

For my recovery is a glance if I looked at it

At the rear of the caravan another day, and behind me are your companions

وَإِن بَدَتِ الخَيماتُ مِن بَطنِ أَرثَدٍ

لَنا وَفِيافي المَرخَتَينِ الدَكادِكُ

And if the tents appeared from the belly of Arthad

For us, the two slit tents are decaying

تَجَنَّبتَ لَيلى عنوَةً أَن تَزورَها

وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ في اَهلِ وُدِّكَ تارِكُ

You avoided visiting Layla tyrannically

While you are a man among your loving people

أَقولُ إِذا الحَيّانِ كَعبٌ وَعامِرٌ

تَلاقوا وَلَفَّتنا هُناكَ المَناسِكُ

I say: Since the live ones are Ka'b and 'Amir

They met us and the rituals rolled us up there

جَزى اللَهُ حَيّاً بالموقر نَضرَةً

وَجادَت عَلَيهِ الرائِحاتُ الهَواتِكُ

May God reward the live one with blessed freshness

And the winds blew goodness upon him

بِكُلِّ حَثيثِ الوَبلِ زَهرٍ غَمامُهُ

لَهُ دِرَرٌ بِالقَسطَلَينِ حَواشِكُ

With every dripping cloud of springtime its flowers

For him are pearls in the two cheekbones

كَما قَد عَمَمتَ المُؤمِنينَ بِنائِلٍ

أَبا خالِدٍ صَلَّت عَلَيكَ المَلائِكُ

As you have blessed the believers with clouds

Abu Khalid, upon you peace the angels

وَما يَكُ مِنّي قَد أَتاكَ فَإِنَّهُ

عِتابٌ أَبا مَروانَ وَالقَلبُ سادِكُ

What is wrong with me has come to you, for it is

Reproach, Abu Marwan, while my heart is pleased