شِبْتُ وَلي قلبٌ غريمُ الغرام

يهوى التثني ويحب القَوام

I grew old, yet my heart is still enamored with love

It inclines towards beauty and loves the well-built

وما فَتَنّى غير تلك التي

يا قوم تحلوا بامشام امو شام

And I have not been tempted except by she

Who, O people, is as sweet smelling as musk or perfume

يا قوم ما فيكم فتى عارفٌ

معبرا يعبر رؤيا المنام

O people, among you there is no young man who knows

To interpret the dream I saw

رأيت في الليل كأني عاص

روضة جَادَ عليها الغمَام

I saw in my sleep as if I were in

A meadow on which clouds had rained

أقسمتُ إنّ الحبَ في عامر

والجودُ في سعدِ ابن بنت الكرام

I swear that love is in Aamer

And generosity is in Saad, son of the generous

وَزِنّ حيّا اللهَ بِّرَاقها

ولام حيا الله دُحمى ولام

Weigh, may Allah keep her alive, her brilliance

And blame, may Allah keep him alive, his darkness and blame

وفي السُّهيلييّن سِرُّ العُلا

لولا السُّهيليّونَ ضاعت سهام

And in the Suhailis is the secret of glory

Were it not for the Suhailis, the arrows would have been lost

قبائل كالبحر مهما طمى

ما يلزم البحر وفيه التظام

Tribes like the sea, no matter how turbulent

The sea remains unaffected and in it is strength