شم برقَ شامةَ من على جَمرِ الغَضَى

أوَ ما تراهُ منَ الثَّنيةِ أو مَضَا

Smell the lightning of a birthmark from the embers of wrath,

Or what you see of the fold, or extinction,

سَلَّت بهِ الظَّلماءُ منهُ عل الحمَى

سيفاً لهطَّالِ المدامعش يُنتضى

The darkness sent it to the fever,

A sword for the long-lasting tears to be fulfilled,

هُم أَرسلوهُ وقد أتاهُ مبُشِّراً

من بعد ما غضروا زماناً بالرِّضا

They sent him while he came to him as a harbinger,

After they were content for a while with consent,

فاحذر فُؤادي أن يهيمَ بومضةٍ

إن همَّ أن يقضي حُقُوقهم قَضى

So beware my heart of wandering with a flash,

If they intend to fulfill their rights fulfillment,

حاكَى ابتسامَ ثُغُورهم فأظُنُّهم

بَعثوهُ عما في الثُّغورِ مُعَرَّضا

He imitated the smile of their lips, so I think they

Sent him about what was happening in the lips exposed,

حُييتَ من برقٍ أعادَ خُفوقُهُ

من عَهدِ أَيَّامِ الشَّبيبةِ ما مَضى

You were greeted by a lightning whose pulsation returned

From the era of the days of youth that passed,

أَيَّامَ لا غُصنُ الَمسرَّةِ ذابلٌ

منهُم ولا دَينُ التَّواصُلِ يُقتَضَى

The days when the branch of joy was not withered

From them, nor was the religion of communication claimed,

حاشا مواثيقَ اللوى تُلوَى ولا

عَهداً لمِعَهدِ رامَةٍ أَن يُنقَضَا

Far be it for the covenants of amity to be twisted, nor

A covenant to the covenant of loftiness to be breached,

يا جِيرةً باتَ البُرَيقُ يَقُصُّ لي

عَنهُم أَحاديثَ الأُبيَرِقِ والأَضَا

O neighbor, the lightening told me at night

About them, the talks of brilliance and extinction,

وَشِعابُ نَجدٍ لا خَلَت أَعشابُهُ

مِنهُمُ وبَاكَرَها الرَّبيعُ وقَرَّضا

And the valleys of Najd, its plants did not lack

From them, and spring had picked them and plucked them,

حَتَّى تَراها كالرِّياض تَبَسَّمت

عن حُسنِ أوجهُهم على ذَاكَ القَضَا

Until you see them like gardens smiling

About the beauty of their faces upon that decree,