بانَ الحَيُّ فَاِغتَرَبوا

وَشَفَّ فُؤادَكَ الطَرَبُ

The loved ones left and you were saddened

And yearning broke your heart

وَذَكَّرَكَ المَنازِلَ مِن

رُقَيَّةَ مَنزِلٌ خَرِبُ

It reminded you of the dwellings

A dwelling in Ruqayya lies in ruins

بِهِ آرِيُّ أَفراسٍ

وَخَيماتٌ وَمُنتَصَبُ

In it the neighing of steeds

And tents erected tall

غَنوا جيرانَنا فَنَأَت

بِهِم قَذّافَةٌ صَبَبُ

Our neighbors sang, so we came

With vessels overflowing poured

وَفَرَّقَ بَينَ أَهلينا

قَديمُ الذَحلِ وَالغَضَبُ

And it separated between our people

The ancient rancor and wrath

وَقَد عَلِمَت قُرَيشٌ

أَنَّنا فَرعٌ إِذا اِنتَسَبوا

And Quraysh had known

We are a branch, when they claim ancestry

مَراجِحُ في صُفوفِهِمُ

وَفُرسانٌ إِذا رَكِبوا

Cavalry in their ranks

And horsemen when they ride

وَأَخوالي بَنو لَيثٍ

وَضَنءُ نِسائِهِم نُجُبُ

My uncles the Bani Layth

And the honor of their women exalted

هُمُ مَنَعوا تِهامَةَ حَي

ثُ تَحمي بَعضَها العَرَبُ

They who denied Tihama refuge

Where some of the Arabs take shelter

زَمانَ نَفى العَزيزُ بِها

الذَليلَ وَأَمعَنَ الهَرَبُ

An era the Almighty denied in it

The lowly and hastened their flight