زَوَّدَتنا رُقَيَّةُ الأَحزانا

يَومَ جازَت حُمولُها سَكرانا

Rukaya burdened us with sorrows

When her caravans passed by drunk

رائِحاتٍ عَشِيَّةً عَن قُدَيدٍ

وارِداتٍ مَعَ الضُحى عُسفانا

With scents of evening from Kudaid

And gifts arriving at dawn from Osfan

جاعِلاتٍ قَطائِفَ الباغِزِ الخُض

رَ عَلى الساهِكاتِ وَالأُرجُوانا

Making the garden bulbs in their sleeves

Dance on the roads and on the violets

إِن تَقُل هُنَّ مِن بَني عَبدِ شَمسٍ

فَعَسى ذاكَ أَن يَكونَ وَكانا

If you say they are from the tribe of Abdeshams

Perhaps that would be true and was so

لَم يُخَوَّفنَ بِالبَياتِ وَلَم يَح

لُلنَ دارَ الهَوانِ مِن لُبنانا

They were not frightened of the night nor pitched

Their tents in the land of disgrace from Lebanon

قُل لِقَندٍ يُشَيِّعُ الأَظعانَ

طالَ ما سَرَّ غَيبَنا وَكَفانا

Tell Qand, who escorts misfortunes

Our absence has been long, and enough

أَنا مِن أَجلِكُم هَجَرتُ بَني زَي

دٍ وَمِن أَجلِكُم أُحِبُّ أَبانا

Because of you I abandoned the clan of Zaid

And because of you I love our father

وَدَخَلنا الدِيارَ ما نَشتَهيها

طَمَعاً أَن نَنالَها أَو تَرانا

And we entered the houses we desired

Hoping either to attain them or see them

وَاِبنُ أَسماءَ خَيرُ مَن مَسَحَ الرُك

نَ فَعالاً وَخَيرُهُم بُنيانا

And the son of Asma is best at wiping feet

Effectively, and best of them in building

وَإِذا قيلَ مَن هِجانُ قُرَيشٍ

كُنتَ أَنتَ الفَتى وَأَنتَ الهِجانا

And if asked who are the protectors of Quraish

You are the young man, and you are the protector