أَعاتِكَ بِنتَ العَبشَمِيَّةِ عاتِكا

أَثيبي اِمرَأً أَمسى بِحُبِّكِ هالِكا

My love for you consumes me, O daughter of Al-Abshami

Have mercy on a man who is dying for your love

بَدَت لِيَ في أَترابِها فَقَتَلنَني

كَذَلِكَ يَقتُلنَ الرِجالَ كَذالِكا

When she appeared among her people, she killed me

Thus do women kill men, in this manner

نَظَرنَ إِلَينا بِالوُجوهِ كَأَنَّما

جَلَونَ لَنا فَوقَ البِغالِ السَبائِكا

They looked at us with faces like

Swords unsheathed above spirited steeds

إِذا غَفَلَت عَنّا العُيونُ الَّتي تَرى

سَلَكنَ بِنا حَيثُ اِشتَهَينَ المَسالِكا

Whenever her eyes that see us grew inattentive

They took us wherever the roads led

وَقالَت لَوَ أَنّا نَستَطيعُ لَزارَكُم

طَبيبانِ مِنّا عالِمانِ بِدائِكا

And she said, "If only we were able, two doctors

From among us, learned in curing your illness, would visit you"

وَلَكِنَّ قَومي أَحدَثوا بَعدَ عَهدِنا

وَعَهدِكَ أَضغاناً كَلِفنَ بِشانِكا

But after our pact and your pact, my people created

Rancor and were burdened with your affair

تُذَكِّرُني قَتلى بِحَرَّةِ واقِمٍ

أُصيبَت وَأَرحاماً قُطِعنَ شَوابِكا

You remind me of the slain at Hurrat Wakim

Whose bonds were severed and ropes cut

وَقَد كانَ قَومي قَبلَ ذاكَ وَقومُها

قَدَ اورَوا بِها عَوداً مِنَ المَجدِ تامِكا

Before that, my people and her people

Had entwined around it a staff of perfected glory

هُمُ يَرتُقونَ الفَتقَ بَعدَ اِنخِراقِهِ

بِحِلمٍ وَيَهدونَ الحَجيجَ المَناسِكا

They would mend the tear after it was rent

With wisdom, guiding pilgrims in their rituals

فَقُطِّعَ أَرحامٌ وَفُضَّت جَماعَةٌ

وَعادَت رَوايا الحِلمِ بَعدُ رَكائِكا

So bonds were severed and a group ambushed

And the traditions of wisdom returned after your absence

فَمَن مُبلِغٌ عَنّي خَليلَيَّ آيَةً

عُيَينَةَ أَعني بِالعِراقِ وَمالِكا

Is there anyone to convey a message from me

To my dear friend Uyaynah in Iraq and its outskirts?

فَهَل مِن طَبيبٍ بِالعِراقِ لَعَلَّهُ

يُداوي كَريماً هالِكاً مُتَهالِكا

Is there a doctor in Iraq who may

Heal a noble one, sick and wasting away?

فَلَولا جُيوشُ الشَأمِ كانَ شِفاؤُهُ

قَريباً وَلَكِنّي أَخافُ النَيازِكا

Were it not for the Syrian armies, his cure

Would be near, but I fear the manic assaults

أَخافُ الرَدى مِن دونِها أَن أَرومَها

وَأَرهَبُ كَلباً دونَها وَالسَكاسِكا

Without them I fear the whims, and dread

A dog without them and the barking wolves

رِجالٌ هُمُ الأَقتالُ مِن يَومِ راهِطٍ

أَجازوا الغِوارَ بَينَنا وَالتَسافُكا

Men who are the epitomes of warriors since the days of Rahat

Crossing the wastelands between us and the bloodbaths

فَلا سِلمَ إِلّا أَن نَقودَ إِلَيهِمُ

عَناجيجَ يَتبَعنَ القِلاصَ الرَواتِكا

The only peace is to lead against them

Bleating sheep pursued by nimble shepherds

إِذا حَثَّها الفُرسانُ رَكضاً رَأَيتَها

مَصاليتَ بِالذَحلِ القَديمِ مَدارِكا

When the horsemen drive them into a gallop, you see them

Like well-rounded old camels, accustomed to their runs

تَدارَكُ أُخرانا وَنَمضي أَمامَنا

وَنَتبَعُ مَيمونَ النَقيبَةَ ناسِكا

Overtaking our rear while we advance ahead

And we follow the auspicious guide carefully

إِذا فَرِغَت أَظفارُهُ مِن قَبيلَةٍ

أَمالَ عَلى أُخرى السُيوفَ البَواتِكا

Whenever his claws finish off one tribe

He turns his sharpened swords against another

عَلى بَيعَةِ الإِسلامِ بايَعنَ مُصعَباً

كَراديسَ مِن خَيلٍ وَجَمعاً ضُبارِكا

He pledged allegiance to Mus'ab on the pledge of Islam

Regiments of horses and a thickening crowd

نَفَيتَ بِنَصرِ اللَهِ عَنهُم عَدوَّهُم

فَأَصبَحتَ تَحمي حَوضَهُم بِرِماحِكا

With God's help you warded off their enemy

So you protect their basin with your spears

تَدارَكتَ مِنهُم عَثرَةً نَهَكَت بِهِم

عَدُوَّهُمُ وَاللَهُ أَولاكَ ذالِكا

You came to their rescue when an adversary had overwhelmed them

And God made you apt for that task