ظَعَنَت لِتَحزُنَنا كَثيرَ
وَلَقَد تَكونُ لَنا أَميرَه
She came to grieve us often
She may become our little princess
أَيّامَ تِلكَ كَأَنَّها
حَوراءُ مِن بَقَرٍ غَريرَه
Those days were like
A cow with a flowing udder
شَبَّت أَمامَ لِداتِها
بَيضاءُ سابِغَةُ الغَديرَه
She grew up before her time
White, with a long dress
رَيّا الرَوادِفِ غادَةٌ
بَينَ الطَويلَةِ وَالقَصيرَه
Delicate, riding behind, going
Between the tall and the short
حَلَّت فَلاليجَ السَوا
دِ وَحَلَّ أَهلي بِالجَزيرَه
She landed on the meadows and the valleys
While my tribe landed on the island
قَذَفَت بِها غَربُ النَوى
فَعَسى تَكونُ لَنا مَريرَه
The West threw her there
May she not become bitter for us
صَفراءُ كَالسِيَراءِ لَم
تَشمِط عُذوبَتَها بُحورَه
Yellow like willow
Her sweetness not lacking freshness
مِن نِسوَةٍ كَالبَيضِ في ال
أُدحِيِّ بِالدَمَثِ المَطيرَه
Of women white like eggs
In the rainy foggy valleys
لَم يَصطَلينَ غَضاً وَلَم
يَضرِبنَ لِلبَهمِ الحَظيرَه
Neither picking greens nor
Hitting the animal barn
جُبنَ الفُروجَ مِنَ المَرا
جِلِ وَالمُضَلَّعَةِ المَنيرَه
Cheeses from the spotted she-goat and the shiny doe
Above the skins the smell of basil smells in their forearms
فَوقَ الجُلودِ يَفوحُ في
أَردانِها عَبَقُ الذَريرَه
I am a man who does not tolerate
Defending the honor of my clan
إِنّي اِمرُؤٌ لا يُزدَرى
دَفعِيَ عَن أَعراضِ العَشيرَه
In her tent is dignity and from
Her good manners a bed
في بَيتِها حَسَباً وَمِن
أَخلاقِ صالِحِها سَريرَه
I refuse small boats
And smash large ships
أَنفي القَراقيرَ الصِغا
رَ وَأَحطِمُ الفُلكَ الكَبيرَه
My mother is to Qais at heart
And my father to the glorious `Atikah
أُمّي لِقَيسٍ في الذُرى
وَأَبي لِعاتِكَةَ المَهيرَه
The daughter of the sheltered one from Bani
Dhakwan, no lacking poor
بِنتِ العَواتِكِ مِن بَني
ذَكوانَ لا عَدمى فَقيرَه
In her tent many men
And around her plenty of Mudar
في بَيتِها عَدَدُ الرِجا
لِ وَحَولَها مُضَرُ الكَثيرَه
It was built upon her just as
The frequented house was built
بُنِيَت عَلَيها مِثلَما
بُنِيَت عَلى البَيتِ الضَفيرَه
She calls so the courageous
Stallions come to her
تَدعو فَتَأتيها بِها ال
جُردُ البَهاليلُ الذُكورَه
With ostriches and however
Wild pregnant she camels
بِالمُردِ وَالشُمطِ المُجَر
رَبَةِ الخَضارِمَةِ المُغيرَه
They gasp as if
Her rabbits were snatched by vultures
يَخطَفنَ أَنفاساً كَما
خَطِفَت أَرانِبَها الصُقورَه
And a flat nose
In it the speckles of many stones
وَأَرومَةٌ عادِيَّةٌ
فيها وَقِبصُ حَصىً كَثيرَه
What man belittled men
His soul is that despicable
أَيُّ اِمرِئٍ حَقَرَ الرِجا
لَ فَنَفسُهُ تِلكَ الحَقيرَه
But plenty of life I have seen
Truly miserable big
بَل رُبَّ دُنيا قَد رَأَي
تُ كَبيرَةٍ حَقّاً مَزيرَه
So believing that is false
If it was not fruitful work
فَإِخالُ ذالِكَ باطِلاً
ما لَم يَكُن عَمَلاً ذَخيرَه
