سَلِّ هَمَّ النَفسِ عَنها

بِعَلَندَاةٍ عَلاةِ

Ask the soul about its worries

With a skilled, adept tongue

تَتَّقي الأَرضَ وَتَهوي

بِخفافٍ مُدمَجاتِ

That avoids the earth and flies

With light, interwoven wings

ذاكَ أَم ما بالُ قَومي

كَسَروا سِنَّ قَناتي

Is this my people who

Broke the teeth of my jugs

وَاِستَخَفّوا بي وَصاروا

كَقرودٍ خاسِئاتِ

And mocked me, becoming

Like apes, fallen and failed

أَصبَحَ اليَومَ وَليدٌ

هائِماً بِالغانِياتِ

Today Walid wakes

Wandering, singing songs

عِندَهُ طاسٌ وَإِبري

قٌ وَراحٌ بِالفَلاةِ

With him a bowl and waterskin

And rest in the desert

إِبعَثوا خَيلاً لِحَيلٍ

وَرُماةً لِرُماةِ

Send out horses for cunning

And archers for archers