إِليك بها رسالة ذي كناس

أناخ بكم من الأدم الجوازي

Here it is for you: the message of one in his covert.

Among you, one of the dun, far-ranging camels has been made to kneel.

قصارى أمره تذكار قصر

له من قاسيون إلى عزاز

His mission goes no further than recalling a palace—

a palace of his, from Qasioun to Azaz.

به سِرْب شَدِنَّ على المراعي

بألحاظ تذكرك المغازي

Therein, upon the pastures, is a herd of young gazelles,

with glances that recall campaigns to you—

بفَتْكٍ دونه فَتَكاتُ عمرو

وسِحْرٍ دونه شعر المنازي

with a deadliness before which ʿAmr’s deadly exploits are as nothing,

and a magic before which al-Manāzī’s poetry is as nothing.

منازلنا سقيت الغيث سحّا

وتسكاباً لطيبك يا منازِ

Our dwellings—may the rain water you in torrents,

pouring down for your sweetness, O dwellings!