أَلا يا اِسلَمي يا أُمَّ بِشرٍ عَلى الهَجرِ

وَعَن عَهدِكِ الماضي لَهُ قِدَمُ الدَهرِ

O my dear Islam, O mother of good tidings, farewell

And your past era has steps of time

لَيالِيَ تَلهو في الشَبابِ الَّذي خَلا

بِمُرتَجَّةِ الأَردافِ طَيِّبَةِ النَشرِ

Nights frolicked in youth that passed

With swaying buttocks, sweet smelling aroma

أَسيلَةُ مَجرى الدَمعِ خَفّاقَةُ الحَشا

مِنَ الهيفِ مِبراقُ التَرائِبِ وَالنَحرِ

Tearful eyes shedding tears, passionate,

From the beloved's love, lightning of necks and chest

وَتَبسِمُ عَن أَلمى شَتيتٍ نَباتُهُ

لَذيذٍ إِذا جادَت بِهِ واضِحِ الثَغرِ

Smiling despite scattered pain, its plants

Sweet when the clear lips are generous

مِنَ الجازِئاتِ الحورِ مَطلَبُ سِرِّها

كَبَيضِ الأَنوقِ المُستَكِنَّةِ في الوَكرِ

Of beautiful maidens the goal of their secret

Like eggs of ostrich hidden in burrow

وَإِنّي وَإِيّاها إِذا ما لَقيتُها

لَكَالماءِ مِن صَوبِ السَحابَةِ وَالخَمرِ

And I and her when we meet

Are like water from rain clouds and wine

تَذَكَّرتُها لا حينَ ذِكرى وَصُحبَتي

عَلى كُلِّ مَقلاقِ الجِنابَينِ وَالضَفرِ

I remember her not when remembering and my company

On every carpet of the two camps and the pillows

إِذا ما جَرى آلُ الضُحى وَتَغَوَّلَت

كَأَنَّ مُلاءً بَينَ أَعلامِها الغُبرِ

When the forenoon changed and receded

As if banners between them gray

وَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا كُلُّ أَدماءَ عِرمِسٍ

تُشَبَّهُ بِالقَرمِ المُخايِلِ في الخَطرِ

And there remained only bloodstained knights

Resembling the daring saviors from danger

تَفُلُّ جَلاذِيَّ الإِكامِ إِذا طَفَت

صُواها وَلَم تَغرَق بِمُجمَرَةٍ سُمرِ

Emptying leather wineskins when they toured

Without drowning in stirred up red wine

وَتَلمَحُ بَعدَ الجَهدِ عَن لَيلَةِ السُرى

بِغائِرَةٍ تَأوي إِلى حاجِبٍ ضَمرِ

Glancing after effort for the night of the holy journey

With a submissive one seeking refuge in frowning eyebrows

تُدافِعُ أَجوازَ الفَلاةِ وَتَنبَري

لَها مِثلُ أَنضاءِ القِداحِ مِنَ السِدرِ

Repelling the terrains of the desert and rising

For it similar to the fires of palm tree from sidr

تُقَوِّمُ مِن أَعناقِها وَصُدورِها

قُوى الأَدَمِ المَكِّيِّ في حَلَقِ الصُفرِ

Straightening from their necks and chests

The strength of Meccan blood in the yellow throats

وَكَم قَطَعَت وَالرَكبُ غيدٌ مِنَ السَرى

إِلَيكَ اِبنَ رِبعِيٍّ مِنَ البَلَدِ القَفرِ

And how many times she cut across while the traveling group slept

To you son of Rabee from the barren town

وَهَل مِن فَتىً مِن وائِلٍ قَد عَلِمتُمُ

كَعِكرِمَةَ الفَيّاضِ عِندَ عُرى الأَمرِ

And is there a young man from Wael you knew

Like Ikrimah the generous at the reins of affairs

إِذا نَحنُ هايَجنا بِهِ يَومَ مَحفِلٍ

رَمى الناسُ بِاَلأَبصارِ أَبيَضَ كَالبَدرِ

When we roused him on a day of festival

People looked towards a face white like the full moon

أَصيلٌ إِذا اِصطَكَّ الجُباهُ كَأَنَّما

يُمِرُّ الثِقالَ الراسِياتِ مِنَ الصَخرِ

One of pure lineage whose foreheads collide as if

Moving the heavy rocks from mountain

وَإِن نَحنُ قُلنا مَن فَتىً عِندَ خُطَّةٍ

نُرامي بِهِ أَو دَفعِ داهِيَةٍ نُكرِ

And if we said who is the young man at time of evil plan

We pelt him or ward off a repulsive stranger

كُفينا بِحَبّاسٍ عَلى كُلِّ مَوقِفٍ

مَخوفٍ إِذا ما لَم يُجِز صاحِبُ الثَغرِ

Sufficient for us is Habas in every

Frightening stand if the man of mustache does not suffice

بِصُلبِ قَناةِ الأَمرِ ما إِن يَصورُها ال

ثِقافُ إِذا بَعضُ القَنا صيرَ بِالأَطرِ

By the firmness of the way of affairs which none pictures unless

A culture if some of the way turns by oppression

وَلَيسوا إِلى أَسواقِهِم إِذ تَأَلَّفوا

وَلا يَومَ عَرضٍ عُوَّداً سُدَّةَ القَصرِ

And they are not to their markets when they reconcile

Nor a day of presentation adorned closing the palace

بِأَسرَعَ وِرداً مِنهُمُ نَحوَ دارِهِ

وَلا ناهِلٌ وافى الجَوابِيَ عَن عَشرِ

Returning to his abode faster than

Them not a water-drawer fulfilling from ten

تَرى مُترَعَ الشيزى الثِقالِ كَأَنَّما

تَحَضَّرَ مِنها أَهلُها فُرَضَ البَحرِ

You see the pasture of she-camel calves burdened as if

Its people crowded so the sea was obligated

تُكَلَّلُ بِالتَرعيبِ مِن قَمَعِ الذُرى

إِذا لَم يُنَل عَبطُ الغَوالي مِنَ الجُزرِ

Crowned with terror from the top of millet

When violence of Ebthal cannot be attained from the islands

مِنَ الشُهبِ أَكتافاً تُناخُ إِذا شَتا

وَحُبَّ القُتارُ بِالمُهَنَّدَةِ البُترِ

With shoulders that rest when it tours

And love of Guidance with docked tail

وَما مُزبِدُ الأَطوادِ مِن دونِ عانَةٍ

يَشُقُّ جِبالَ الغَورِ ذو حَدَبٍ غَمرِ

And froth of seas not without help

Cleaving mountains of the depths with curved hump

تَظَلُّ بَناتُ الماءِ تَبدو مُتونُها

وَطَوراً تَوارى في غَوارِبِهِ الكُدرِ

Daughters of water stay shaded their bellies appear

And awhile they disappear in its turbid darkness

مَتى يَطَّرِد تَسقِ السَوادَ فُضولُهُ

وَفي كُلِّ مُستَنٍّ غَوارِبُهُ تَجري

When will the excess of blackness finish being driven

And in every resting place its darknesses flow

بِأَجوَدَ مِن مَأوى اليَتامى وَملَجَأِ ال

مُضافِ وَوَهّابِ القِيانِ أَبي عَمروِ

Most generous than asylum of orphans and refuge of

Host who bestows and generous Abu Amro

أَعِكرِمَ أَنتَ الأَصلُ وَالفَرعُ وَالذُرى

أَتاكَ اِبنُ عَمٍّ زائِراً لَكَ عَن عُفرِ

Ikrima you are origin, branch, and progeny

A cousin came visiting you from Ufayr

مِنَ المُصطَلينَ الحَربَ أَيّامَ قَلَّصَت

بِنا وَبِقَيسٍ عَن حِيالٍ وَعَن نَزرِ

Of those the war diminished days between us

And Qais from lineage and from few

وَإِنّي صَبورٌ مِن سُلَيمٍ وَعامِرٍ

وَنَصرٍ عَلى البَغضاءِ وَالنَظَرِ الشَزرِ

And I am forbearing from Sulaym, Amer

And Nasr against hatred, glance of small eyes

إِذا ما اِلتَقَينا عِندَ بِشرٍ رَأَيتَهُم

يَغُضّونَ دوني الطَرفَ بِالحَدَقِ الخُضرِ

When we meet at good tidings you see them

Lowering their gaze shyly with green eyes

وَأَوجُهِ مَوتورينَ فيها كَآبَةٌ

فَرَغماً عَلى رَغمٍ وَوَقراً عَلى وَقرِ

And faces sullen on them gloom

So pride against pride and dignity against dignity

فَنَحنُ تَلَفَّعنا عَلى عَسكَريهِمِ

جِهاراً وَما طِبّي بِبَغيٍ وَلا فَخرِ

But we spurned their army

Publicly and I do not have immorality nor pride

وَلَكِنَّ حَدَّ المَشرَفِيَّةِ ساقَهُم

إِلى أَن حَشَرنا فَلَّهُم أَسوَأَ الحَشرِ

But the extent of nobility led them

To where we scattered them the worst scattering

وَأَمّا عُمَيرُ بنُ الحُبابِ فَلَم يَكُن

لَهُ النِصفُ في يَومِ الهِياجِ وَلا العُشرِ

And as for Umair ibn Hubab he did not have

Half on day of zeal nor tenth

فَإِن تَذكُروها في مَعَدٍّ فَإِنَّما

أَصابَكَ بِالثَرثارِ راغِيَةُ البَكرِ

So if they mention her in enumeration so only

Reaching you with blabbering virgin girl

وَكانَ يُرى أَنَّ الجَزيرَةَ أَصبَحَت

مَواريثَ لِاِبنَي حاتِمٍ وَأَبي صَخرِ

And it was seen Al-Jazeera became

Inheritances for the two sons of Hatim and Abu Sakhr