عَجِّلا اليَومَ صاحِبَيَّ رَواحا
وَاِسقِياني قَبلَ التَرَوُّحِ راحا
My friends, hasten today with a farewell drink
And quench my thirst before I depart
عَلَّ ما بالفُؤادِ يَذهَبُ عَنهُ
إِنَّ عَقلي أَمسى غَريباً مُراحا
Perhaps what troubles my heart will vanish
For my mind has become a wandering stranger
أَينَ لَيلى وَأَينَ لَيلى وَلَيلى
أَمرَضَت غَيرَنا رِجالاً صِحاحا
Where is Layla, where is Layla, where is Layla
Did she make other men well while I'm sick?
لا تَرى عاشِقاً تَعَلَّقَ لَيلى
وَيُلاقي المَماتَ مِنها رَواحا
No lover like me clings to Layla
And meets death because of her departure
هاجَ لي ذِكرَها حَمامُ هَديلٍ
ذُكِّرَ الإِلفَ في الغُصونِ فَناحا
The cooing of the doves reminded me of her
The boughs echoed the call of those long gone
لَقِيَت تَغلِبٌ كَهَلكَةِ عادٍ
إِذ أَتاهُم هَولُ العَذابِ صَباحا
Tughlib met the same fate as the people of Aad
When the horror of punishment came upon them one morning
وَنَهاهُم نَبِيُّهُم يَومَ ذاكُم
وَدَعاهُم إِلى الإِلَهِ صُراحا
Their prophet warned them that day
And called them sincerely to God
وَنَهَينا عَن حَربِنا تَغلِبَ العُش
وَ فَما عافتِ البَلا وَالمَتاحا
Yet we were banned from fighting Tughlib
And so the country was not safe from trials
دونَ أَن أَبصَرَت خُيولاً لِبَكرٍ
وَسُيوفاً هِندِيَّةً وَرِماحا
Before they saw the steeds of Bakr
The Indian swords or the spears
فَقَتَلنا بِوارِداتٍ رِجالاً
إِذ بَدا كاضِمُ الضَميرِ ضُباحا
We killed men with sudden raids
When the vile one appeared at dawn
وَلَقى القَومُ بِالذَنائِبِ منّا
إِذ كَشَفنا الخُلودَ مَوتاً ذُباحا
The people met disgrace from us
As we ended the undying with slaughter
وَأَسَرنا عَدِيَّها وَاِصطَنَعنا
بِيَدٍ لَو أَثابَ مِنّا نَجاحا
We captured their enemies and pretended
To have done it with an effortless hand
سَفَّهوا حِلمَنا فَلَمّا أَثاروا
لِلِقاءِ الكُماةِ طاحوا طِياحا
They disrespected our patience, and when
They roused the argument, they were scattered
لَقوا أُسدَ غابَةٍ وَكُهولاً
وَقَناً تَصرَعُ الكُماةَ سِفاحا
They met a fierce lion of the jungle
And a wild ass that kills the argumentative in battle
يَطرُدونَ الخُيولَ في رَهَجِ النَق
عِ وَيفرونَ بِالسُيوفِ السِلاحا
They drive off the horses in the frenzy of war
And flee with swords bare of sheaths
سايَحوا شَيخَنا جُحَيشاً وَكانوا
كُلَّما أَخرَجوهُ لِلحَربِ ساحا
They slandered our Sheikh Juheish
Dragging him out for battle again and again
وَلَقَد كانَ كارِهاً لِلَّذي كا
نَ رَجاءً بِأَن يَكونَ الرباحا
Though he disliked the situation he was in
Hoping the outcome would be favorable
فَأَصابوا بُجَيرَ مِن غَيرِ جرمٍ
كانَ مِنهُ إِذ صادَفوهُ كِفاحا
Yet without cause they struck Bujeer
Who had struggled against them when they found him
ضَرَّجوا ثَوبَهُ وَقالوا سَفاهاً
أَنتَ بِالشِسعِ مِن كُلَيبٍ صُراحا
They stained his garment and foolishly said
"You are the stirrup for Kulayb's saddle"
فَأَصابَ القِتالُ آنافَ بكرٍ
فَأَبادَت بِهِ الرِجالَ الصِباحا
So the fighting struck the skulls of Bakr
And in the morning their men were destroyed
ورَجَت تَغلِبٌ تُعيدَ كُلَيباً
فَأَطَحنا سَراتَهُم حَيثُ طاحا
Tughlib surged to restore Kulayb
But we crushed their heads where they fell
قَد تَرَكنا نِساءَهُم مُعوِلاتٍ
مُعلِناتٍ مَعَ البُكاءِ النُواحا
We left their women bereft
Wailing loudly in their grief
بَقِيَت بَعدَهُ الجَليلَةُ تَبكي
وَالخَرودُ العَيطاءُ تَدعو لَحاحا
After him remained the noble woman weeping
And the screeching camel calling out
وَتَرَكنا أُصَيبِياتٍ صِغاراً
وَذَرارى يَحتَسونَ القِراحا
We left young widows
And orphans drinking leftover broth
كانَ سَهمُ النِساءِ جِباهٍ
وَأَجَلنا عَلى الرِجالِ القِداحا
The mark of the women was striking foreheads
While we hit the men with death blows
وَتَرَكنا دِيارَ تَغلِبَ قَفراً
وَكَسَرنا مِنَ الغُواةِ الجَناحا
We left the lands of Tughlib barren
And clipped the wings of the tyrants
وَتَرَ الزئرَ يَمعَجُ القَولَ فينا
بِعدَما صارَ مُفرَدا مُستَباحا
The lion continued roaring words against us
After he was left isolated and violated
هُوَ في الشَرِّ قبائِلٌ وَمُرَوٍّ
لَيتَهُ ماتَ قَبلَها فَاِستَراحا
He is the worst of tribes, a deluded one
If only he had died before her and found rest
