يا شائِمَ البارِقِ لا تُشجِكَ ال
أَظعانُ فُوِّضنَ إِلى أَرضِ بَبنَ
O you who blame the lighting, don't let
The horrors disturb you, entrust yourself to the land of Babylon
أُبنَ إِلى الأَوطانِ في عازِبِ ال
رَوضِ فَما وَجدُك لَمّا أَبَبنَ
Return to the homelands in the stranger of
The garden, so I did not find you when Babylon was built
يَشبُبنَ بِالعودِ وَيُخلِفنَ في ال
مَوعودِ لا كانَ صِلاءٌ شَبَبنَ
They promised with the lute and broke their
Promise, it was not a truthful promise they made
صَبَبنَ في الوادي إِلى قَريَةٍ
غَنّاءَ لَكِن بِالهَوى ما صَبَبنَ
They promised in the valley to a
Melodious village, but with passion they did not fulfill the promise
يُسبَبنَ بِالفِعلِ فَأَمّا إِذا
قيلَ فَما يَعلَمنَ يَوماً سُبِبنَ
They promise with their actions, but when
It is said, they don't know when the promise was made
يَحمِلُها العيسُ وَمِن حَولِها الشِر
بُ قَرَّبنَ ضُحىً أَو خَبنَ
The stallion carries it and around it the young
Men approached in the morning or the evening
مَها نَقاءٍ لا مَهاً في نَقاً
رُبِّبنَ في ظِلِّ قَناً أَو رَبَبنَ
It is sincere loyalty not the loyalty in sincerity
They were brought up in the shadow of a goblet or they were nurtured
عَقارِبٌ قاتِلَةٌ مِن مُنىً
عَلى لِساني وَضَميري دَبَبنَ
Deadly scorpions on my
Tongue and conscience crept
آهٍ مِنَ العَيشِ وَإِفراطِهِ
وَرُبَّ أَيدٍ في بَقاءٍ تَبَبنَ
Oh! From life and its excess
And many a hand in existence grabbed
تُذَكِّرُني راحَةَ أَهلِ البِلى
أَرواحُ لَيلٍ بِخُزامى هَبَبنَ
The souls of a night in their slumber remind me of the comfort of the afflicted
Do not trust time and its changes the
لا تَأمَنِ الدَهرَ وَتَحويلَهُ المُل
كَ إِلى آلِ إِماءٍ ضَبَبنَ
King to the family of maidservants crept
Indeed, when the girls get bored of
إِنَّ اللَبيباتِ إِذا مِلنَ لِلدُن
يا وَأَلغَينَ التُقى ما لَبَبنَ
The world and neglect piety, they do not creep
And in the mixture of ease or in the shrine of
وَفي مَزيجِ الراحِ أَو في صَريحِ ال
رِسلِ وَالعامُ جَديبٌ عَبَبنَ
The Messengers, and the year is barren they crept
