دَعا بِالوِحافِ السودِ مِن جانِبِ الحِمى

نَزيعُ هَوىً لَبَّيتُ حينَ دَعاني

He called from the black valleys of Jima

A love-sick man, I hastened when he called me

تَعَجَّبَ صَحبي مِن بُكائي وَأَنكَروا

جَوابي لِما لَم تَسمَعِ الأُذُنانِ

My friends were astonished at my weeping and denied

My response when the two ears did not hear

فَقُلتُ نَعَم لَم تَسمَعِ الأَذنُ دَعوَةً

بَلى إِنَّ قَلبي سامِعٌ وَجَناني

So I said: Yes, the ear did not hear a call

Rather my heart is hearing and my soul

وَيا أَيُّها الرَكبُ اليَمانونَ خَبِّروا

طَليقاً بِأَعلى الخَيفِ أَنِّيَ عاني

And O Yemeni caravan, inform

My dear one in the high plain that I am suffering

عِدوهُ لِقائي أَو عِدوني لِقاءَهُ

أَلا رُبَّما دانَيتُ غَيرَ مُداني

Make his meeting with me difficult or make my meeting with him difficult

Perhaps I met without being blamed

وَما حائِماتٌ يَلتَقينَ مِنَ الصَدى

إِلى الماءِ قَد موطِلنَ بِالرَشَفانِ

Thirsty she-camels do not meet at the soft sand

Heading to the water, marked with anklets

يَزيدُ لَها بِالخِمسِ بَينَ ضُلوعِها

تَنَسُّمُ ريحِ الشيحِ وَالعَلَجانِ

In his ribs it increases for them with misfortune

Sniffing the air of mischief and separation

إِذا قيلَ هَذا الماءُ لَم يَملِكوا لَها

مَعاجاً بِأَقرانٍ وَلا بِمَثانِ

When it is said this water did not possess for them

A confluence of peers or equals

بِأَظمى إِلى الأَحبابِ مِنّي وَفيهِمُ

غَريمٌ إِذا رُمتُ الدُيونَ لَواني

More intensely to the loved ones from me and among them

A creditor when I solicited debts from me

فَيا صاحِبَي رَحلي أَقِلّا فَإِنَّني

رَأَيتُ بِلَيلى غَيرَ ما تَرَيانِ

So my friend, unload my luggage for I

Saw Layla in other than what you two see

وَيا مَزجِيَ النِضوِ الطَليحِ عَشِيَّةً

تُراكَ بِبَطنِ المَأزِمَينِ تَراني

And O you who mixed fresh butter oil in the evening

I see you in the belly of two wine-skins

وَهَل أَنا غادٍ أَنشُدُ النَبلَةَ الَّتي

بِها عَرَضاً ذاكَ الغَزالُ رَماني

Shall I, forgetting, recite the arrow with which

That gazelle attacked and hit me

فَلَم يَبقَ مِن أَيّامِ جَمعٍ إِلى مِنىً

إِلى مَوقِفِ التَجميرِ غَيرُ أَماني

There remained of the days of gathering to Mina

To the ritual stoning ground none but wishes

يُعَلَّلُ دائي بِالعِراقِ طَماعَةً

وَكَيفَ شِفائي وَالطَبيبُ يَماني

My sickness is blamed on Iraq greedily

But how can I be cured when the healer is Yemeni?