أَذاعَ بِذي العَهدِ عِرفانُهُ

وَعاوَدَ لِلقَلبِ أَديانُهُ

His gratitude to the keeper of the covenant spread

And his religions returned to the heart

وَأُضرَبَ سَمعٌ عَنِ العاذِلاتِ

لَها شانُها وَلَهُ شانُهُ

And an ear was turned away from the blamers

It has its glory and he has his glory

وَماطَلَ قَلباً بِإِبلالِهِ

مِطالُ الغَريمِ وَلَيّانُهُ

And a heart was delayed with his veneration

The expectations of the loved one and his obstinacy

أَهاجَكَ ذا الحَيُّ مِن وائِلٍ

تُحَمَّلُ لِلبَينِ أَظعانُهُ

You who is alive, the separation hurt you

His afflictions are carried to the evident separation

نَأى السِربُ عَنكَ وَعَهدي بِهِ

تَكَنَّسُ في القَلبِ غِزلانُهُ

The flock went far away from you and my covenant with it

Its gazelles gathered in the heart

لَئِن أَوحَشَ الرَبعَ حُلّالُه

لَقَد عَمَرَ القَلبَ سُكّانُهُ

If its sneak deserted thedwelling

Its inhabitants have populated the heart

مَرَرنَ غُدوّاً بِرَوضِ الصَري

مِ راقَ مِنَ النَورِ ظُهرانُهُ

They passed in the morning at the garden of delight

The light shone from their appearance

فَحَنَّ لِإِلمامِهِم أَثلُهُ

وَمالَ إِلى قُربِهِم بانُهُ

So its peer inclined to their leadership

And it inclined to their nearness

وَما حَمَلَت مِثلَ تِلكَ البُدو

رِ بَينَ الذَوائِبِ أَغصانُهُ

And the like of those Bedouins have not carried

Branches between the forelocks

وَلي ناظِرٌ بَعدَ بَينَ الخَلي

طِ ماتَ مِنَ الدَمعِ إِنسانُهُ

And I have a watcher after the ruins

The orbit of his tears from people flooded

رِواءٌ مِنَ الماءِ آماقُهُ

ظِماءٌ مِنَ النَومِ أَجفانُهُ

Quenching from water his internal depths

Thirsty from sleep his eyelids

يَروحُ بِهِم ساهِراً طَرفُه

وَيَغدو لَهُم دامِعاً شانُهُ

His eye accompanies them sleepless

And bids them farewell crying

يُراخي الهَوى فَأُريغُ السَلُوَّ

قَليلاً وَتَجذَبُ أَشطانُهُ

He relaxes his passion so I suppress

The intense slightly and his reigns pull him

فَأَينَ مِنَ الداءِ إِفراقُهُ

وَأَينَ مِنَ القَلبِ سُلوانُهُ

So where is the harm of his separation

And where is the joy of his communion from the heart

فَيا ظالِماً طَيِّباً ظُلمُهُ

كَثيراً عَلى القَلبِ أَعوانُهُ

So oh beautiful oppressor, his oppression abundant

On the heart his supporters

تَبِعتُ فُؤادي إِلى حُبِّهِ

مُطيعاً وَإِن لَجَّ عِصيانُهُ

I followed my heart to his love

Obedient even if his disobedience pulled me

يُباعُ بِسَومِكَ حَبُّ القُلوبِ

وَتَغلَقُ عِندَكَ أَثمانُهُ

The love of hearts is sold to your valuation

And its price closes to you

وَشَرُّ الإِساءَةِ مِن مالِكٍ

أَساءَ وَما نيلَ إِحسانُهُ

And the worst harm from a master

Who did wrong and his favour was not attained

وَقَد كُنتُ أُشفِقُ مِن ذا الصُدو

دِ مُذ أَودَعَ القَلبَ خُوّانُهُ

And I used to fear the obstinacy

Since his betrayers settled in the heart

وَيا راكِباً لَجلَجَت نِضوَهُ

ثَنايا الغُوَيرِ وَنَجرانُهُ

And oh rider, his step sounded

In the folds of Al-Ghuwair and its ostriches

يُرَوِّعُهُ الصُبحُ إِسفارُهُ

وَيُؤنِسُهُ اللَيلُ إِدجانُهُ

The morning startles his travel

And the night comforts his settlement

إِذا مَنزِلٌ آنَ تَعريسُهُ

طَواهُ عَلى الأَينِ ظُعّانُهُ

When a house has arrived, it hosted

Its poles on the ground its pegs

تَحَمَّل أَلوكَةَ حامي الضُلو

عِ طالَ مِنَ البَينِ إِرنانُهُ

It endured the burden of the carrier’s worries

His crying from the separation prolonged

إِلى الحَيِّ مِن يَمتُنٍ إِنَّهُمُ

وَدائِعُ قَلبي وَخُلصانُهُ

To the alive from Yamton they are

Deposits of my heart and its loyalty

لَنالوا مِنَ القَلبِ ما لَم يَنَل

زَعازِعُ حَيٍّ وَشَيحانُهُ

They attained from the heart what was not attained

By the turmoil of life and its adversity

لَأَنتُم أَسِنَّةُ يَومِ الطِعانِ

إِذا أَسلَمَ السَرحَ فُرسانُهُ

You are the ready tongues on the day of blame

When the horses surrender its knights

كَأَنَّ الجِيادَ تَسامى بِكُم

قِنانُ الشَريفِ وَعُقبانُهُ

As if the thoroughbreds were competing with you

The honorable breeds and its noble origins

وَهَل زانَ تيجانُهُ أُسرَةً

جِباهُهُمُ الغُرُّ تيجانُهُ

Does the turban of its master adorn him

While their foreheads, turbans adorn them

وَإِنَّ رِباطَ بَني مالِكٍ

تُقادُ إِلى المَوتِ أَرسانُهُ

And that the covenant of Bani Malik

Its leaders are driven to death

إِذا الفَيلَقُ المَجرُ أَدلى لَهُ

إِلى قُلُبِ الذِمرِ مُرّانُهُ

When the shining swords strike

To the heart of the armor its stab

يَكونُ سِواكُم عَقابيلَهُ

وَأَنتُم إِلى الطَعنِ سَرعانُهُ

Except you become its counter forces

While you to the stabbing are quick

وَما كُلُّ أَصلٍ كَريمِ العُرو

قِ تَأبى عَلى الغَمزِ عَيدانُهُ

And not every noble root refuses

To bite its branches upon slander

لَكُم كُلَّ جَمعٍ كَما أَقبَلَت

تَمَوَّجُ بِالنَحلِ غيرانُهُ

To you belongs every group as it came

Flowing with bees its combs

كَأَنَّ أَسِنَّتَهُ في القَنا

شَرارٌ ظُبى البيضِ نيرانُهُ

As if its tongues in the battle

Sparks kindling its fires

هَلِ المَوتُ إِلّا إِذا اِستَجمَعَت

كُعوبُ القَنيَّ وَأَيمانُهُ

Is death but when it gathered

The heels of the brave and its oaths

إِذا دَبَّرَ الطَعنَ أوهِمتُهُ

تَنِمُّ إِلى النَجمِ خِرصانُهُ

When it connives the stab or I imagined it

Its saddlebags yearn to the stars

لَقَد ضَلَّ عَهدُكُمُ بِاللَوى

وَطالَ بِدَمعِيَ نِشدانُهُ

Your era with the twist has been lost

And with my tears its pursuit prolonged

أَناقِشُكُم وَوَراءَ النِقا

شِ أَنفُ العَلوقِ وَرِئمانُهُ

I blame you and behind the blame

Is the beak of the intimate and his nausea

وَأَهجُرُكُم هَجرَ مُستَعتِبٍ

وَكَم وامِقٍ طالَ هِجرانُهُ

And I shun you the shunning of the reproacher

And many faded, his isolation prolonged

فَأَنأى وَأَقرَبُ أوبِ الظَلي

مِ يَنتَظِرُ الطُعمَ رِئلانُهُ

So I refrain and the closest

In the shade expects its bait

سَيَبعَدُ عَنكُم عَلى حَسرَةٍ

طَويلُ جَوى القَلبِ أَسوانُهُ

It will distance from you in sorrow

Longing the heart, its affliction grieved

تَبَدَّلُ بِالمَرءِ أَحبابُهُ

وَتَنبو عَلى المَرءِ أَوطانُهُ

It changes with the person their loved ones

And it becomes evident to the person their homes

إِذا مَنزِلٌ رابَ سُكّانَهُ

مِنَ الأَرضِ حُرِّمَ إيطانُهُ

When a house has reached its inhabitants

Forbidden from the land its pegs

إِذا كانَ صَعباً تَناسى الحَنينَ

إِلَيكُم فَهَيهاتَ نِسيانُهُ

When it becomes difficult I forget the nostalgia

To you, far from it its forgetfulness

وَشَيَّبَني وَالصِبا وارِقٌ

عَلَيَّ وَما اِنجابَ رَيعانُهُ

And it whitened me while the youth still binding me

And its renewal did not give birth

حَميمٌ تَقَلَّبُ أَخلاقُهُ

وَمَولىً تَلَوَّنُ أَلوانُهُ

An intimate whose manners change

And a master whose colours vary