بَينَ العَقيقِ وَبَينَ بُرقَةِ ثَهمَدِ
طَلَلٌ لِعَبلَة مُستَهِلُّ المَعهَدِ
Between Aqiq and Burqah Thahmad
Are remnants of a dwelling of Abelah the faded habitat
يا مَسرَحَ الآرامِ في وادي الحِمى
هَل فيكَ ذو شَجَنٍ يَروحُ وَيَغتَدي
O theater of tranquility in the valley of sanctuary
Is there anyone there distressed, coming and going?
في أَيمَنِ العَلَمينِ دَرسُ مَعالِمٍ
أَوهى بِها جَلَدي وَبانَ تَجَلُّدي
In the auspicious valley, the ruins of a home
Were my skin toughened and my determination exposed?
مِن كُلِّ فاتِنَةٍ تَلَفَّتَ جيدُها
مَرَحاً كَسالِفَةِ الغَزالِ الأَغيَدِ
The neck of every beauty that turned around
Frolicking like the neck of a slender antelope
يا عَبلَ كَم يُشجى فُؤادي بِالنَوى
وَيَروعُني صَوتُ الغُرابِ الأَسوَدِ
O Abel how my heart is saddened by the groves
And the voice of the raven startles me
كَيفَ السَلُوُّ وَما سَمِعتُ حَمائِماً
يَندُبنَ إِلّا كُنتُ أَوَّلَ مُنشِدِ
How is solitude when I have not heard doves
Except I was the first mourner
وَلَقَد حَبَستُ الدَمعَ لا بُخلاً بِهِ
يَومَ الوَداعِ عَلى رُسومِ المَعهَدِ
I held back my tears not out of stinginess
The day of farewell over the relics of the habitat
وَسَأَلتُ طَيرَ الدَوحِ كَم مِثلي شَجا
بِأَنينِهِ وَحَنينِهِ المُتَرَدِّدِ
And I asked the birds of Dew how many like me
Were wounded by their moaning and yearning echoes
نادَيتُهُ وَمَدامِعي مُنهَلَّةٌ
أَينَ الخَلِيُّ مِنَ الشَجِيِّ المُكمَدِ
I called him while my tears were pouring down
Where is the intimate from the painful faded one?
لَو كُنتَ مِثلي ما لَبِثتَ مَلاوَةٌ
وَهَتَفتَ في غُصنِ النَقا المُتَأَوِّدِ
If you were like me you would not have lingered as sweetness
And chirped on the branch of the softly leaning palm
رَفَعوا القِبابَ عَلى وُجوهٍ أَشرَقَت
فيها فَغَيَّبتِ السُها في الفَرقَدِ
They raised the domes over faces that shone
Therein the delicate moles in the cheeks disappeared
وَاِستَوكَفوا ماءَ العُيونِ بِأَعيُنٍ
مَكحولَةٍ بِالسِحرِ لا بِالإِثمِدِ
And they were content with the water of the eyes with eyes
Darkened with magic, not kohl
وَالشَمسُ بَينَ مُضَرَّجٍ وَمُبَلَّجٍ
وَالغُصنُ بَينَ مُوَشَّحٍ وَمُقَلَّدِ
While the sun is between someone flushed and someone pale
And the branch between someone adorned and bejeweled
يَطلُعنَ بَينَ سَوالِفٍ وَمَعاطِفٍ
وَقَلائِدٍ مِن لُؤلُؤٍ وَزَبَرجَدِ
They appear between wraps and cloaks
And necklaces of pearls and peridot
قالوا اللِقاءَ غَداً بِمُنعَرَجِ اللِوى
وَأَطولَ شَوقِ المُستَهامِ إِلى غَدِ
They said tomorrow’s meeting is at the winding sands
And the longest yearning of the enamored one until tomorrow
وَتَخالُ أَنفاسي إِذا رَدَّدتُها
بَينَ الطُلولِ مَحَت نُقوشَ المِبرَدِ
And my breath seems to fade when I echo it
Between the hills, it erased the engravings on the cooled sword
وَتَنوفَةٍ مَجهولَةٍ قَد خُضتُها
بِسِنانِ رُمحٍ نارُهُ لَم تَخمُدِ
An unknown battle I entered
With the spear whose fire did not subside
باكَرتُها في فِتيَةٍ عَبسِيَّةٍ
مِن كُلِّ أَروَعِ في الكَريهَةِ أَصيَدِ
I surprised them with proud Arabian youths
The best of every handsome prey in war
وَتَرى بِها الراياتِ تَخفُقُ وَالقَنا
وَتَرى العَجاجَ كَمِثلِ بَحرٍ مُزبِدِ
And you see the flags fluttering and the warriors
As if an ocean frothing with waves
فَهُناكَ تَنظُرُ آلُ عَبسٍ مَوقِفي
وَالخَيلُ تَعثَرُ بِالوَشيجِ الأَملَدِ
There you can see the clan of Abs observing me
And the horses stumbling in the soft sand
وَبَوارِقُ البيضِ الرِقاقِ لَوامِعٌ
في عارِضٍ مِثلِ الغَمامَ المُرعِدِ
And the gleam of the white swords glittering
Against cheeks like thunderclouds rumbling
وَذَوابِلُ السُمرُ الرِقاقِ كَأَنَّها
تَحتَ القَتامِ نُجومِ لَيلٍ أَسوَدِ
And the braids of the black swords as if they were
Under the darkness, stars of a black night
وَحَوافِرُ الخَيلِ العِناقِ عَلى الصَفا
مِثلُ الصَواعِقِ في قِفارِ الفَدفَدِ
And the hooves of the spirited horses on the battlefield
Like lightning bolts in the expanse of the desert
باشَرتُ مَوكِبَها وَخُضتُ غُبارَها
أَطفَأتُ جَمرَ لَهيبِها المُتَوَقِّدِ
I engaged its procession and entered its dust
I quenched the embers of its blazing fervor
وَكَرَرتُ وَالأَبطالُ بَينَ تَصادُمٍ
وَتَهاجُمٍ وَتَحَزُّبٍ وَتَشَدُّدِ
And I repeated while the heroes were amidst
Clashing, attacking, allying, and resolve
وَفَوارِسُ الهَيجاءِ بَينَ مُمانِعٍ
وَمُدافِعٍ وَمُخادِعٍ وَمُعَربِدِ
And the horsemen of the fray amidst preventing
Defending, deceiving, and being reinforced
وَالبيضُ تَلمَعُ وَالرِماحُ عَواسِلٌ
وَالقَومُ بَينَ مُجَدَّلٍ وَمُقَيَّدِ
The white swords gleamed and the spears were burning
While the people were embellished and armed
وَمُوَسَّدٍ تَحتَ التُرابِ وَغَيرُهُ
فَوقَ التُرابِ يَئِنُّ غَيرَ مُوَسَّدِ
And propped under the soil while others
Above the soil were moaning without being propped
وَالجَوُّ أَقتَمُ وَالنُجومُ مُضيئَةٌ
وَالأُفقُ مُغبَرُّ العَنانِ الأَربَدِ
The atmosphere was dark and the stars shining
And the horizon dusty with the gray rope
أَقحَمتُ مُهري تَحتَ ظِلِّ عَجاجَةٍ
بِسِنانِ رُمحٍ ذابِلٍ وَمُهَنَّدِ
I plunged my stallion under the shade of a mare
With the spear, feeble and bent
وَرَغَمتُ أَنفَ الحاسِدينَ بِسَطوَتي
فَغَدَوا لَها مِن راكِعينَ وَسُجَّدِ
And I humbled the envious with my power
They knelt to it, bowed and prostrated
