أَحرَقَتني نارُ الجَوى وَالبُعادِ
بَعدَ فَقدِ الأَوطانِ وَالأَولادِ
The fire of longing and separation burned me
After losing my home and children
شابَ رَأسي فَصارَ أَبيَضَ لَوناً
بَعدَما كانَ حالِكاً بِالسَوادِ
My head turned white
After it had been intensely black
وَتَذَكَّرتُ عَبلَةً يَومَ جاءَت
لِوَداعي وَالهَمُّ وَالوَجدُ بادي
And I remembered Ebla when she came
To bid me farewell, grief and passion manifest
وَهيَ تُذري مِن خيفَةِ البُعدِ دَمعاً
مُستَهِلّاً بِلَوعَةٍ وَسُهادِ
As she shed tears of separation's anxiety
Flowing with agony and vigil
قُلتُ كُفّي الدُموعَ عَنكِ فَقَلبي
ذابَ حُزناً وَلَوعَتي في اِزدِيادِ
I said: Cease your tears
Though my heart melted in sorrow, my agony increasing
وَيحَ هَذا الزَمانِ كَيفَ رَماني
بِسِهامٍ صابَت صَميمَ فُؤادي
Oh what an age that assailed me
With arrows that pierced my heart's core
غَيرَ أَنّي مِثلُ الحُسامِ إِذا ما
زادَ صَقلاً جادَ يَومَ جِلادِ
Yet I'm like a sharpened sword which, when
More polished, triumphs on the day of battle
حَنَّكَتني نَوائِبُ الدَهرِ حَتّى
أَوقَفَتني عَلى طَريقِ الرَشادِ
The turns of fate have seasoned me until
They set me on the path of integrity
وَلَقيتُ الأَبطالَ في كُلِّ حَربٍ
وَهَزَمتُ الرِجالَ في كُلِّ وادي
I met heroes in every war
And defeated men in every valley
وَتَرَكتُ الفُرسانَ صَرعى بِطَعنٍ
مِن سِنانٍ يَحكي رُؤوسَ المَزادِ
Leaving knights fallen by a stab
From a spear describing heads on the stake
وَحُسامٍ قَد كُنتُ مِن عَهدِ شَدّا
دٍ قَديماً وَكانَ مِن عَهدِ عادِ
And a sword I've owned since ancient
Days of Ad, from olden ages
وَقَهَرتُ المُلوكَ شَرقاً وَغَرباً
وَأَبَدتُ الأَقرانَ يَومَ الطِرادِ
And I conquered kings east and west
And surpassed peers on the day of contention
قَلَّ صَبري عَلى فِراقِ غَصوبٍ
وَهوَ قَد كانَ عُدَّتي وَاِعتِمادي
My patience for being apart from Ghazub waned
He who had been my asset and reliance
وَكَذا عُروَةٌ وَمَيسَرَةٌ حا
مي حِمانا عِندَ اِصطِدامِ الجِيادِ
As did Oroba and Maysara my protector
When the steeds clash
لَأَفُكَّنَّ أَسرَهُم عَن قَريبٍ
مِن أَيادي الأَعداءِ وَالحُسّادِ
Soon I will release them
From the hands of foes and the envious
