لَعَمرُكَ ما مَلَّت ثَواءَ ثَوِيَّها

حَليمَةُ إِذ أَلقَت مَراسِيَ مِقعَدِ

By your life, she did not neglect the comfort of her baby

Halima, when she let go of her comfortable seat

وَلَكِن تَلَقَّت بِاليَدَينِ ضَمانَتي

وَحَلَّ بِشَرجٍ مِنَ القَبائِلِ عُوَّدي

Rather she took him into her hands as a guarantee

And a number of tribes gathered around her, obedient to her

وَقَد غَبَرَت شَهرَي رَبيعٍ كِلَيهِما

بِحَملِ البَلايا وَالحِباءِ المُمَدَّدِ

She spent two spring months with him

Bearing hardships and extended love

وَلَم تُلهِها تِلكَ التَكاليفُ إِنَّها

كَما شِئتَ مِن أُكرومَةٍ وَتَخَرُّدِ

Those responsibilities did not distract her

She was steadfast, no matter what you wished of her

هِيَ اِبنَةُ أَعراقٍ كِرامٍ نَمينَها

إِلى خُلُقٍ عَفٍّ بَرازَتُهُ قَدِ

She is the daughter of noble roots that grew

Into a virtuous character, the brilliance of which is clear

سَأَجزيكِ أَو يَجزِيكِ عَنّي مُثَوِّبٌ

وَقَصرُكِ أَن يُثنى عَلَيكِ وَتُحمَدي

I will reward you, or someone will reward you on my behalf

It is enough that you be praised and lauded

فَإِن يُعطَ مِنّا القَومُ نَصبِر وَنَنتَظِر

مِنى عَقِبٍ كَأَنَّها ظِمءُ مَورِدِ

If people give us hardship, we will be patient and wait

For a future reward, as though it were a long-awaited rain

وَإِن نُعطَ لا نَجهَل وَلا نَنطُقُ الخَنا

وَنَجزِ القُروضَ أَهلَها ثُمَّ نَقصِدِ

If we are not given anything, we will not act ignorantly or complain

We will repay debts, then set out with purpose

لا تُظهِرَن ذَمَّ اِمرِئٍ قَبلَ خُبرِهِ

وَبَعدَ بَلاءِ المَرءِ فَاِذمُم أَوِ اِحمَدِ

Do not reveal the flaws of a person before his story is known

And after the person's trial, then blame or praise as deserved