يا دارُ أَقوَت بِالأَجالِد

بَعدَ المَسودِ بِها وَسائِد

O abode built with hides

After it was populated with pillows

لا غَروَ إِلّا دَرسُها

بَينَ الأَمَقِّ إِلى كُداكِد

There is no error in it but to study it

Between Al-Amaq to Kudakid

يَمشي النَعامُ بِجَوِّها

مَشيَ النِساءِ إِلى المَساجِد

The ostrich walks proudly in it

Like the walk of women to mosques

وَلَقَد رَأَيتُ بِها الخَرا

ئِدَ يَتَّصِلنَ إِلى الخَرائِد

And I have seen in it friends

Joined together to friends

حورٌ أَوانِسُ كَالدُمى

أَو كَالأَهِلَّةِ في المَجاسِد

Houries and lovely companions

Or like spouses in tents

رُجُحُ الرَوادِفِ وَالشَوى

لا يَأتَزِرنَ عَلى الرَفائِد

The neighing of steeds and roasted meat

Not bothered by carpets

مُتَهَلِّلاتٌ في العَبي

رِ وَفي الزَبَرجَدِ وَالفَرائِد

Frolicking in finesse and chrysocolla and silk

Not grazing to mirage nor yearning at watches

لا يَرعَوينَ إِلى المُري

بِ وَيَنينَ عَلى المَراصِد

The days of Abdah amongst them

As if she is the mother of necklaces

أَيّامَ عَبدَةُ وَسطَهُن

ن كَأَنَّها أُمُّ القَلائِد

They envy the superiority of her beauty

You do not lack the envy of enviers

يَحسُدنَ فَضلَ جَمالِها

لا تَعدَمي حَسَدَ الحَواسِد

To God belongs Abdah when she left us

Led to the son of the leader

لِلَّهِ عَبدَةُ إِذ غَدَت

مِنّا تُزَفُّ إِلى اِبنِ قائِد

Like jewelry is the beauty of her talk

And her coquetry is one of the traps

كَالحَلي حُسنُ حَديثِها

وَدَلالُها إِحدى المَصايِد

And I have enjoyed her spirit

And warded off a helpful body

وَلَقَد نَعِمتُ بِروحِها

وَدَفَعتُ عَن جَسَدٍ مُساعِد

Oh longing for our separation

And my turning over the pillows

يا شَوقَها لِفِراقِنا

وَتَقَلُّبي فَوقَ الوَسائِد

Oh Abda my appointment stood up

And you stood up not far

يا عَبدَ قَد شَخَصَ الفُؤا

دُ وَقَد شَخَصتِ فَغَيرُ باعِد

The matchmakers knocked so they were dumbfounded

And she was preoccupied from us, mother who worships

قَرَعَ الوُشاةُ فَأَطرَقوا

وَشُغِلتِ عَنّا أُمَّ عابِد

You do not fulfill your promises

Woe to me for those promises

لا تُنجِزينَ مَواعِدي

وَيلي عَلى تِلكَ المَواعِد

And I say to a passionate lover

Other than me who sits composing poems

وَلَقَد أَقولُ لِمولَعٍ

غَيرانَ يَقعُدُ بِالقَصائِد

Oh intruder galloping blindly

Shorten for you are not guided

يا ذا المُقَحِّمُ سادِراً

أَقصِر فَإِنَّكَ غَيرُ راشِد

Do not threaten me with meeting

And I have drank the blood of lions

لا توعِدَنّي بِاللِقا

ءِ وَقَد شَرِبتُ دَمَ الأَساوِد

I do not fear the envy of slanderers

Nor do I frighten by thunder rumbling

لا أَتَّقي حَسَدَ الضَغي

نِ وَلا أُخَوَّفُ صَوتَ راعِد

Lions fear my domination

And pureness of aged shelters

يَخشى الأُسودُ عَرامَتي

وَنُقِيُّ مُعتَلَجِ الأَوابِد

A wound by mouths of

Storytellers in councils with composers

جُرحٌ بِأَفواهِ الرُوا

ةِ لَدى المَجالِسِ بِالمَناشِد

How good is the strong knight of vengeance

In each blow like a defiant sword

وَلَنِعمَ جَندَلَةُ الرَدى

في مَأقِطٍ كَالسَيفِ عانِد

I heal from the injuries of

Troubled ones when the unguided barges

أَشفي مِنَ اللَمَمِ المُعِن

نَ إِذا تَقَحَّمَ غَيرَ قاصِد

So leave foolishness to its people

The advent of the climber cut arguing

فَدَعِ الفُضولَ لِأَهلِها

قَطَعَ المِراءَ حُضورُ صاعِد

And if you fear an accusation

From an ignorant increasing

وَإِذا خَشيتَ مُحيطَةً

مِن وارِقِ الجَهَلاتِ زائِد

Then sympathize with the soul of hearts

It is not cold to nobility

فَاِندُب لَها روحَ القُلو

بِ فَلَيسَ عَن شَرَفٍ بِبارِد

Laud the most wondrous knight

For war in pitch-dark leader

نَوِّه بِأَروَعَ مِسعَرٍ

لِلحَربِ في الغَمَراتِ قائِد

The lion of the Caliph meets

The throats of cunning with his attacks

أَسَدُ الخَليفَةِ تَلتَقي

بِشَباتِهِ نَحرُ المَكايِد

And the young man of the tribe in preservation

Its adornment in sights

وَفَتى العَشيرَةِ في الحِفا

ظِ وَزَينُها عِندَ المَشاهِد

Flowing in the goodness of the session

And not still on carpets

يَجري بِصالِحَةِ الخَلي

لِ وَلَيسَ عَن تِرَةٍ بِراقِد

His great talents increased

For outgoing and incoming

كَثُرَت مَواهِبُهُ الكِبا

رُ لِصادِرٍ مِنّا وَوارِد

He gives accompanied by joy

From common benefit silk

يُعطي القِيانَ مَعَ اللُهى

مِن سَيبِ مُشتَرِكِ الفَوائِد

And you see the arrivals at his door

From amongst intermixed newcomer

وَتَرى الحُلولَ بِبابِهِ

مِن بَينِ مُختَبِطٍ وَوافِد

Imposing themselves to a master

Hastening in good exceeding

مَتَعَرِّضينَ لِسَيِّدٍ

عَجلانَ بِالمَعروفِ زائِد

Their hearts have mercy on him

And to his outstanding repeaters

عَطَفَت عَلَيهِ قُلوبُهُم

وَعَلى فَواضِلِهِ العَوائِد

A soul that wanders with the dew

And settles for the gallant settled

رَوحٌ يَروحُ مَعَ النَدى

وَيَراحُ لِلبَطَلِ المُناجِد

You see the striking knight swords

And to havoc very easily seated

تَرّاكُ أَلحِيَةِ الخَنا

وَإِلى الوَغى سَلِسُ المَقاوِد

How good is this young man sought

The game of the impossible from hunts

نِعمَ الفَتى يَسعى بِهِ

صيدُ المَحيلِ مِنَ الأَصايِد

And when the winds blow

Shaking the body of the reclined

وَإِذا الرِياحُ تَرَوَّحَت

مُقوَرَّةً جَسَدَ المَقاحِد

And they shook the crests of palms

And did not find a supporter

وَتَناوَحَت شُعَبَ الذِئا

بِ وَلَم تَجِد عَوداً بِعاضِد

Its clouds rained on you

From subtleties and flags

مَطَرَت سَحائِبُهُ عَلَي

كَ مِنَ الطَرائِفِ وَالتَلائِد

Adornments and guidance of faces

And like deer from births

حُلَلاً وَمُعلَمَةَ الوُجو

هِ وَكَالظِباءِ مِنَ الوَلائِد

So obtain your luck from a brother

Overflowing drinks glorified

فَاِظفِر بِحَظِّكَ مِن أَخٍ

مُتَدَفِّقِ الشَرَباتِ ماجِد

He aids you with his money

And with his sword in adversities

يُجدي عَلَيكَ بِمالِهِ

وَبِسَيفِهِ عِندَ الشَدائِد

Tranquil in the quaking of wars

Shaded by the veil of chasers

سامٍ لِزَلزَلَةِ الحُرو

بِ يُظِلُّهُ خَرقُ المَطارِد

A dominion from the sad king

To his palm tied with aid

مَلكٌ مِنَ المَلِكِ الهُما

مِ لِكَفِّهِ وُصِلَت بِساعِد

Brain of the perplexed Bald

With the movement of the red-necked

دَمّاغُ هاماتِ الرُبى

بِمَجَرِّ أَرعَنَ ذي رَثائِد

And accustomed to hitting necks

And released them from shackles

وَمُعَوَّدٌ ضَربَ الرِقا

بِ وَفَكَّهُنَّ مِنَ الحَدائِد

My family are your sacrifice

From an imam tribe vigilant and lost

أَهلي فِداؤُكَ مِن أَمي

رِ جَماعَةٍ راعٍ وَذائِد

The stingy becomes dispraised

While you dress in praise

يَغدو البَخيلُ مُذَمَّماً

وَغَدَوتَ تَرفُلُ في المَحامِد

And you have sufficed your folks one

God's house you are that one

وَكَفَيتَ رَهطَكَ واحِداً

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ أَيَّ واحِد

Mounted on the horrors of royalty

Haunter of the paths of lightning

رَكّابُ أَهوالِ المُلو

كِ مُناوِياً سَبَلَ الرَواعِد

And he wanders the longest handed

In their actions and upon you witness

وَيَروحُ أَطوَلَهُم يَداً

في فِعلِهِم وَعَلَيكَ شاهِد

And shows you goodness tomorrow

And for that relaxed increased

وَيُريكَ خَيراً في غَدٍ

وَلِذَلِكَ الغَتَلِيِّ زائِد

And you return when you please us

While the brother returns to you

وَتَعودُ حينَ تَسُرُّنا

وَأَخو الفَعالِ عَلَيكَ عائِد

And you have fixed our aqueduct

And quenched us while spring frozen

وَلَقَد أَقَمتَ قَناتَنا

وَسَقَيتَنا وَالمُزنُ جامِد

You repaired all our affairs

And fulfilled from us pacts

أَصلَحتَ أَمرَ جَميعِنا

وَوَفَيتَ مِنّا بِالمَعاهِد

And left Warzan's castle

Like the pastures of cows released

وَتَرَكتَ قَلعَةَ وَرزَنٍ

كَمَسارِبِ البَقَرِ الرَوائِد

Equal are its forts

And forts of piled ruins

سِيّانَ مَعطِنُ أَهلِها

وَمَعاطِنُ الغُبرِ الجَدائِد

And I see Bussayra has shone

And adorned for the joining of tents

وَأَرى البُصَيرَةَ أَشرَقَت

وَتَزَيَّنَت لِلِقا المَجاسِد

And on the terraces freshness

And on the sources and galleries

وَعَلى المَسارِحِ نَضرَةً

وَعَلى المَصادِرِ وَالمَوارِد

And indeed their racehorses tread

So you have out sped them while you sit

وَلَقَد جَرَت حَلَباتُهُم

فَسَبَقتَهُنَّ وَأَنتَ قاعِد

With lies they have stricken the HIGH

And by the superiority of uncles and father

بِخُؤولَةٍ قَرَعوا العُلى

وَبِفَضلِ أَعمامٍ وَوالِد

So clash your flint on quartz

Or Qubaisa with settled residence

فَاِقدَح زِنادَكَ بِالمُهَل

لَبِ أَو قَبيصَةَ ذي المَراقِد

Or equal to Hatim have attained grace

And the light of your fire does not fade

أَو حاتِمٍ بَلَغوا اليَفا

عَ وَضَوءُ نارِكَ غَيرُ خامِد

But oh you unique guided man

To relatives and foreign

بَل أَيُّها الرَجُلُ المُصي

خُ إِلى الأَقارِبِ وَالأَباعِد

Know a man by his actions

Great contrast between soft and solid

اِعرِف فَتىً بِفَعالِهِ

شَتّانَ بَينَ نَدٍ وَجامِد

Superiority by the tribe of Muhallab

Is in enduring and calm seats

الفَضلُ عِندَ بَني المُهَل

لَبِ في المُقاوِمِ وَالمُقاعِد

A people when spring is unjust

So their spring is not unjust

قَومٌ إِذا جُحِدَ الرَبي

عُ فَما رَبيعُهُمو بِجاحِد

They do not stingy the stranger

And favor him who takes side

لا يَبخَلونَ عَلى القَصِي

يِ وَيُنعِمونَ عَلى المُسانِد

And pampered on livelihood

In mercy and prey to hunt

وَمُرَفَّلينَ عَلى العَشي

رَةِ في الحُلومِ وَفي الوَطائِد

And I swear by the Lord of Mecca

And the Sajdah not taken

وَلَقَد حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ مَك

كَةَ وَالمُحَلِّقَةِ السَواجِد

The excellence of Bani Muhallab

Since they were generosity contending is not reached

ما نالَ فَضلَ بَني المُهَل

لَبِ مِنذُ كانوا جودُ جائِد

So if you want their way

In affection and distant doubt

فَإِذا أَرَدتَ سَبيلَهُم

في الوُدِّ وَالشَكِّ المُباعِد

Return the friend of vengeance

And spend for nothing remains eternal

فَاِنكِ العِدى وَرِدِ الرَدى

وَاِبذُل فَما شَيءٌ بِخالِد