طَرَقَت أُمَيَّةُ في المَنامِ تَزورُنا

وَهناً وَقَد كادَ السِماكُ يَغورُ

Umayyah visited in a dream, coming to see us,

So weak, as if all strength had left him.

طافَت بِشُعثٍ عِندَ أَرحُلِ أَينُقٍ

خوصٍ أُنِخنَ وَبَينَهُنَّ ضَريرُ

Wandering among worn tents and frayed dwellings,

Of withered palm branches creaking between them.

بُرِدَت عَرائِكُها بِجَوزِ تَنوفَةٍ

وَبِهِنَّ مِن أَينِ الكَلالِ فُتورُ

Her clothes were dotted with juniper berries,

And in them was a weariness from enduring separation.

قالَت قَليلاً فَاِنتَبَهتُ وَما أَرى

زَوراً بِهِ مَن زارَهُ مَحبورُ

She spoke a little, then I woke up, and could not see,

Any trace of a visitor left disconsolate.

فَهَجَعتُ أَرجو أَن تَعودَ لِمِثلِها

سَلمى وَمِثلُ طِلابِ ذاكَ عَسيرُ

So I went back to sleep, hoping she would return,

My Salma, though craving her again is hard.

راعَت فُؤادي حينَ زارَت رَوعَةً

مِنها ظَلِلتُ كَأَنَّني مَخمورُ

She startled my heart when she came frighteningly,

I was left as if drunk from her shadow.

إِنّي غَداةَ غَدَت بِحاجَةِ ذي الهَوى

مِنّي وَلَم أَقضِ الحَياةَ صَبورُ

Tomorrow morning I will go, for the love I bear,

And I haven’t lived my life patiently.

صَدَعَ الفُؤادَ غَداةَ بانَت ظَعنُها

وَأَشارَ بِالبَينِ المُشِتِّ مُشيرُ

Her departure cracked my heart at dawn,

And separation gestured, pointing out the pain.

بَل لَن يَضيرَكَ بَينُ مَن لَم تَهوَهُ

بَل بَينُ مَن صَدَعَ الفُؤادَ يَضيرُ

But the one you don’t love can’t hurt you with separation,

Only the one who cracked your heart can hurt you.

دَع ذا فَقَد أَطنَبتَ في طَلَبِ الصِبا

وَعَلاكَ مِن بَعدِ الشَبابِ قَتيرُ

Leave this be, for you have been too consumed,

With seeking youth, now overcome by old age.

وَاِفخَر فَإِنَّ لَكَ المَكارِمَ وَالأُلى

رَفَعوا مَآثِرَ مَجدُها مَذكورُ

Take pride, for you have the best manners and lineage,

They raised the glories of her renowned honor.

وَإِذا فَخَرتُ فَخَرتُ غَيرَ مُكَذَّبٍ

وَلِيَ العُلى وَكَريمُها المَأثورُ

And when I boast, I do not lie,

For mine is the glory, generous and well-known.

إِنّي إِذا مُضَرٌ عَلَيَّ تَعَطَّفَت

سامَيتُ مَجرى الشَمسِ حينَ تَسيرُ

When someone harms me, I show kindness,

And rise above it, like the flowing path of the sun.

بَخ بَخ لَنا الشَرَفُ القَديمُ وَعِزُّنا

قَهَرَ البِلادَ فَما لَهُ تَنكيرُ

Bravo for our ancient nobility and honor!

It conquered nations, none can deny it.