طَرَقَتكَ زَينَبُ وَالرِّكابُ مُناخَةٌ

بَينَ المَخارمِ وَالنَّدَى يَتَصَبّبُ

Zainab approached, the riders halting

Between the soft sands and the dripping dew.

بِثَنِيَّةِ العَلَمَينِ وَهناً بَعدَ مَا

خَفَقَ السِّماكُ وَعَأرضَتهُ العَقرَبُ

By the valley of standards, here once more,

After the bustards took flight and the locust swarmed.

وَتَحِيَّةٌ وكَرَامةٌ لِخَيالِها

وَمَعَ التَّحيَّةِ وَالكَرَامَةِ مَرحَبُ

Greetings and honor to your imagination,

Greetings and honor, a warm welcome!

أنِّى اهتَدَيتِ وَمَن هَداكِ ودُونَنا

حَمَلٌ فَقُلَّةُ عالِجٍ فالمَرقَبُ

How did you find your way, who guided you to us

When our burdens are few and our hopes unsure?

وَزَعَمتِ أَهلَكِ يَمنَعُونَكِ رَغبَةً

عَنّى فَقَومِى بى أَضَنُّ وأَرغَبُ

You claimed your people deterred you from me

Yet my people are kinder and more desirous.

أَوَ لَيسَ لِى قُرَبَاءُ إِن أَقصَيتِنى

حَدَبُوا عَلَىَّ وَعِندِىَ المُستَعتَبُ

Have I no kin, that you shun me,

They will flock to me, I who am sought?

فَلَئِن دَنَوتِ لأََدنُوَنَّ بِعِفَّةٍ

وَلَئِن نأَيتِ لَمَا وَرَائى أَرحَبُ

If you draw near, modestly I'll approach,

If you distance, what's behind me is wider.

يَأبَى وَجَدِّكِ أَن أَكونَ مُقَصِّراً

عَقلٌ أَعِيشُ بِهِ وَرَأيٌ قُلَّبُ

Your affection refuses to let me fall short,

A mind I live by and reflect I perturb.