قالوا نَصيبَكَ مِن أَجرٍ فَقُلتُ لَهُم

مَن لِلعَرينِ إِذا فارَقتُ أَشبالي

They said your share of reward, so I said to them

Who is for the lair when I leave my cubs

لَكِن سَوادَةُ يَجلو مُقلَتَي لَحمٍ

بازٍ يُصَرصِرُ فَوقَ المَرقَبِ العالي

But Sawadah brightens my teary eyes, flesh

Of a soaring hawk above the high watchtower

قَد كُنتُ أَعرِفُهُ مِنّي إِذا غَلِقَت

رُهنُ الجِيادِ وَمَدَّ الغايَةَ الغالي

I used to know him when the steeds were pledged

And the banner of glory was unfurled

إِلّا تَكُن لَكَ بِالدَيرَينِ باكِيَةٌ

فَرُبَّ باكِيَةٍ بِالرَملِ مِعوالِ

Unless you have a weeping woman in both abodes

Many a weeping woman is leaning in the sand

كَأُمِّ بَوٍّ عَجولٍ عِندَ مَعهَدِهِ

حَنَّت إِلى جِلَدٍ مِنهُ وَأَوصالِ

Like a bereaved mother of infant camels at their place of rest

She yearned for a piece of their skin and limbs

تَرتَعُ ما نَسِيَت حَتّى إِذا ذَكَرَت

رَدَّت هَماهِمَ حَرّى الجَوفِ مِثكالِ

She grazes on what she forgot until when she remembered

She returned their concern, hot embers in her gut

زِدنا عَلى وَجدِها وَجداً وَإِن رَجَعَت

في القَلبِ مِنها خُطوبٌ ذاتُ بُلبالِ

Increase over her passion, passion, and if she returns

In the heart from it, events with clouds

فارَقتَني حينَ كَفَّ الدَهرُ مِن بَصَري

وَحينَ صِرتُ كَعَظمِ الرَمَّةِ البالي

You left me when fate weakened my sight

And when I became like the worn out white bone

إِنَّ الثَويَّ بِذي الزَيتونِ فَاِحتَسِبي

قَد أَسرَعَ اليَومَ في عَقلي وَفي حالي

Indeed, resignation at Mount Zaytun, so be resigned

Today hastened in my mind and in my state