هَل تَعرِفُ الدارَ مُذ عامَينِ أَو عاما

داراً لِهِندٍ بِجَزعِ الخَرجِ فَالدامِ

Do you know the house from two or one year ago

A house for Hind with tearful farewells and blood

تَحنو لِأَطلائِها عينٌ مُلَمَّعَةٌ

سُفعُ الخُدودِ بَعيداتٌ مِنَ الذامِ

A watching eye sheds tears for its remnants

Far, high cheeks from confrontations

وَقَد أُغادي بِها صَفراءَ آنِسَةٍ

لا تَأتَلي دونَ مَعروفٍ بِأَقسامِ

And I bid it farewell, a charming yellow [maiden]

Who would not refrain from favors in every way

خَوداً لَعوباً لَها رَيّا وَرائِحَةٌ

تَشفي فُؤادَ رَذِيِّ الجِسمِ مِسقامِ

A flirting, playful cheek, and a scent

That heals the heart of the sick and weary

يا لَهفَ نَفسي عَلى بَيعٍ هَمَمتُ بِهِ

لَو نِلتُهُ كانَ بَيعاً رابِحاً نامي

Oh how my soul yearns for the sale I was determined upon

If I attained it, it would be a growing, profitable sale

أُريدُهُ ما نَأى عَنّي وَأَترُكُهُ

مِن بَعدِ ما كانَ مِنّي قيسَ إِبهامِ

I want what kept away from me and leave

What was mine from Qais, a total loss

نَفسي فِداكَ لِنُعمى تُستَرادُ لَها

وَلِلزُحوفِ إِذا هَمَّت بِإِقدامِ

My soul is ransom for the favors it is bought for

And for the marauders when they are bent on attacking

وَجَحفَلٍ كَبَهيمِ اللَيلِ مُنتَجِعٍ

أَرضَ العَدُوِّ بِبُؤسى بَعدَ إِنعامِ

And a restless night monster

Ravaging the land of the enemy in my misery after favor

جَمَعتَ مِن عامِرٍ فيهِ وَمِن أَسَدٍ

وَمِن تَميمٍ وَمِن حاءٍ وَمِن حامِ

You gathered from ʿĀmir in it and from Asad

And from Tameem and from Hāʾ and from Hām

وَما رَضيتَ لَهُم حَتّى رَفَدتَهُمُ

مِن وائِلٍ رَهطِ بِسطامٍ بِأَصرامِ

And you were not pleased for them until you reinforced them

With Waʾil, the clan of Bastaam with stallions

فيهِ الرِماحُ وَفيهِ كُلُّ سابِغَةٍ

جَدلاءَ مُبهَمَةٍ مِن نَسجِ سَلّامِ

In it are the lances and in it each seasoned

Strong, entwined sword from the manufacture of Sallam

وَكُلُّ أَجرَدَ كَالسِرحانِ أَترَزَهُ

مَسحُ الأَكُفِّ وَسَقيٌ بَعدَ إِطعامِ

And each bare steed girded as if a locust

Stroked by palms and watered after feeding

وَكُلُّ شَوهاءَ طَوعٍ غَيرِ آبِيَةٍ

عِندَ الصَباحِ إِذا هَمّوا بِإِلجامِ

And each compliant, unresistant gray

When they are determined to mount at dawn

مُستَحقِباتٍ رَواياها جَحافِلُها

يَسمو بِها أَشعَرِيٌّ طَرفُهُ سامي

Sought out mares, their troops

Led by an Ashʿari, his glance sublime

لا يَزجُرُ الطَيرَ إِن مَرَّت بِهِ سُنُحاً

وَلا يُفيضُ عَلى قَسمٍ بِأَزلامِ

He does not scare away the birds if crane flocks pass by

Nor does he charge a group without reins