هَل عِندَ عَمرَةَ مِن بَتاتِ مُسافِرِ

ذي حاجَةٍ مُتَرَوَّحٍ اَو باكِرِ

Does Ummrah have any travelers,

In urgent need or getting ready at dawn,

سئِمَ الإقامة بَعدَ طولِ ثَوائِهِ

وَقَضى لُبانَتَهُ فَلَيسَ بِناظِرِ

Who got bored of staying after a long period,

And finished their supplies, not waiting anymore

لِعِداتِ ذي أَرَبٍ وَلا لِمَواعِدٍ

خُلُفٍ وَلَو حَلَفَت بِأَسحَمَ مائِرِ

For procrastinators, even if they swore on swift she-camels,

You promised and then broke your promise,

وَعَدَتكَ ثُمَّت أَخلَفَت مَوعودَها

وَلَعَل ما مَنَعَتكَ لَيسَ بِضائِرِ

Maybe what prevented you was not harmful,

And I see flirts do not last in their union,

وَأَرى الغَواني لا يَدومُ وِصالُها

أَبَداً عَلى عُسرٍ وَلا لِمُياسِرِ

Never during hardship or for a lucky person,

And if your friend did not continue his connection with you,

وَإِذا خَليلُكَ لَم يَدُم لَكَ وَصلُهُ

فَاِقطَع لُبانَتَهُ بِحَرفٍ ضامِرِ

Then cut off his supplies with a destructive act,

A smooth-bodied mare with prominent ribs,

وَجناءَ مُجفَرَةِ الضُلوعِ رجيلَةٍ

وَلَقى الهَواجِرِ ذاتِ خَلقٍ حادِرِ

Who met mares with an ugly nature,

She gets excited when the riding animal gallops as if

تُضحي إِذا دَقَّ المَطِيُّ كَأَنَّها

فَدَنُ اِبنِ حَيَّةَ شادَهُ بِالآجُرِ

She is the daughter of a snake charmer aroused by the flute,

Her charm and the rest of her allure,

وَكَأَنَّ عَيبَتَها وَفَضلَ فِتانِها

فَنَنانِ مِن كَنَفَي ظَليمِ نافِرِ

Are like the sprouts of a shady lofty palm tree,

Swaying to a scent that makes its feathers fall,

يَبري لِرائِحَةٍ يُساقِطُ ريشَها

مَرُّ النَجاءِ سِقاطَ ليفِ الآبِرِ

Like palm fiber falling from trees,

So she remembered after being slow-witted,

فَتَذَكَّرَت ثَقَلاً رَثيداً بَعدَما

أَلقَت ذُكاءُ يَمينَها في كافِرِ

When her right hand threw its intelligence to the infidels,

Her glance flirted and her falcon chirped

طَرِفَت مَراوِدُها وَغَرَّدَ سَقبُها

بِالآءِ وَالحَدَجِ الرِواءِ الحادِرِ

With moaning, coquetry, and piercing coos,

So they both relaxed vigorously, refined,

فَتَرَوَّحا أُصُلاً بِشَدٍّ مُهذِبٍ

ثَرٍّ كَشُؤبوبِ العَشِيِّ الماطِرِ

Fresh like the drizzle of an evening rain,

She built her tent near him in the darkness,

فَبَنَت عَلَيهِ مَعَ الظَلامِ خِباءَها

كَالأَحمَسِيَّةِ في النَصيفِ الحاسِرِ

Like a woman from Al-Ahsa in destructive summer,

How lovely are some youths

أَسُمَيَّ ما يُدريكِ أَن رُبَّ فِتيَةٍ

بيضِ الوُجوهِ ذَوي نَدىً وَمَآثِرِ

With bright faces, dew, and great feats,

My delightful humor does not blame their protectiveness,

حَسَني الفَكاهَةِ لا تُذَمُّ لِحامُهُم

سَبِطي الأَكُفِّ وَفي الحُروبِ مَساعِرِ

My generous-handed who are fierce in wars,

I met them early while the cattle were grazing

باكَرتُهُم بِسِباءِ جَونٍ ذارِعٍ

قَبلَ الصَباحِ وَقَبلَ لَغوِ الطائِرِ

Before dawn and before the birds started singing,

So I made their day short with the call of a watchman

فَقَصَرتُ يَومَهُمُ بِرَنَّةِ شارِفٍ

وَسَماعِ مُدجِنَةٍ وَجَدوى جازِرِ

And the echo of a singer and a butcher’s chant,

Until their day ended and they went away

حَتّى تَوَلّى يَومُهُم وَتَرَوَّحوا

لا يَنثَنونَ إِلى مَقالِ الزاجِرِ

Without turning to the words of deterrent,

With Mughira who estimated the locusts and their swarm

وَمُغيرَةٍ سَومَ الجَرادِ وَزَعتُها

قَبلَ الصَباحِ بِشَيِّئانٍ ضامِرِ

Before dawn with two destructive things,

Weapons like firewood and scattered gravel,

تَئِقٍ كَجُلمودِ القِذافِ وَنَثرَةٍ

ثَقفٍ وَعَرّاصِ المَهَزَّةِ عاتِرِ

Thaqif and the chanter with the shaking,

And sometimes a bright-foreheaded grinning one

وَلَرُبَّ واضِحَةِ الجَبينِ غَريرَةٍ

مِثلِ المَهاةِ تَروقُ عَينَ الناظِرِ

Captures the onlooker’s eye like a wanderer,

I spend time playing with her and distract her worries

قَد بِتُّ اُلعِبُها وَأَقصُرُ هَمَّها

حَتّى بَدا وَضَحُ الصَباحِ الجاشِرِ

Until the shining dawn comes out,

And sometimes quarreling opponents, who have rare habits,

وَلَرُبَّ خَصمٍ جاهِدينَ ذَوي شِذاً

تَقذي صُدورُهُم بِهِترٍ هاتِرِ

Their chests are pierced with a penetrating stab,

Hostility whose transgression against them I despised,

لُدٍّ ظَأَرتُهُمُ عَلى ما ساءَهُم

وَخَسَأتُ باطِلَهُم بِحَقٍّ ظاهِرِ

And I defeated their falsehood with apparent truth,

With the saying of a resolute eloquent one

بِمَقالَةٍ مِن حازِمٍ ذي مِرَّةٍ

يَدَأُ العَدُوَّ زَئيرُهُ لِلزائِرِ

Whose enemy moans to the visitor.