عوجا نُحَيِّ الطَلَلَ المُحوِلا

وَالرَبعَ مِن أَسماءَ وَالمَنزِلا

Turn aside to the abandoned abode

And the quarter from Asma and the dwelling

وَمَجلِسَ النِسوَةِ بَعدَ الكَرى

أَمِنَّ فيهِ الأَبطَحَ الأَسهَلا

And the sitting place of the women after separation

Is it not the easiest terrain therein?

بِجانِبِ البَوباةِ لَم يَعدُهُ

تَقادُمُ العَهدِ بِأَن يُؤهَلا

Beside Al-Bawaba it does not regard

The succession of time to rehabilitate it

إِيايَ لا إِيّاكُما هَيَّجَ ال

مَنزِلُ لِلشَوقِ فَلا تَعجَلا

It is me, not you two, that kindled

A dwelling for yearning so do not hasten

إِن كُنتُما خِلوَينِ مِن حاجَتي ال

يَومَ فَإِنَّ الحَقَّ أَن تُجمِلا

If you two are free of my need

One day, for the truth is to beautify

ذَكَّرَني المَنزِلُ ما غِبتُما

عَنهُ فَعوجا ساعَةً وَاِسأَلا

The dwelling reminded me of what I missed

About it so turn aside for an hour and ask

إِن يُصبِحَ المَنزِلُ مِن أَهلِهِ

وَحشاً مَغاني رَسمِهِ مُمحِلا

If the dwelling becomes vacant of its people

Melodies of its portrayal erased

فَقَد أَراهُ وَبِهِ رَبرَبٌ

مِثلُ المَها يَقرو المَلا المُبقِلا

For I see it and in it a particle

Like the waving water of the withered meadow

أَيامَ أَسماءُ بِهِ شادِنٌ

خودٌ تُراعي رَشَأً أَكحَلا

The days of Asma in it, fertile

Luxuriant, grazing tender green

قالَت لِتِربَينِ لَها عِندَنا

هَل تَعرِفانِ الرَجُلَ المُقبِلا

She said to her two foster daughters

Do you recognize the approaching man?

قالَت فَتاةٌ عِندَها مُعصِرٌ

تُديرُ حَوراوَينِ لَم تَخذُلا

A girl with her said, A crusher

Turning threshing floors that did not fail

هَذا أَبو الخَطّابِ قالَت نَعَم

قَد جاءَ مَن نَهوى وَما أَغفَلا

This is Abu Al-Khattab, she said yes

The one we love has come and did not neglect