أَرِبتُ إِلى هِندٍ وَتِربَينِ مَرَّةً

لَها إِذ تَوافَقنا بِقَرنِ المُقَطَّعِ

I yearned to meet Hind time and again

When we met at the broken horn

لِتَعريجِ يَومٍ أَو لِتَعريسِ لَيلَةٍ

عَلَينا بِجَمعِ الشَملِ قَبلَ التَصَدُّعِ

Whether for the ascent of a day or the wedding of a night

Before our gathering shattered

فَقُلنَ لَها لَولا اِرتِقابُ صَحابَةٍ

لَنا خَلفَنا عُجنا وَلَم نَتَوَرَّعِ

We said, if not for the companions behind us

We would have stayed and not hesitated

فَقالَت فَتاةٌ كُنتُ أَحسَبُ أَنَّها

مُغَفَّلَةٌ في مِئزَرٍ لَم تُدَرَّعِ

A girl I thought oblivious

In an untailored gown

لَهُنَّ وَما شاوَرنَها لَيسَ ما أَرى

بِحُسنِ جَزاءٍ لِلكَريمِ المُوَدِّعِ

Said to them, what I see

Is not a good reward for the noble one bidding farewell

فَقُلنَ لَها لا شَبَّ قَرنُكِ فَاِفتَحي

لَنا بابَةً تَخفى مِنَ الأَمرِ نَسمَعِ

They told her, your horn has not aged, so open for us

A small door, hiding from this matter, we may listen

فَقالَت لَهُنَّ الأَمرُ بادٍ طَريقُهُ

مُبينٌ لِذي لُبٍّ يَنوءُ بِمَرجِعِ

She said to them, the matter has a clear path

Evident to one of heart who returns to reason

نُقَدِّمُ مَن يَخشى فَيَمضي أَمامَنا

وَمَن خِفتِ مِن أَصحابِ رَحلِكِ فَاِرجِعي

We lead whoever fears and walks ahead of us

And whoever fears your company’s companions, turn back

وَأوصي غُلاماً بِالوُقوفِ بِجانِبِ ال

سِتارِ خَفِيّاً شَخصُهُ يَتَسَمَّعِ

And I advise a boy to stand next to the

Curtain hidden, watching, listening

فَإِن يَرَ مِما يُتَّقى غَيرَ رِقبَةٍ

عَلَينا يُعَجِّل ما اِستَطاعَ وَيُسرِعِ

If he sees, other than obligation upon us

He should hurry what he can and hasten