وإن بعدت من أهله وقطينه

مرابع غزلان وملعب فتية

Though I am far from my family and homeland

Pastures of gazelles and playground of youths

وملهى خدين مغرم بخدينه

وماء كريق الحب عذب يميحه

And delight of rosy cheeks infatuated with their cheeks

And water as delicious as the gurgle of love

هواء كدمع الصبّ إثر شجونه

كأني لم أحلل بها ومطالبي

An air like tears of nightfall after its sorrows

As if I never settled there though it is my pursuit

غرائب أبكار النعيم وعونه

ومن صيد لهوي غادة في حجالها

Strange virgins of bliss and its support

And game for my passion prowling in its thickets

ومن صيد جدّي ضيغم في عرينه

بلى كان ديناً للزمان استردّه

And game for my grave effort stalking its lair

Yes it was a debt on time I took it back

وما زال مغرى بارتجاع ديونه

حلفت يميناً برّة وشفعتها

And it still entices me to claim its debts

I swore a solemn oath by the righteous one and his intercession

وفي قول مثلي نادح عن يمينه

لقد سفهت فرسان غنم بن تغلب

And in the words of one like me complaining of his right

Indeed the horsemen of Ghunm tribe were foolish

بعصيان حالي عزّها وضمينه

ظننت بهم ظناً فعاد حقيقة

By disobeying my condition its honor and embrace

I thought well of them but it turned out to be true

وظنّ خبير القوم مثل يقينه

نهيتهم أن يجعلوا البغي مركبا

And the opinion of the expert of the people is like his certainty

I forbade them from mounting treason

فيلفى قليلا لبثهم في متونه

وحذّرتهم طعناً يفك إلى العلا

Yet shortly after they persisted in its bases

And warned them of a stab that unties high

من الحلق الماذيّ نظم عيونه

وضربا يطير الهام حتى كأنه

From the sweet neck, the systematic eyes

And a blow that sends reason flying as if

من الطير سرب طائر عن ركونه

وما غرّهم من صادق الشدّ باسل

It were a flock of birds startled from their perch

And sincere tightening of the belt did not tempt them

أخي لبد ثبت الجنان ركينه

يقيت غرار السيف نفس ضريبه

My brother with solid sides and settled faith

I avoid the deception of the striking sword

ويقرى سنان الرمح روح طعينه

فان صادفوا منّي ركونا اليهم

And the fangs of the spear piercing the rib cage

If they meet tranquility from me toward them

فربّ مداري وحشة بركونه

وان صادفوا منّي سكوناً فإنما

Then the tranquil has solitude in his tranquility

And if they meet composure from me then

مهال شجاع الرّبد تحت سكونه

Patience, the brave is beneath his composure