تَقولُ اِبنَةَ العَمرِيِّ آخِرَ لَيلِها

تَقولُ اِبنَةَ العَمرِيِّ آخِرَ لَيلِها

عَلامَ مُنِعتَ النَومَ لَيلُكَ ساهِرُ

عَلامَ مُنِعتَ النَومَ لَيلُكَ ساهِرُ

The daughter of al-ʿAmrī says at the end of her night,

The daughter of Al-Amri said on her last night,

“Why have you been denied sleep, your night wakeful?”

"Why were you deprived of sleep tonight, oh wakeful one?"

فَقُلتُ لَها قَومي أَخافُ عَلَيهِمُ

فَقُلتُ لَها قَومي أَخافُ عَلَيهِمُ

تَباغِيَهُم لا يُبهِكُم ما أُحاذِرُ

تَباغِيَهُم لا يُبهِكُم ما أُحاذِرُ

So I said to her, “I fear for my people,

So I said to her, "My people, I fear for them,

Lest they attack one another; may what I dread not take you unawares.

Lest folly befalls them, of which I warn.

فَلا أَعرِفَنكُم بَعدَ عِزٍّ وَثَروَةٍ

فَلا أَعرِفَنكُم بَعدَ عِزٍّ وَثَروَةٍ

يُقالُ أَلا تِلكَ النَبيتُ عَساكِرُ

يُقالُ أَلا تِلكَ النَبيتُ عَساكِرُ

So let me not find you, after might and abundance,

May you not know yourselves again after glory and wealth,

With people saying, ‘Look—al-Nabīt are scattered bands!’

Of which it would be said, 'Behold those armies!'

فَلا تَجعَلوا حَرباتِكُم في نُحورِكُم

فَلا تَجعَلوا حَرباتِكُم في نُحورِكُم

كَما شَدَّ أَلواحَ الرِتاجِ المَسامِرُ

كَما شَدَّ أَلواحَ الرِتاجِ المَسامِرُ

So do not put your spears into your own throats,

Do not place your wars in your own chests,

As the nails fastened the planks of the gate.”

As nails are driven into planks."