عَقَرتُ عَلى قَبرِ المُلَوِّحِ ناقَتي

عَقَرتُ عَلى قَبرِ المُلَوِّحِ ناقَتي

بِذي الرَمثِ لَمّا أَن جَفاهُ أَقارِبُه

بِذي الرَمثِ لَمّا أَن جَفاهُ أَقارِبُه

I hamstrung my she-camel at al-Mulawwih’s grave,

I hobbled my she-camel at the grave of Al-Mulawwah

at Dhu al-Ramth, when his relatives forsook him.

In Dhi Al-Ramth, when his kinfolk had forsaken him

فَقُلتُ لَها كوني عَقيراً فَإِنَّني

فَقُلتُ لَها كوني عَقيراً فَإِنَّني

غَداةَ غَدٍ ماشٍ وَبِالأَمسِ راكِبُه

غَداةَ غَدٍ ماشٍ وَبِالأَمسِ راكِبُه

So I told her to be hamstrung, for I

And I said to her: "Be crippled, for I

shall be on foot tomorrow morning, though yesterday I rode her.

Tomorrow will go on foot, when yesterday I was its rider."

فَلا يُبعِدَنكَ اللَهُ يا اِبنَ مُزاحِمٍ

فَلا يُبعِدَنكَ اللَهُ يا اِبنَ مُزاحِمٍ

فَكُلُّ اِمرِئٍ لِلمَوتِ لا بُدَّ شارِبُه

فَكُلُّ اِمرِئٍ لِلمَوتِ لا بُدَّ شارِبُه

So may God never cast you away, O son of Muzahim;

O son of the quarrelsome man, may Allah not make you distant

for every man must drink of death.

For all men are destined to drink the cup of death.

فَقَد كُنتَ ظَلّاعَ النِجادِ وَمُعطِيَ ال

فَقَد كُنتَ ظَلّاعَ النِجادِ وَمُعطِيَ ال

جِيادِ وَسَيفاً لا تُثَلُّ مَضارِبُه

جِيادِ وَسَيفاً لا تُثَلُّ مَضارِبُه

For you were indeed long of sword-belt and a giver of the

You were indeed generous with stallions, and a sword whose blows

fine steeds, and a sword whose edges were never blunted.

Could not be parried.