ما حِلَّةُ اِبنِ دَبيسٍ

ما حِلَّةُ اِبنِ دَبيسٍ

إِلّا كَحِصنٍ حَصينِ

إِلّا كَحِصنٍ حَصينِ

Ibn Dubays’s Hillah is

What dwelling like Ibn Dhabis's hold,

just like a well-fortified fortress.

A fortress surely strong and bold,

لِلقَلبِ فيها قَرارٌ

لِلقَلبِ فيها قَرارٌ

وَقُرَّةٌ لِلعُيونِ

وَقُرَّةٌ لِلعُيونِ

Within it is repose for the heart,

Where peace may rest within the heart,

and delight for the eyes.

And to the eyes much joy impart.

إِن أَصبَحَ الماءُ غَوراً

إِن أَصبَحَ الماءُ غَوراً

جاءَت بِماءٍ مَعينِ

جاءَت بِماءٍ مَعينِ

If the water should sink underground,

When waters of the plain would fail,

it would bring flowing water.

It shows a fount that cannot fail;

وَحَولَها سورُ طينٍ

وَحَولَها سورُ طينٍ

كَأَنَّهُ طَورُ سينِ

كَأَنَّهُ طَورُ سينِ

And around it stands a wall of clay,

Its clay-built walls are like the Mount

as though it were Mount Sinai.

Named "Sinai," famed in tale and count.