من بَعدِ ذا اليوم يَلقَى قَلبُه أَسَفا

من بَعدِ ذا اليوم يَلقَى قَلبُه أَسَفا

مُذ نَالَ من وَصلِهِ بالجزعِ ما سَلَفا

مُذ نَالَ من وَصلِهِ بالجزعِ ما سَلَفا

Whose heart, after this day, could meet sorrow,

After this day his heart will find sorrow

since he gained, from union with him at the valley bend, what had gone before?

Since he attained from his union what had passed

نالَ الُمنى وَصَفا ظلُّ الأُثيلِ لَهُ

نالَ الُمنى وَصَفا ظلُّ الأُثيلِ لَهُ

وَطابَ واخضرَّ عيشُ الُمنحنَى وَصَفا

وَطابَ واخضرَّ عيشُ الُمنحنَى وَصَفا

He won his wishes, and the little tamarisk's shade grew serene for him;

He attained wishes, the shade of companionship was good for him

and life at the bend grew pleasant, verdant, and serene.

And the life of the bent-over one became good and green

وَلَّت ليالي القِلى والهَجرِ وانصَرَمت

وَلَّت ليالي القِلى والهَجرِ وانصَرَمت

وَأَنجدت أَهَلُ نَجدٍ مُغرَماً دَنِفا

وَأَنجدت أَهَلُ نَجدٍ مُغرَماً دَنِفا

The nights of aversion and estrangement fled and ended,

The nights of yearning and estrangement have passed

and Najd's people aided a lover wasting with sickness.

And the people of Najd were rescued by a tender lover

ما ضَنَّ عَصرُ الحمِىَ فالنَّجدُ طائِرُهُ ال

ما ضَنَّ عَصرُ الحمِىَ فالنَّجدُ طائِرُهُ ال

مَيمونُ في دَوحِهِ بالوَصلِ قَد هَتَفا

مَيمونُ في دَوحِهِ بالوَصلِ قَد هَتَفا

The days of the protected pasture were not stingy; for Najd's bird, the

The time of ardour was not miserly, and its lucky bird is

auspicious one, has sung of union amid its spreading trees.

Auspicious in its atmosphere with the union it cheered for

لا يَسأَلُ الرَّكبَ يوماً بَعدَها خَبَراً

لا يَسأَلُ الرَّكبَ يوماً بَعدَها خَبَراً

ولا يجوبُ الثَّنايا والحِمَى كَلِفا

ولا يجوبُ الثَّنايا والحِمَى كَلِفا

He never asks the caravan for news after those nights,

It will never ask the traveling group after it for news

nor roams the mountain passes and the protected pasture, consumed by love.

Nor roam the slopes and ardours anxiously

يا مائِسَ البانِ لا تَعطِف وَقِف خَجِلاً

يا مائِسَ البانِ لا تَعطِف وَقِف خَجِلاً

فَأَيسرُ العِطفِ يَومَ السَّفحِ قَد عَطَفا

فَأَيسرُ العِطفِ يَومَ السَّفحِ قَد عَطَفا

O swaying bān tree, do not bend, and stand ashamed:

O passer of ruins do not turn, stand embarrassed

for he of the supplest flank bent that day upon the slope.

For the easiest turn was the day of the lowland it turned to

ويا عُيونَ الَمها غُضِّي فَقَد نَظَرت

ويا عُيونَ الَمها غُضِّي فَقَد نَظَرت

أحداقُهُ وَسَلي أَجفانُهُ وَطَفا

أحداقُهُ وَسَلي أَجفانُهُ وَطَفا

And O eyes of the oryx, lower your gaze, for a glance has been cast

And O eyes of the prolific, diminish for his glances have looked

by his pupils; and ask his eyelids for long, thick lashes.

His eyelids flowed and his eyelashes folded

ويا سَنا الفَجرِ هذا فَجرُ غُرَّتِهِ

ويا سَنا الفَجرِ هذا فَجرُ غُرَّتِهِ

يُبدي السَّناءَ فَهَلاَّ جِئتَ مُعترفَا

يُبدي السَّناءَ فَهَلاَّ جِئتَ مُعترفَا

And O radiance of dawn, this is the dawn of his brow,

And O dawn glow this is the dawn of his passion

revealing splendor; so why have you not come acknowledging it?

Revealing joy, so why have you not come confessing

مُهفهَفٌ ما انثنَت أَعطافُهُ مَرَحاً

مُهفهَفٌ ما انثنَت أَعطافُهُ مَرَحاً

إِلاَّ وَزادَت على طولِ الَمدى هَيَفا

إِلاَّ وَزادَت على طولِ الَمدى هَيَفا

Slender-waisted, his flanks never sway in delight

Fluttering, its fold never bent playfully

without growing still more slender over the long span of time.

Except it increased upon the length of the course windingly

يُهدي إِلى البَدرِ نُوراً من مَحاسِنهِ

يُهدي إِلى البَدرِ نُوراً من مَحاسِنهِ

وَمِن ذَوائبِهِ يَكسو الدُّجَى سَدَفا

وَمِن ذَوائبِهِ يَكسو الدُّجَى سَدَفا

He gifts the full moon light from his beauty,

It guides light to the full moon from its beauty

and from his tresses he robes the night in darkness.

And with its tresses it clothes the darkness with curtains