يَا عَرَبَ الحَيِّ عُذَّلِي عَدَدُ
وَيْلاَهُ أَيْنَ الرِّجَالُ وَالعُدَدُ
O Arabs of the encampment, my reproachers are many.
Alas! Where are the men and the arms?
مَا صَحَّ فِي حُبِّهِ سِوىَ سَقَمِي
بِكُمْ وَمَاتَ السُّلُو والجَلدُ
Nothing in love for him proved sound but my sickness
Because of you; and solace and endurance have died.
عَهْدِي وَجِيدُ الكَثيِبِ طَوَّقَهُ
مِنْكُمْ بِطَوْقٍ كَالعِقْدِ يَنْتَضِدُ
I recall how he encircled the sand dune's neck
With a collar from you, strung like a necklace.
يَزْدَادُ مِنْ مَاءِ ورْدِهِ عَطَشاً
لحِسُنِهِ كُلٌّ وَارِدٍ يَرِدُ
From the water of his rose, thirst grows
In every drinker who comes, because of his beauty.
مِنْ كُلِّ رَامِي العُيُونِ مَعْرَكَةٌ
مَعْ وَجْنَتَيْهِ وَصُدْغُهُ الزَّرَدُ
Every archer of glances wages battle
With his two cheeks; and his temple-lock is chain mail.
Sol 6.1