لَم يَصحُ هَذا الفُؤادُ مِن طَرَبِه

لَم يَصحُ هَذا الفُؤادُ مِن طَرَبِه

وَمَيلِهِ في الهَوى وَفي لَعِبِه

وَمَيلِهِ في الهَوى وَفي لَعِبِه

This heart has not sobered from its rapture,

This heart has not recovered from its rapture

and its leaning toward passion and its dalliance.

And its inclination towards love and its playfulness

أَهلاً وَسَهلاً بِمَن أَتاكَ مِنَ ال

أَهلاً وَسَهلاً بِمَن أَتاكَ مِنَ ال

رَقَّةِ يَسري إِلَيكَ في سُخُبِه

رَقَّةِ يَسري إِلَيكَ في سُخُبِه

Welcome, a warm welcome, to the one who came to you from

Welcome, welcome to the one who came to you

al-Raqqa, journeying by night to you, wearing their necklaces.

With gentleness, walking to you slowly in his dignity

باتَت بِحُلوانَ تَبتَغيكَ كَما

باتَت بِحُلوانَ تَبتَغيكَ كَما

أَرسَلَ أَهلُ الوَليدِ في طَلَبِه

أَرسَلَ أَهلُ الوَليدِ في طَلَبِه

She spent the night at Hulwan seeking you, just as

He spent the night in Hulwan seeking you

al-Walid's household sent searchers after him.

As the people of Al-Walid sent seeking him

فَدَلَّها الحُبُّ فَاِشتَفَيتَ كَما

فَدَلَّها الحُبُّ فَاِشتَفَيتَ كَما

تَشفي دِماءُ المُلوكِ مِن كَلَبِه

تَشفي دِماءُ المُلوكِ مِن كَلَبِه

So love guided her, and you found healing, as

Love guided him, so you quenched your thirst

the blood of kings cures a sufferer of his rabies.

As the blood of kings quenches his thirst from his cup

لَو أَنَّهُ أَخَّرَ النِداءَ أَبو

لَو أَنَّهُ أَخَّرَ النِداءَ أَبو

رُمحٍ لَقَضّى إِلَيكَ مِن أَرَبِه

رُمحٍ لَقَضّى إِلَيكَ مِن أَرَبِه

Had the call been delayed by Abu

If only Aburumh had delayed the call to prayer

Rumh, he would have satisfied some of his desire with you.

He would have come to you from his resting place

سَقياً لِحُلوانَ ذي الكُرومِ وَما

سَقياً لِحُلوانَ ذي الكُرومِ وَما

صَنَّفَ مِن تينِهِ وَمِن عِنَبِه

صَنَّفَ مِن تينِهِ وَمِن عِنَبِه

May rain bless Hulwan, with its vineyards, and all

Watering Hulwan, land of vineyards, and what he composed

the varied kinds of its figs and its grapes.

Of its figs and grapes

نَخلٌ مَواقيرُ بِالفَناءِ مِنَ ال

نَخلٌ مَواقيرُ بِالفَناءِ مِنَ ال

بَرنِيِّ غُلبٌ يَهتَزُّ في شَرَبِه

بَرنِيِّ غُلبٌ يَهتَزُّ في شَرَبِه

Date palms, heavy-laden in the courtyard, of the

Palm trees are water springs in the meadow

Barni kind, stout-trunked, swaying where they are watered.

Overwhelmed by the cool breeze, swaying as they drink

أَسوَدُ سُكّانُهُ الحَمامُ فَما

أَسوَدُ سُكّانُهُ الحَمامُ فَما

تَنفَكُّ غِربانُه عَلى رُطَبِه

تَنفَكُّ غِربانُه عَلى رُطَبِه

Dark, with doves as its dwellers; never

Its black inhabitants are doves, so

do its crows leave its fresh, ripe dates.

Its crows do not stop pecking at its ripe dates

لِتَهنِهِ مِصرُ وَالعِراقُ وَما

لِتَهنِهِ مِصرُ وَالعِراقُ وَما

بِالشَأمِ مِن بَزِّهِ وَمِن ذَهَبِه

بِالشَأمِ مِن بَزِّهِ وَمِن ذَهَبِه

May Egypt and Iraq gladden him, and what

Egypt and Iraq sing your praises

Syria holds of its fine cloth and its gold.

As do the Levant's splendor and gold

فيهِم بَهاءٌ إِذا أَتيتَهُمُ

فيهِم بَهاءٌ إِذا أَتيتَهُمُ

وَنائِلٌ لا يَغيضُ مِن حَلَبِه

وَنائِلٌ لا يَغيضُ مِن حَلَبِه

There is splendor among them when you visit them,

Among them is glory when you come to them

and bounty that does not dwindle with milking.

And attainment that does not diminish from its abundance

أَثنِ عَلى الطَيِّبِ اِبنِ لَيلى إِذا

أَثنِ عَلى الطَيِّبِ اِبنِ لَيلى إِذا

أَثنَيتَ في دينِهِ وَفي حَسَبِه

أَثنَيتَ في دينِهِ وَفي حَسَبِه

Praise the virtuous son of Layla when

Praise the good son of Layla when

you praise his faith and his ancestral honor:

You praise his religion and lineage

مَن يَصدُقُ الوَعدَ وَالقِتالَ وَيَخ

مَن يَصدُقُ الوَعدَ وَالقِتالَ وَيَخ

شى اللَهَ في حِلمِهِ وَفي غَضَبِه

شى اللَهَ في حِلمِهِ وَفي غَضَبِه

one who is true in promise and in battle, and

One who keeps his word and fights, who

fears God in his forbearance and in his anger;

Fears God in his forbearance and anger

وَمَن تُفيضُ النَدى يَداهُ وَمَن

وَمَن تُفيضُ النَدى يَداهُ وَمَن

يَنتَهِبُ الحَمدَ عِندَ مُنتَهَبِه

يَنتَهِبُ الحَمدَ عِندَ مُنتَهَبِه

and whose hands pour forth bounty, and who

One whose hands overflow with bounty, one who

seizes praise wherever it can be seized.

Seizes praise when it is fitting

أُمُّكَ بَيضاءُ مِن قُضاعَةَ في ال

أُمُّكَ بَيضاءُ مِن قُضاعَةَ في ال

بَيتِ الَّذي يُستَظَلُّ في طُنُبِه

بَيتِ الَّذي يُستَظَلُّ في طُنُبِه

Your mother is fair, of Quda'a, in the

Your mother is fair, from Quda'a, in the

house beneath whose tent-rope shade is sought.

House shaded by its branches

وَأَنتَ في الجَوهَرِ المُهَذَّبِ مِن

وَأَنتَ في الجَوهَرِ المُهَذَّبِ مِن

عَبدِ مَنافٍ يَداكَ في سَبَبِه

عَبدِ مَنافٍ يَداكَ في سَبَبِه

And you are of the refined substance of

While you are the refined jewel

Abd Manaf; your two hands grasp his cord.

From Abd Manaf, your hands seizing its cause

يَخلُفُكَ البيضُ مِن بَنيكَ كَما

يَخلُفُكَ البيضُ مِن بَنيكَ كَما

يَخلُفُ عودُ النُضارِ في شُعَبِه

يَخلُفُ عودُ النُضارِ في شُعَبِه

The fair ones among your sons succeed you, as

The whites of your sons will succeed you

the nudar tree's stem renews itself in its branches.

As fresh twigs succeed in its valleys

لَيسوا مِنَ الخِروَعِ الضَعيفِ وَلا

لَيسوا مِنَ الخِروَعِ الضَعيفِ وَلا

أَشباهِ عيدانِهِ وَلا غَرَبِه

أَشباهِ عيدانِهِ وَلا غَرَبِه

They are not of the weak castor plant, nor

They are not of weak character

like its stalks, nor like willow wood.

Nor like its weak branches or those exiled

شُمُّ العَرانينِ يَنظُرونَ كَما

شُمُّ العَرانينِ يَنظُرونَ كَما

جَلَّت صُقورُ الصُلَيبِ مِن حَدَبِه

جَلَّت صُقورُ الصُلَيبِ مِن حَدَبِه

High of nose, they gaze as

Scenting the Byzantines, they look

the falcons of al-Sulayb look out from its heights.

As the eagles of the Cross peered from its ridge

نَحنُ عَلى بَيعَةِ الرَسولِ وَما

نَحنُ عَلى بَيعَةِ الرَسولِ وَما

أُعطِيَ مِن عُجمِهِ وَمِن عَرَبِه

أُعطِيَ مِن عُجمِهِ وَمِن عَرَبِه

We stand by the pledge of allegiance to the Messenger, and what

We are on the oath to the Messenger and what

his non-Arabs and his Arabs gave him.

Was given of non-Arabs and Arabs

بِها نُصِرنا عَلى العَدوِّ وَنَر

بِها نُصِرنا عَلى العَدوِّ وَنَر

عى الغَيبَ في نَأيِهِ وَفي قُرُبِه

عى الغَيبَ في نَأيِهِ وَفي قُرُبِه

Through it we were granted victory over the enemy, and we

With it we were victorious over the enemy and

keep faith in absence, whether he is far or near.

Hope for the unseen in its distance and nearness

نَأتي إِذا ما دَعَوتَ في الحَلَقِ ال

نَأتي إِذا ما دَعَوتَ في الحَلَقِ ال

ماذِيِّ أَبدانُهُ وَفي جُبَبِه

ماذِيِّ أَبدانُهُ وَفي جُبَبِه

We come whenever you call, in ringed mail

We will come when you call in the

whose cuirasses are fine steel, and in its coats.

Everlasting meadow, their bodies and robes

يَهدي رِعالاً أَمامَ أَرعَنَ لا

يَهدي رِعالاً أَمامَ أَرعَنَ لا

يُعرَفُ وَجهُ البَلقاءِ في لَجَبِه

يُعرَفُ وَجهُ البَلقاءِ في لَجَبِه

He leads companies ahead of a vast host; none

Leading stallions in front of the she-camels, their

can make out al-Balqa's face amid its din.

Faces obscured by their howdahs

فيهِم كُرَيبٌ يَقودُ حِميَرَ لا

فيهِم كُرَيبٌ يَقودُ حِميَرَ لا

يَعدِلُ أَهلُ القَضاءِ عَن خُطَبِه

يَعدِلُ أَهلُ القَضاءِ عَن خُطَبِه

Among them is Kuraib, leading Himyar; never

Among them Kurayb leads donkeys

do men of judgment turn aside from his speeches;

Which the judges do not equal in their address

وَعارِضٌ كَالجِبالِ مِن مُضَرَ ال

وَعارِضٌ كَالجِبالِ مِن مُضَرَ ال

حَمراءِ يَشفي ذا العَرِّ مِن جَرَبِه

حَمراءِ يَشفي ذا العَرِّ مِن جَرَبِه

and a massed host like mountains, of Mudar the

And one like the red mountains of Mudar

Red, curing the scab-ridden man of his mange.

Who cured the lame of his ailment

وَاِبنا نِزارٍ إِذا هُما اِجتَمَعا

وَاِبنا نِزارٍ إِذا هُما اِجتَمَعا

لَم يَترُكا هارِباً عَلى هَرَبِه

لَم يَترُكا هارِباً عَلى هَرَبِه

And Nizar's two sons, when they come together,

And the two sons of Nizar, when together

leave no fugitive to continue his flight.

Leave no fugitive to his escape