يا بَرقُ أَبرِقَ مِن قُرَي

يا بَرقُ أَبرِقَ مِن قُرَي

بَةَ مُستَكِفّاً لي نَشاصُه

بَةَ مُستَكِفّاً لي نَشاصُه

O lightning, flash from Qurayba,

O lightning, flash from a village

its towering cloud-bank arching before me,

Whose dwellers suffer its scorching flashes

ذا هَيدَبٍ دانٍ يَحِن

ذا هَيدَبٍ دانٍ يَحِن

نُ إِلى مَناصِفِهِ قِلاصُه

نُ إِلى مَناصِفِهِ قِلاصُه

with a low-hanging rain-fringe; yearning

Like a serpent it winds

toward its middle reaches are its young she-camels;

Yearning for its burrows and lairs

جَونٍ تَخُذُّ سُيولُهُ

جَونٍ تَخُذُّ سُيولُهُ

في الأَرضِ مُنساحاً فِراصُه

في الأَرضِ مُنساحاً فِراصُه

dark, its torrents cutting

Clouds whose floods

through the earth, its channels spreading wide.

Spread over the earth with pouring rain

أَمَّت غَداةَ رَحيلِها

أَمَّت غَداةَ رَحيلِها

وَالبَينُ ذو شُرُكٍ شِصاصُه

وَالبَينُ ذو شُرُكٍ شِصاصُه

She made her way on the morning of her departure,

They promised in the morning of departure

while parting's hooks were armed with snares.

But separation's partnership is treacherous

فَبَدَت تَرائِبُ شادِنٍ

فَبَدَت تَرائِبُ شادِنٍ

وَمُكَرَّسٌ فيهِ عِقاصُه

وَمُكَرَّسٌ فيهِ عِقاصُه

Then a young gazelle's upper breast appeared,

So the shelters of loved ones appeared

and piled-up hair with its plaits within,

And sorrow dwells wherein is its abode

وَأَغَرُّ كَالإِغريضِ عَذ

وَأَغَرُّ كَالإِغريضِ عَذ

بٌ لا يُغَيِّرُهُ اِنتِقاصُه

بٌ لا يُغَيِّرُهُ اِنتِقاصُه

and a gleaming mouth, like hail, sweet,

And the most cherished is like a bouquet

unchanged by what is drawn from it.

Whose beauty fading does not diminish