وَذات شَجوٍ أَسالَ البينُ عَبرتَها

وَذات شَجوٍ أَسالَ البينُ عَبرتَها

قامَت تُوَمِّلُ بالتَفنيدِ اِمساكي

قامَت تُوَمِّلُ بالتَفنيدِ اِمساكي

And a sorrowful woman, whose tears parting made flow,

With yearning grief, the distance shed its tears,

Rose, hoping through reproach to make me stay.

She stood leaning, grasping my restraint.

لَجَّت فَلَمّا رأَتني لا أُصيخُ لَها

لَجَّت فَلَمّا رأَتني لا أُصيخُ لَها

بَكَت فَأَقرَح قَلبي جَفنُها الباكي

بَكَت فَأَقرَح قَلبي جَفنُها الباكي

She persisted, but when she saw I would not heed her,

She turned to me, and when she saw I would not cry for her,

She wept, and her weeping eyelid wounded my heart.

She wept, and her crying eyelids wounded my heart.

قالَت وَقَد رَأَت الأَجمالَ مُحدجةً

قالَت وَقَد رَأَت الأَجمالَ مُحدجةً

وَالبينُ قَد جمعَ المشكوَّ وَالشاكي

وَالبينُ قَد جمعَ المشكوَّ وَالشاكي

She spoke when she saw the camels saddled,

She said, having seen the camels' litters ready,

And parting had brought together the one complained of and the complainant:

And the distance had gathered the sorrowful and the complainers:

مَن لي إِذا غبت في ذا العامِ قُلتُ لَها

مَن لي إِذا غبت في ذا العامِ قُلتُ لَها

اللَهُ وابنُ عبيدِاللَه مولاكِ

اللَهُ وابنُ عبيدِاللَه مولاكِ

“Who will care for me if you leave this year?” I said to her,

"Who do I have, when you are gone this year, I say to her:

“God and Ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, your patron.

God and the son of 'Ubaydallah are your Guardians."

لا تَجزَعي بانجاس الغَيث عنك فَقَد

لا تَجزَعي بانجاس الغَيث عنك فَقَد

سَأَلتُ نَوءَ الثريّا صوب مَغناكِ

سَأَلتُ نَوءَ الثريّا صوب مَغناكِ

Do not despair if the rain is withheld from you, for

"Do not grieve if the rain clouds turn away from you, for I have asked

I have asked the Pleiades’ rain-star for a downpour upon your dwelling.”

The Pleiades to incline toward your resting place."