أعد علينا يا حويدي النجب

أعد علينا يا حويدي النجب

حديث ينبي عن أهيل الكثب

حديث ينبي عن أهيل الكثب

Repeat to us, O little driver of noble camels,

Recite to us, O Howaydi of noble descent

a tale telling of the dear folk of the dunes.

A tale that speaks of the dwellers of the mountain

فبالتذكر لمحبّ هائم

فبالتذكر لمحبّ هائم

فرج من أهوال الجوى والحبّ

فرج من أهوال الجوى والحبّ

For remembrance brings a love-maddened lover

So that by remembering an infatuated lover

relief from the terrors of heartache and love.

His distress may be relieved from the calamities of life and love

أعد على ذكرى أميمة انه

أعد على ذكرى أميمة انه

يا صاحبي يطفي لواعج كربي

يا صاحبي يطفي لواعج كربي

Repeat to me the remembrance of Umayma, for it,

Recite the memory of my beloved one

O my companion, quenches the burning pangs of my distress.

O my friend, it soothes the agonies of my sorrows

فهي مرادي وإليها بغيتي

فهي مرادي وإليها بغيتي

وحبها ساكن سويداء قلبي

وحبها ساكن سويداء قلبي

For she is my desire, and toward her is my quest;

For she is my desire and my yearning

and love for her dwells in the innermost core of my heart.

And love for her resides in the pure white of my heart

تنوعت فيها فنوني يا فتى

تنوعت فيها فنوني يا فتى

فمنها دائي ومنها طبي

فمنها دائي ومنها طبي

My ways concerning her have become manifold, O youth;

My talents have flourished through her, O youth

for from her comes my illness, and from her my cure.

She is both my ailment and my remedy

هي بغيتي هي منيتي لا أرتضي

هي بغيتي هي منيتي لا أرتضي

عنها بديلاً في الورى هي حسبي

عنها بديلاً في الورى هي حسبي

She is my quest, she is my wish; I will not accept

She is my wish, my death wish, I will not accept

any substitute for her among humankind; she is enough for me.

Anyone else in this world, she is enough for me

رعيا لمحبوب أتاني عتبه

رعيا لمحبوب أتاني عتبه

فجاءة وليس لي ذنب

فجاءة وليس لي ذنب

May a beloved be cherished, whose reproach reached me

Out of devotion for my beloved, her reproach came to me

suddenly, though no fault was mine.

Suddenly though I have no sin

مشرف بشرف مملوكه

مشرف بشرف مملوكه

من سيد يا حبذا من عتب

من سيد يا حبذا من عتب

Ennobling his slave with honor,

Elevated by the glory of her servitude

from a master—oh, how welcome such reproach!

Of a master, how excellent is such reproach

اسمع فدتك الروح يا سامي الذرى

اسمع فدتك الروح يا سامي الذرى

والمال والأهل معا والأب

والمال والأهل معا والأب

Listen—may my soul ransom you, O you of lofty summits,

Listen my soul would be sacrificed for you, O eminent one

and my wealth, my family together, and my father.

Along with my wealth, family and father

يا ذار المفاخر والمكارم والثنا

يا ذار المفاخر والمكارم والثنا

ياذا المعالي والجناب الرحب

ياذا المعالي والجناب الرحب

O possessor of glories, noble deeds, and praise,

O you of glorious triumphs, magnanimity and song

O possessor of high honors and a spacious court,

O you of sublime deeds and vast dignity

يا مزريا لليث في سطواته

يا مزريا لليث في سطواته

يا مرويا سمر القنا والقضب

يا مرويا سمر القنا والقضب

O you who put the lion to shame in his onslaughts,

O you who flows copiously like a lion in his assaults

O you who slake the thirst of brown spears and swords,

O you who irrigates the thickets and canes copiously

يا من رقى في الملك أعلى رتبة

يا من رقى في الملك أعلى رتبة

ومجده سامي عوالي الشهب

ومجده سامي عوالي الشهب

O you who have risen to the highest rank in kingship,

O you who rose to the highest rank in the kingdom

and whose glory rivals the loftiest shooting stars,

Whose glory towers to the peaks of comets

وعطاؤه عم البرايا كلها

وعطاؤه عم البرايا كلها

وجوده يزري بوبل السحب

وجوده يزري بوبل السحب

and whose bounty has embraced all creation,

Whose gifts have encompassed all the lands

and whose generosity shames the clouds' downpour.

Whose generosity rains like clouds of hail

ما حاتم ما جعفر في جوده

ما حاتم ما جعفر في جوده

ما حيدر ما عنتر في الضرب

ما حيدر ما عنتر في الضرب

What is Hatim, what is Ja'far, beside his generosity?

Not Hatim, not Ja'far in his munificence

What is Haydar, what is Antar, beside him in striking blows?

Not Haydar, not Antara in battle

كم قلعة عيظا فتحها عنوة

كم قلعة عيظا فتحها عنوة

كم هامة قد قدّها بالعضب

كم هامة قد قدّها بالعضب

How many a lofty fortress he has taken by force!

How many impregnable fortresses you have forcefully conquered

How many a head he has cleft with the keen sword!

How many distinguished heads you have severed in rage

وكم خصوم صبحهم جيشه

وكم خصوم صبحهم جيشه

أبادها بطعنه والضرب

أبادها بطعنه والضرب

And how many foes his army has attacked at dawn—

And how many rivals has your army made

he annihilated them with his thrusts and blows!

Vanish at your stabbing and striking

وكم وفود يمموا فناءه

وكم وفود يمموا فناءه

أغناهم بالجود ثم الرهب

أغناهم بالجود ثم الرهب

And how many delegations have made for his courtyard—

And how many delegations heading to your court

he enriched them with bounty, then with dread.

Whom you enriched then awed with might

قد جمع الأضداد فكم من مفتن

قد جمع الأضداد فكم من مفتن

منه وخصم باده بالنهب

منه وخصم باده بالنهب

He has united opposites—how many are enthralled

You have united opposites, so how many dissenters

by him, and how many a foe he has destroyed through plunder!

You were hostile to, destroyed by plunder

تنظره في كل خطب باسما

تنظره في كل خطب باسما

طلقا فحيى من شجاع ندب

طلقا فحيى من شجاع ندب

You see him smiling in every crisis,

You are seen in every discourse as unerring

cheerful-faced—hail such a brave, gallant man!

Pure, lauded as a courageous hero

ما التمست في كلامي حيلة

ما التمست في كلامي حيلة

ولا كتبت عامداً للكذب

ولا كتبت عامداً للكذب

I sought no artifice in my words,

I have not devised any tricks in my words

nor did I write intending to lie.

Nor intentionally written any lies

بل قلت ما قد قيل لي من امرها

بل قلت ما قد قيل لي من امرها

وحياتكم أقسم وعزّة ربي

وحياتكم أقسم وعزّة ربي

Rather, I said what I had been told of her affairs.

Rather, I have stated what has been said to me of her affair

And by your life I swear, and by my Lord's might.

By your lives, I swear and the Almighty as my witness

ثم الصلاة دائماً مكررا

ثم الصلاة دائماً مكررا

تخص مولى العجم ثم العرب

تخص مولى العجم ثم العرب

Then may blessings, forever repeated,

Then prayers are always repeated

be devoted to the master of non-Arabs, and then of Arabs.

Especially for the Master of the non-Arabs and Arabs