تَقولُ اِبنَةٌ التَيمِيِّ هَل أَنتَ مُشئِم

تَقولُ اِبنَةٌ التَيمِيِّ هَل أَنتَ مُشئِم

مَعَ الرَكبِ أَم أَنتَ العَشِيَّةَ مُعرِقُ

مَعَ الرَكبِ أَم أَنتَ العَشِيَّةَ مُعرِقُ

Al-Taymi’s daughter says, 'Are you heading for Syria

The daughter of Taym asks, “Are you ill-omened among the caravan, or are you nervous in the evening?”

With the caravan, or are you heading for Iraq this evening?'

So I said to her, “He who visits my worries, meeting him is with an army upon which a critic glitters. He returns with the generosity of easy-going women, sometimes bad and sometimes bad so he chokes. The brother of sacrifices still fights for the religion until his skin is torn.”

فَقُلتُ لَها مَن زارَ هِمّي لِقاؤُهُ

فَقُلتُ لَها مَن زارَ هِمّي لِقاؤُهُ

بِجَيشٍ عَلَيهِ عارِض يَتَأَلَّقُ

بِجَيشٍ عَلَيهِ عارِض يَتَأَلَّقُ

So I said to her, 'The one who visited—meeting him is my concern—

With an army above which a cloudbank flashes,

يَعودُ بِهِم سَمحُ السَجِيّاتِ باسِق

يَعودُ بِهِم سَمحُ السَجِيّاتِ باسِق

نَسوءٌ وَأَحياناً يَسوءُ فَيَخنُقُ

نَسوءٌ وَأَحياناً يَسوءُ فَيَخنُقُ

Returns with them, generous in disposition, tall,

One who drives others on, and sometimes harms, then strangles,

أَخو نَجَداتٍ ما يَزالُ مُقاتِلاً

أَخو نَجَداتٍ ما يَزالُ مُقاتِلاً

عَلى الدينِ حَتّى جِلدُهُ مُتَخَرَّقُ

عَلى الدينِ حَتّى جِلدُهُ مُتَخَرَّقُ

A man of valiant deeds, never ceasing to fight

For the faith, until his skin is torn.'