أَخلَقَ الرَبعُ مِن سُعادَ فَأَمسى

أَخلَقَ الرَبعُ مِن سُعادَ فَأَمسى

رَبعُهُ مُخلَقاً كَدَرسِ المَلاةِ

رَبعُهُ مُخلَقاً كَدَرسِ المَلاةِ

Suʿād’s dwelling-place has fallen into decay, and now

The rain has brought the garden meadows joy;

its site is worn away, like a threadbare cloak,

Its meadows have been adorned, like table cloths.

بالياً بَعدَ حاضِرِ ذي أَنيسٍ

بالياً بَعدَ حاضِرِ ذي أَنيسٍ

مِن سُلَيمى إِذ تَغتَدي كَالمَهاةِ

مِن سُلَيمى إِذ تَغتَدي كَالمَهاةِ

desolate, after being an inhabited camp with the company

Worn out after being so lively,

of Sulaymā, when she would set out in the morning like an oryx doe.

With beauty, like a white doe resting after grazing.