لَعَمرُكَ ما تَستَطيعُ الغُمُوضا

لَعَمرُكَ ما تَستَطيعُ الغُمُوضا

وَكَيفَ ادِّكارُكَ ما لَن يَغيضا

وَكَيفَ ادِّكارُكَ ما لَن يَغيضا

By your life, you cannot close your eyes.

By your life you cannot be obscure

And how could you, remembering what will never ebb?

And how could I forget what will not subside

وَلا مِنهُمُ نائِلٌ عاجِلٌ وَلا

وَلا مِنهُمُ نائِلٌ عاجِلٌ وَلا

بِالفُرُوضِ جَزَونا قُرُوضا

بِالفُرُوضِ جَزَونا قُرُوضا

No immediate bounty comes from them, nor

None of them achieves swiftly or

Have they repaid our loans with gifts.

With obligations they repay us loans

فَقُلتُ لِهِندٍ وَتِربٍ لَها

فَقُلتُ لِهِندٍ وَتِربٍ لَها

دَعاني وَغَيري بِهَذا فَرُوضا

دَعاني وَغَيري بِهَذا فَرُوضا

So I said to Hind and a companion her own age:

So I said to Hind and Tirb for her

“Leave me be, and tame someone else with this.”

Who called me and others for this loan

فَدَيتُكِ مِن كاعِبٍ ناعِمٍ

فَدَيتُكِ مِن كاعِبٍ ناعِمٍ

تُقَلِّبُ لِلدَّلِّ طَرفاً غَضيضا

تُقَلِّبُ لِلدَّلِّ طَرفاً غَضيضا

May I be your ransom, tender maiden with budding breasts,

I ransom you from a tender companion

Who coyly shifts her downcast gaze.

Who turns to the guide a moist eye

تَقُولُ مَرَضتُ فَما عُدتَني

تَقُولُ مَرَضتُ فَما عُدتَني

وَكَيفَ يَعُودُ مَرِيضٌ مَرِيضا

وَكَيفَ يَعُودُ مَرِيضٌ مَرِيضا

She says, “I fell ill, yet you did not visit me.”

You say I was ill, so you did not visit me

“And how can one sick person visit another?”

And how can a sick one visit a sick