كَأَن لَم تَرَبَّع في الخَلِيطِ مُقِيمةً

كَأَن لَم تَرَبَّع في الخَلِيطِ مُقِيمةً

بِتَنهِيَةٍ بَينَ الشَقائقِ فَالعَزلِ

بِتَنهِيَةٍ بَينَ الشَقائقِ فَالعَزلِ

As though she had never spent the spring settled among the company,

As though you never settled in the mix

at a water basin between al-Shaqa'iq and al-'Azl;

With a home between the anemones and isolation

وَلَم تَعدُ أَفراسٌ يُبَوِّئنَ أَهلَها

وَلَم تَعدُ أَفراسٌ يُبَوِّئنَ أَهلَها

عَلى وَجَلٍ جَنبَي سَرارٍ إِلى الدَحلِ

عَلى وَجَلٍ جَنبَي سَرارٍ إِلى الدَحلِ

nor had horses galloped, bringing their people to camp,

And no more horses housing their people

in fear, on both sides of Sarar, as far as al-Dahl.

On alarmed sides of a mount to the ruins

وَلَستُ وَإِن عَزُّوا عَليَّ بِهالِكٍ

وَلَستُ وَإِن عَزُّوا عَليَّ بِهالِكٍ

خُفاتاً ولَا مُستَهزِمٍ ذاهِبِ العَقلِ

خُفاتاً ولَا مُستَهزِمٍ ذاهِبِ العَقلِ

And though they were dear to me, I am not one to perish

And I am not, though they tease me with a perished one,

suddenly, nor one routed and bereft of reason.

Lightweights, nor a defeated one losing his mind