إذا ما دعونا لاحِقاً ومُعانِقاً

إذا ما دعونا لاحِقاً ومُعانِقاً

وقِيدَ لدَيْنا واثِبٌ ومُخالِسُ

وقِيدَ لدَيْنا واثِبٌ ومُخالِسُ

Whenever we call Lāḥiq and Muʿāniq,

If we are called to pursue and embrace later,

and Wāthib and Mukhālis are led before us,

With a leaping zeal and an ardent companion;

فذلك يَومٌ جانبَ السَّعدُ سِرْبَه

فذلك يَومٌ جانبَ السَّعدُ سِرْبَه

وقُوبِلَ بالنَّحْسِ الظِّباءُ الكَوانِسُ

وقُوبِلَ بالنَّحْسِ الظِّباءُ الكَوانِسُ

that is a day when good fortune forsakes its herd,

That day fortune will have averted its gaze,

and the gazelles sheltering in their lairs meet with ill fortune.

And misfortune's raven-haired brides will draw near.

كأنَّ جُلودَ الوَحْشِ بينَ كِلابِه

كأنَّ جُلودَ الوَحْشِ بينَ كِلابِه

وقد دَمِيَت أجيادُها والمَعاطِسُ

وقد دَمِيَت أجيادُها والمَعاطِسُ

The hides of the wild beasts amid his hounds seem,

As though the hides of beasts amid their hounds

with their necks and nostrils now bloodied,

Were bloodied by their chargers and their stallions.

مُصَندَلَةُ القُمصانِ شُقَّتْ جُيوبُها

مُصَندَلَةُ القُمصانِ شُقَّتْ جُيوبُها

ورُقرِقَ فيها الزَّعْفَرانَ العرائِسُ

ورُقرِقَ فيها الزَّعْفَرانَ العرائِسُ

like sandalwood-scented shirts whose necklines have been torn,

The pleated shirts - their pockets will be torn

with saffron sprinkled into them by brides.

And their golden blossoms stained by maidens fair.