جَزى اللَهُ عَنّا جَمرَةَ اِبنَةِ نَوفَلٍ

جَزى اللَهُ عَنّا جَمرَةَ اِبنَةِ نَوفَلٍ

جَزاءَ مُغَلٍّ بِالأَمانَةِ كاذِبُ

جَزاءَ مُغَلٍّ بِالأَمانَةِ كاذِبُ

May God repay Jamrah, daughter of Nawfal, on our behalf,

May God reward us well for Jamra, Ibn Nawfal’s daughter,

with the recompense of a liar who betrays a trust.

The reward due to one who keeps faith yet is called a liar,

لَهانَ عَلَيها أَمسَ مَوقِف راكِبٍ

لَهانَ عَلَيها أَمسَ مَوقِف راكِبٍ

إِلى جانِبِ السَرَحاتِ أَخيَبَ خائِب

إِلى جانِبِ السَرَحاتِ أَخيَبَ خائِب

Yesterday, a rider’s halt surely meant little to her,

Yesterday a horseman stationed where the beasts were tethered

beside the spreading trees—the most disappointed of the disappointed.

Beside her tents was turned away, his request denied.

وَقَد سَأَلَت عَنّي الوُشاةُ لِيَكذِبوا

وَقَد سَأَلَت عَنّي الوُشاةُ لِيَكذِبوا

عَلَيَّ وَقَد أَبلَيتُها في النَوائِب

عَلَيَّ وَقَد أَبلَيتُها في النَوائِب

And the slanderers asked about me, so they might lie

The slanderers asked her news of me, wanting to discredit

against me, though I had stood by her in adversity.

My name; throughout adversity I proved true to her.

وَصَدَّت كَأَنَّ الشَمسَ تَحتَ قِناعِها

وَصَدَّت كَأَنَّ الشَمسَ تَحتَ قِناعِها

بَدا حاجِبٌ مِنها وَضَنَّت بِحاجب

بَدا حاجِبٌ مِنها وَضَنَّت بِحاجب

And she turned away, as though the sun lay beneath her veil;

She turned away as though the sun itself were raiment

one eyebrow of hers appeared, while she withheld the other.

To her; from beneath her veil a brow shone like the dawn.