أَأُمَيمَ إِنَّ أَخاكِ غَضَّ جِماحَهُ

أَأُمَيمَ إِنَّ أَخاكِ غَضَّ جِماحَهُ

بَيضٌ طَرَدنَ عَنِ الذَوائِبِ سودا

بَيضٌ طَرَدنَ عَنِ الذَوائِبِ سودا

O Umaym, your brother has indeed curbed his unruliness;

O Umayma, your brother has folded his wings

White hairs have driven black ones from his tresses.

A white one who drove away the black misfortunes

عُقَبُ الجَديدِ إِذا مَرَرنَ عَلى الفَتى

عُقَبُ الجَديدِ إِذا مَرَرنَ عَلى الفَتى

مَرَّ الفَوادِحِ لَم يَدَعنَ جَديدا

مَرَّ الفَوادِحِ لَم يَدَعنَ جَديدا

Time's successive turns, when they pass over a young man,

The heels of the new one, when they pass by the youth

Like crushing calamities, leave nothing fresh.

Passed the calamities, left no new thing

قَد كانَ قَبلَكِ لِلحِسانِ طَريدَةً

قَد كانَ قَبلَكِ لِلحِسانِ طَريدَةً

فَاليَومَ راحَ عَنِ الحِسانِ طَريدا

فَاليَومَ راحَ عَنِ الحِسانِ طَريدا

Before you, he had been the prey of beautiful women;

He used to be, before you, a prey for virtues

So today he has departed from the beauties, driven away.

And today he went far from virtues

حَوَّلنَ عَنُه نَواظِراً مُزوَرَّةً

حَوَّلنَ عَنُه نَواظِراً مُزوَرَّةً

نَظَرَ القِلى وَلَوَينَ عَنهُ خُدودا

نَظَرَ القِلى وَلَوَينَ عَنهُ خُدودا

They turned their eyes away from him in aversion,

They turned away from him observing faces

With looks of loathing, and turned their cheeks away from him.

The twist-eyed looked and turned away blushing cheeks from him

نَشَدَ التَصابي بَعدَ ما ضاعَ الصِبا

نَشَدَ التَصابي بَعدَ ما ضاعَ الصِبا

غَرَضاً لَعَمرُكِ يا أُمَيمَ بَعيدا

غَرَضاً لَعَمرُكِ يا أُمَيمَ بَعيدا

He sought to play the youth after youth was lost—

He missed his youth after his youth was lost

A far-off aim, by your life, O Umaym.

An aim, by your life O Umayma, far away