أَبْلغْ أُمَيْمَة عَوْضَ أَمْسي بَزَّنا

أَبْلغْ أُمَيْمَة عَوْضَ أَمْسي بَزَّنا

سَلَبَاَ وما إنْ سَرَّها أَنْ نُنكْبَا

سَلَبَاَ وما إنْ سَرَّها أَنْ نُنكْبَا

Tell Umayma: Time, by evening, had robbed us

of our possessions; nor did it please her that we should suffer misfortune.

لَولا تَقارُبُ رَأْفَةٍ وعُيُونها

لَولا تَقارُبُ رَأْفَةٍ وعُيُونها

حَمْشا مُصَعِّداً ومُصَوِّبا

حَمْشا مُصَعِّداً ومُصَوِّبا

Were it not for the nearness of compassion and her eyes—

Lean-limbed, going uphill and downhill.