1. يا أَرضَ عَمروٍ جَدَتكِ أَمطارُ

    فيكِ لِقَلبي ما عِشتُ أَوطارُ

    O land of Amr, may rains water you!

    In you my heart has longings for as long as I live.

  2. يا طِيبَ رَيّاكِ حينَ يَبتَسِمُ ال

    فَجرُ وَفيها لِلرَوضِ أَخبارُ

    How sweet your fragrance when there smiles the

    dawn, and in that fragrance are tidings of the meadow!

  3. وَمَجلِسٍ جَلَّ أَن نُشَبِّهَهُ

    حَيثُ بِهِ مِزهَرٌ وَمِزمارُ

    And a gathering too splendid for comparison,

    where there are a lute and a flute.

  4. وَزانَهُ مِن بَني العِبادِ رَشاً

    بِالجيدِ وَالمُقلَتَينِ سَحّارُ

    And a fawn from Banu al-Ibad adorned it,

    bewitching with his neck and both his eyes.

  5. إِبنُ نَصارى يَدينُ دينَهُمُ

    حَدَّثَ عَنهُ بِذاكَ زُنّارُ

    A son of Christians, he follows their faith;

    a girdle testified to that about him.

  6. قَد رَكَّبَت كَفُّهُ مُشَعشَعَةً

    إِبريقُها في الكُؤوسِ هَدّارُ

    His hand had blended wine with water;

    its ewer gurgles loudly into the cups.

  7. يَلمَعُ فيها مِن كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ

    كَوكَبُ نورٍ إِلَيكَ نَظّارُ

    In it, from every side, there gleams

    a star of light, gazing intently at you.

  8. باكَرتُهُ وَالنُجومُ غائِرَةٌ

    وَالصُبحُ قَد حانَ مِنهُ إِسفارُ

    I visited him early, while the stars were setting,

    and the time had come for dawn to brighten.

  9. فَظَلتُ في يَومِ لَذَّةٍ عَجبٍ

    وافى بِهِ لِلسُعودِ مِقدارُ

    So I passed a wondrous day of pleasure,

    which fate had brought with good fortune.

  10. وَقابَلَ الشَمسَ فيهِ بَدرُ دُجىً

    يَأخُذُ مِن نورِها وَيَمتارُ

    And there a full moon of the dark night faced the sun,

    taking from her light and laying in provisions.

  11. يا غُصنَ بانٍ ضَمَّتهُ مِنطَقَةٌ

    وَجيدَ ظَبيٍ حَوَتهُ أَزرارُ

    O ban-tree bough, clasped by a belt,

    and gazelle's neck, enclosed by buttons,

  12. تَحسَبُ قَومي يُضَيّعونَ دَمي

    ما ضاعَ قَبلي لِهاشِمٍ ثارُ

    do you think my people will leave my blood unavenged?

    Before me, no blood-debt owed to Hashim went unavenged.