هَلِ القَلبُ عَن ذِكرَى أُمَيمَةَ ذَاهِلُ

هَلِ القَلبُ عَن ذِكرَى أُمَيمَةَ ذَاهِلُ

نَعَم حِينَ يَمشي بى إِلى القَبرِ حَامِلُ

نَعَم حِينَ يَمشي بى إِلى القَبرِ حَامِلُ

Is the heart heedless of the memory of Umaymah?

Has my heart forgotten the memory of Umayma

Yes—when a bearer carries me to the grave.

Yes, when it takes me to the grave as a carrier

بِنَفسِىَ مَن لا تَقنَعُ النَّفسُ دُونَهُ

بِنَفسِىَ مَن لا تَقنَعُ النَّفسُ دُونَهُ

وَمَن لاَ يَنالُ النُّجحَ فيه العَوَاذِلُ

وَمَن لاَ يَنالُ النُّجحَ فيه العَوَاذِلُ

My life for the one without whom the soul cannot be content,

The one my soul is not content without

and the one concerning whom the reproaching women never prevail;

The one failures cannot reach, O high climber

وَمَن لَو رَآنى بَينَ صَفَّينِ مِنهُمَا

وَمَن لَو رَآنى بَينَ صَفَّينِ مِنهُمَا

صَدِيقي وَمُستَولِى العَدَاوَةِ باسِلُ

صَدِيقي وَمُستَولِى العَدَاوَةِ باسِلُ

and the one who, if she saw me between two ranks, one with

If he saw me between two rows, one a friend

my friend and the other a fierce foe, full of enmity,

And the other a hateful enemy, mean and base

لَخَذَّلَ إِخوَانى إِذا ما رَأَيتُهُ

لَخَذَّلَ إِخوَانى إِذا ما رَأَيتُهُ

عَلَىَّ مَعَ القَومِ الَّذِينَ أُقَاتِلُ

عَلَىَّ مَعَ القَومِ الَّذِينَ أُقَاتِلُ

would dishearten my brothers when I saw her

He would abandon my brothers when he sees me

against me, among the people I fight.

With those I fight against and aim to face

وَلَو جِئتُ أَستَسقى شَرَاباً وَعِندَهُ

وَلَو جِئتُ أَستَسقى شَرَاباً وَعِندَهُ

عُيُونٌ رَوِيّاتٌ لَهُنَّ جَدَاوِلُ

عُيُونٌ رَوِيّاتٌ لَهُنَّ جَدَاوِلُ

And if I came seeking a drink—and she had

If I came seeking a drink while he has

brimming springs with channels of their own—

Fountains flowing for which streams race

صَدِياًّ لَمَا قالت ليَ اشرَب وما دَرَت

صَدِياًّ لَمَا قالت ليَ اشرَب وما دَرَت

أَفى العامِ أَروى أَم إِذا عَاد قابِلُ

أَفى العامِ أَروى أَم إِذا عَاد قابِلُ

parched, she would not say to me, 'Drink,' nor would she know

He would not say "drink" nor care

whether I would slake my thirst this year or when the next came round.

If I quench in the year or when the rain returns in April