خَدَعَ اليَراعُ بِها فدَبّجَها

خَدَعَ اليَراعُ بِها فدَبّجَها

وسَأَلْتُ مُجْتَهِداً عنِ الغَرَضِ

وسَأَلْتُ مُجْتَهِداً عنِ الغَرَضِ

The reed pen used it to deceive, then embellished it.

The shepherd was deceived by it, so he embroidered it,

And I asked earnestly about the purpose.

And I asked a diligent man the purpose,

فعَلِمْتُ أنّ الصُّلْحَ مَقصَدُهُ

فعَلِمْتُ أنّ الصُّلْحَ مَقصَدُهُ

لتَزولَ بعْضُ عَداوةِ الرّبَضِ

لتَزولَ بعْضُ عَداوةِ الرّبَضِ

Then I learned that reconciliation was its aim,

So I knew that reconciliation was his aim,

so that some of the suburb’s hostility might cease.

That some of the enmity of spring would pass away.