وقَفْنا في ديارِ بني عَديٍّ

وقَفْنا في ديارِ بني عَديٍّ

وتلكَ ديارُ مُخلِفَةِ الظُّنونِ

وتلكَ ديارُ مُخلِفَةِ الظُّنونِ

We stood in the dwellings of the Banū ʿAdī,

We stood in the abodes of the tribe of Adiyy

And those are the dwellings of one who dashes hopes.

And those are abodes forsaken by hopes

فلو تسطيعُ مقدرةً لصارتْ

فلو تسطيعُ مقدرةً لصارتْ

دموعاً في المآقي والجفونِ

دموعاً في المآقي والجفونِ

So, if they had the power, they would become

If it had the power, it would become

Tears in the eye-corners and eyelids.

Tears in the disasters and the eyelids

أذكِّرُ ناقَتي نشرَ الخُزامى

أذكِّرُ ناقَتي نشرَ الخُزامى

فتُسعِدُني على رَجع الحَنينِ

فتُسعِدُني على رَجع الحَنينِ

I remind my she-camel of lavender's fragrance,

I remind my she-camel of the spreading of aroma

So she joins me in the echoing cry of longing.

So it makes me happy at the return of yearning

لَحا اللهُ الزمانَ وحالتيهِ

لَحا اللهُ الزمانَ وحالتيهِ

سِجالِ العيشِ فيه والمَنونِ

سِجالِ العيشِ فيه والمَنونِ

May God curse time and its two states:

May Allah make right the time and its states

The alternating turns of life and death within it.

The struggles of living in it and death

ولو كلَّفْتُ همّي غيرَ عَزْمي

ولو كلَّفْتُ همّي غيرَ عَزْمي

تركتُ السيفَ يأخذُ لي دُيوني

تركتُ السيفَ يأخذُ لي دُيوني

And had I entrusted my cares to anything but my resolve,

And if I tasked my worries besides my determination

I would have left the sword to collect my debts for me.

I would leave the sword to collect my debts