طللانِ طالَ عليهما الأمَدُ

طللانِ طالَ عليهما الأمَدُ

دثرا فلا علمٌ ولا نضَدُ

دثرا فلا علمٌ ولا نضَدُ

Two ruins over which long ages have passed,

Their separation was prolonged

Both lie effaced: no landmark, no furnishings remain.

Withered, with no knowledge or resolve

لبِسَا البِلَى فكأنّما وَجَدا

لبِسَا البِلَى فكأنّما وَجَدا

بعدَ الأحبّةِ مثلَ ما أجِدُ

بعدَ الأحبّةِ مثلَ ما أجِدُ

They have donned decay, as though they felt,

Wearing out, as if they had found

After the loved ones left, just what I feel.

After their loved ones, what I endure

حُيِّيتُما طللينِ حالُهما

حُيِّيتُما طللينِ حالُهما

بعدَ الأحبّةِ غيرَ ما عَهِدوا

بعدَ الأحبّةِ غيرَ ما عَهِدوا

Hail, you two ruins, whose state

I greeted two separated lovers

After the loved ones left is not what they once knew.

After their loved ones, not what they were accustomed to

إما طواكَ سُلُوُّ غانيةٍ

إما طواكَ سُلُوُّ غانيةٍ

فهواكَ لا مَللٌ ولا فَنَدُ

فهواكَ لا مَللٌ ولا فَنَدُ

If a fair woman's forgetting has folded you away,

Whether your companion is a melodious singer

Then love for you knows neither weariness nor folly.

Or your love has no boredom or separation

إن كنتِ صادقةَ الهوى فرِدِي

إن كنتِ صادقةَ الهوى فرِدِي

في الحبِ منهليَ الذي أرِدُ

في الحبِ منهليَ الذي أرِدُ

If you are true in love, then come

If you are truthful in love, then quench

To my watering place in love, where I drink.

For me in love the spring I seek

أدمي هَرَقتِ وأنتِ آمنةٌ

أدمي هَرَقتِ وأنتِ آمنةٌ

أم ليسِ لي عقلٌ ولا قَوَدُ

أم ليسِ لي عقلٌ ولا قَوَدُ

Have you shed my blood while you remain safe,

My tears flowed while you are safe

Or have I neither blood-money nor retribution?

Or have I no mind or firewood

إن كنتِ فُتّ وَخانني سَبَبٌ

إن كنتِ فُتّ وَخانني سَبَبٌ

فلربّما لم يَحظَ مُجتَهشدُ

فلربّما لم يَحظَ مُجتَهشدُ

If you have eluded me and my means have failed,

If you are a temptress and a cause has betrayed me

For many a striver has failed to win.

Then perhaps the afflicted will not be fortunate

يا خيرَ منتسبٍ لمكرمةٍ

يا خيرَ منتسبٍ لمكرمةٍ

في المجد حيثُ تَبَحبَحَ العَدَدُ

في المجد حيثُ تَبَحبَحَ العَدَدُ

O best of those who trace their lineage to nobility,

O best lineage of a generous man

In glory, where the multitude dwells at ease:

In glory, where throngs bustle

في كلّ أنلُةٍ لراحتِهِ

في كلّ أنلُةٍ لراحتِهِ

نَوءٌ يَسُحُّ وعارضٌ حَشِدُ

نَوءٌ يَسُحُّ وعارضٌ حَشِدُ

In every fingertip of his hand

In every soft sands for his rest

Is a pouring rainstorm and a densely massed cloud.

A groan sweeps, and a witness piles up

واذا القَنَا رَعَفَت أسنّتُه

واذا القَنَا رَعَفَت أسنّتُه

علَقاً وصُمُّ كعوبِها قِصَدُ

علَقاً وصُمُّ كعوبِها قِصَدُ

And when the spears' points bleed

And when the slim spears trembled

Thick blood, and their solid joints lie shattered,

Clinging, silent at their tips aiming

فكأنَّ ضَوءَ جبينهِ قَمَرٌ

فكأنَّ ضَوءَ جبينهِ قَمَرٌ

وكأنّه في صَولةٍ أسَدُ

وكأنّه في صَولةٍ أسَدُ

Then the radiance of his brow seems a moon,

As if the light of his brow is the moon

And in an onslaught he is like a lion.

And as if he in assault is a lion

وكأنَّهُ رَوحٌ تُدَبِّرُنا

وكأنَّهُ رَوحٌ تُدَبِّرُنا

حركاتُه وكأنَّنا جَسَد

حركاتُه وكأنَّنا جَسَد

And he is like a spirit: we are governed

And as if he is a spirit that leads us

By his movements, and we are like a body.

His movements, and as if we are a body