أَلا حَيِّ الدِيارَ وَإِن تَعَفَّت

أَلا حَيِّ الدِيارَ وَإِن تَعَفَّت

وَقَد ذَكَّرنَ عَهدَكَ بِالخَميلِ

وَقَد ذَكَّرنَ عَهدَكَ بِالخَميلِ

Come, greet the dwellings, though they have been effaced,

O dweller of the abodes, though they are desolate,

And they have reminded you of your former days at al-Khamil.

And your abode reminded us of intimacy,

وَكَم لَكَ بِالمُجَيمِرِ مِن مَحَلٍّ

وَكَم لَكَ بِالمُجَيمِرِ مِن مَحَلٍّ

وَبِالعَزّافِ مِن طَلَلٍ مُحيلِ

وَبِالعَزّافِ مِن طَلَلٍ مُحيلِ

And how many campsites you had at al-Mujaymir,

And you have many a station at Al-Mujaymir,

And how many timeworn ruins at al-Azzaf!

And at Al-'Azzaf, a ruined encampment.

وَقَد خَلَتِ الطُلولُ مِن آلِ لَيلى

وَقَد خَلَتِ الطُلولُ مِن آلِ لَيلى

فَما لَكَ لا تُفيقُ عَنِ الطُلولِ

فَما لَكَ لا تُفيقُ عَنِ الطُلولِ

And the ruins are empty of Layla's people;

The night companions have departed from Layla's family,

So why do you not rouse yourself from thoughts of the ruins?

So why do you not awaken from night companions?

وَإِن قالَ العَواذِلُ قَد شَجاهُ

وَإِن قالَ العَواذِلُ قَد شَجاهُ

مَحَلُّ الحَيِّ مِن لَبَبِ الأَميلِ

مَحَلُّ الحَيِّ مِن لَبَبِ الأَميلِ

And though the reproachers say, 'He has been grieved

And if the censurers say you are love-smitten,

By the tribe's campsite on the front slope of al-Amil.'

The abode of the living is for intimate friendship.

لَقَد شَعَفَ الفُؤادَ غَداةَ رَهبى

لَقَد شَعَفَ الفُؤادَ غَداةَ رَهبى

تَفَرُّقُ نِيَّةِ الأَنَسِ الحُلولِ

تَفَرُّقُ نِيَّةِ الأَنَسِ الحُلولِ

Indeed, the heart was seared with love on the morning at Rahba,

My heart was captivated one morning by yearning,

By the parting of the familiar folk encamped there, each bound a different way.

When the intent of companionship was disrupted.

إِذا رَحَلوا جَزِعتَ وَإِن أَقاموا

إِذا رَحَلوا جَزِعتَ وَإِن أَقاموا

فَما يُجدي المُقامُ على الرَحيلِ

فَما يُجدي المُقامُ على الرَحيلِ

When they depart, you grieve; and if they stay,

You are anguished if they depart and if they stay,

What good is staying in the face of departure?

So staying does not avail against departing.

أَخِلّايَ الكِرامُ سِوى سَدوسٍ

أَخِلّايَ الكِرامُ سِوى سَدوسٍ

وَما لي في سَدوسٍ مِن خَليلِ

وَما لي في سَدوسٍ مِن خَليلِ

My friends are noble, except for Sadus;

I have no intimate friend save for Sedous,

And I have no close friend among Sadus.

And I have no friend in Sedous.

إِذا أَنزَلتَ رَحلَكَ في سَدوسٍ

إِذا أَنزَلتَ رَحلَكَ في سَدوسٍ

فَقَد أُنزِلتَ مَنزِلَةَ الذَليلِ

فَقَد أُنزِلتَ مَنزِلَةَ الذَليلِ

If you set down your saddle among Sadus,

If you camp in Sedous,

Then you have been placed in the station of the abased.

You have camped in a position of disgrace.

وَقَد عَلِمَت سَدوسٌ أَنَّ فيها

وَقَد عَلِمَت سَدوسٌ أَنَّ فيها

مَنارَ اللُؤمِ واضِحَةَ السَبيلِ

مَنارَ اللُؤمِ واضِحَةَ السَبيلِ

And Sadus knows well that within it

And Sedous knows that in it

Are the beacons of baseness, their path plain to see.

Are manifest the fires of cowardice.

فَما أَعطَت سَدوسٌ مِن كَثيرٍ

فَما أَعطَت سَدوسٌ مِن كَثيرٍ

وَلا حامَت سَدوسٌ عَن قَليلِ

وَلا حامَت سَدوسٌ عَن قَليلِ

So Sadus has not given much,

Sedous did not give much,

Nor has Sadus defended even a little.

Nor did Sedous withhold little.