هَل تَعرِفُ الدارَ مُذ عامَينِ أَو عاما

هَل تَعرِفُ الدارَ مُذ عامَينِ أَو عاما

داراً لِهِندٍ بِجَزعِ الخَرجِ فَالدامِ

داراً لِهِندٍ بِجَزعِ الخَرجِ فَالدامِ

Do you recognize the dwelling, after two years or one?

Do you know the house from two or one year ago

Hind's dwelling, at the valley bend of al-Kharj and then al-Dam.

A house for Hind with tearful farewells and blood

تَحنو لِأَطلائِها عينٌ مُلَمَّعَةٌ

تَحنو لِأَطلائِها عينٌ مُلَمَّعَةٌ

سُفعُ الخُدودِ بَعيداتٌ مِنَ الذامِ

سُفعُ الخُدودِ بَعيداتٌ مِنَ الذامِ

Dappled, wide-eyed wild cows bend tenderly over their calves,

A watching eye sheds tears for its remnants

Dark-cheeked, far removed from any blemish.

Far, high cheeks from confrontations

وَقَد أُغادي بِها صَفراءَ آنِسَةٍ

وَقَد أُغادي بِها صَفراءَ آنِسَةٍ

لا تَأتَلي دونَ مَعروفٍ بِأَقسامِ

لا تَأتَلي دونَ مَعروفٍ بِأَقسامِ

And there I would visit at dawn a golden-skinned, companionable maiden,

And I bid it farewell, a charming yellow [maiden]

Who swears no oaths to withhold a kindness.

Who would not refrain from favors in every way

خَوداً لَعوباً لَها رَيّا وَرائِحَةٌ

خَوداً لَعوباً لَها رَيّا وَرائِحَةٌ

تَشفي فُؤادَ رَذِيِّ الجِسمِ مِسقامِ

تَشفي فُؤادَ رَذِيِّ الجِسمِ مِسقامِ

A tender, playful maiden, whose sweet scent and fragrance

A flirting, playful cheek, and a scent

Heal the heart of one wasted in body and ever ailing.

That heals the heart of the sick and weary

يا لَهفَ نَفسي عَلى بَيعٍ هَمَمتُ بِهِ

يا لَهفَ نَفسي عَلى بَيعٍ هَمَمتُ بِهِ

لَو نِلتُهُ كانَ بَيعاً رابِحاً نامي

لَو نِلتُهُ كانَ بَيعاً رابِحاً نامي

Oh, my soul's regret for a bargain I had meant to strike!

Oh how my soul yearns for the sale I was determined upon

Had I secured it, it would have been a profitable, flourishing bargain.

If I attained it, it would be a growing, profitable sale

أُريدُهُ ما نَأى عَنّي وَأَترُكُهُ

أُريدُهُ ما نَأى عَنّي وَأَترُكُهُ

مِن بَعدِ ما كانَ مِنّي قيسَ إِبهامِ

مِن بَعدِ ما كانَ مِنّي قيسَ إِبهامِ

I desire it while it is far from me, yet abandon it

I want what kept away from me and leave

After it has come within a thumb's breadth of me.

What was mine from Qais, a total loss

نَفسي فِداكَ لِنُعمى تُستَرادُ لَها

نَفسي فِداكَ لِنُعمى تُستَرادُ لَها

وَلِلزُحوفِ إِذا هَمَّت بِإِقدامِ

وَلِلزُحوفِ إِذا هَمَّت بِإِقدامِ

My soul be your ransom, for the bounty for which you are sought,

My soul is ransom for the favors it is bought for

And for the marching hosts when they resolve to advance,

And for the marauders when they are bent on attacking

وَجَحفَلٍ كَبَهيمِ اللَيلِ مُنتَجِعٍ

وَجَحفَلٍ كَبَهيمِ اللَيلِ مُنتَجِعٍ

أَرضَ العَدُوِّ بِبُؤسى بَعدَ إِنعامِ

أَرضَ العَدُوِّ بِبُؤسى بَعدَ إِنعامِ

And a mighty army, like pitch-dark night, seeking pasture

And a restless night monster

In the enemy's land, bringing hardship after bounty.

Ravaging the land of the enemy in my misery after favor

جَمَعتَ مِن عامِرٍ فيهِ وَمِن أَسَدٍ

جَمَعتَ مِن عامِرٍ فيهِ وَمِن أَسَدٍ

وَمِن تَميمٍ وَمِن حاءٍ وَمِن حامِ

وَمِن تَميمٍ وَمِن حاءٍ وَمِن حامِ

You gathered into it men of ʿAmir and Asad,

You gathered from ʿĀmir in it and from Asad

And of Tamim, and of Haʾ, and of Ham.

And from Tameem and from Hāʾ and from Hām

وَما رَضيتَ لَهُم حَتّى رَفَدتَهُمُ

وَما رَضيتَ لَهُم حَتّى رَفَدتَهُمُ

مِن وائِلٍ رَهطِ بِسطامٍ بِأَصرامِ

مِن وائِلٍ رَهطِ بِسطامٍ بِأَصرامِ

Nor were you content with their strength until you reinforced them

And you were not pleased for them until you reinforced them

With detachments from Waʾil, Bistam's clan.

With Waʾil, the clan of Bastaam with stallions

فيهِ الرِماحُ وَفيهِ كُلُّ سابِغَةٍ

فيهِ الرِماحُ وَفيهِ كُلُّ سابِغَةٍ

جَدلاءَ مُبهَمَةٍ مِن نَسجِ سَلّامِ

جَدلاءَ مُبهَمَةٍ مِن نَسجِ سَلّامِ

In it are spears, and in it every full-length coat of mail,

In it are the lances and in it each seasoned

Tightly linked, impenetrable, woven by Sallam.

Strong, entwined sword from the manufacture of Sallam

وَكُلُّ أَجرَدَ كَالسِرحانِ أَترَزَهُ

وَكُلُّ أَجرَدَ كَالسِرحانِ أَترَزَهُ

مَسحُ الأَكُفِّ وَسَقيٌ بَعدَ إِطعامِ

مَسحُ الأَكُفِّ وَسَقيٌ بَعدَ إِطعامِ

And every sleek steed, like a wolf, made sinewy by

And each bare steed girded as if a locust

Rubbing with the palms, and watering after feeding.

Stroked by palms and watered after feeding

وَكُلُّ شَوهاءَ طَوعٍ غَيرِ آبِيَةٍ

وَكُلُّ شَوهاءَ طَوعٍ غَيرِ آبِيَةٍ

عِندَ الصَباحِ إِذا هَمّوا بِإِلجامِ

عِندَ الصَباحِ إِذا هَمّوا بِإِلجامِ

And every broad-mouthed mare, obedient and unresisting,

And each compliant, unresistant gray

At dawn, when they set about bridling her.

When they are determined to mount at dawn

مُستَحقِباتٍ رَواياها جَحافِلُها

مُستَحقِباتٍ رَواياها جَحافِلُها

يَسمو بِها أَشعَرِيٌّ طَرفُهُ سامي

يَسمو بِها أَشعَرِيٌّ طَرفُهُ سامي

Their lips bearing their bridle-irons behind them,

Sought out mares, their troops

An Ashʿari advances with them, his gaze uplifted.

Led by an Ashʿari, his glance sublime

لا يَزجُرُ الطَيرَ إِن مَرَّت بِهِ سُنُحاً

لا يَزجُرُ الطَيرَ إِن مَرَّت بِهِ سُنُحاً

وَلا يُفيضُ عَلى قَسمٍ بِأَزلامِ

وَلا يُفيضُ عَلى قَسمٍ بِأَزلامِ

He takes no omens from birds, should they pass him from left to right,

He does not scare away the birds if crane flocks pass by

Nor does he cast lots with divining arrows to divide shares.

Nor does he charge a group without reins