طَرِبَ الفُؤادُ فَهاجَ لي دَدَني

طَرِبَ الفُؤادُ فَهاجَ لي دَدَني

لَمّا حَدَونَ ثَوانِيَ الظُعنِ

لَمّا حَدَونَ ثَوانِيَ الظُعنِ

My heart thrilled, and my merriment awoke,

My heart was disturbed, so it raged against me

when they urged the trailing camel litters onward with song.

When the cheek's beauty aimed its arrows at me.

وَالعيسُ أَنّى هِي تُوَجِّهُهُ

وَالعيسُ أَنّى هِي تُوَجِّهُهُ

شَأَماً وَهُنَّ سَواكِنُ اليَمَنِ

شَأَماً وَهُنَّ سَواكِنُ اليَمَنِ

And the pale camels—how can they turn it

And where might the fawn head to

toward Syria, while they dwell in Yemen?

Except to Yemen's most verdant valleys?

ثُمَّ اِندَفَعنَ بِبَطنِ ذي عُبَبٍ

ثُمَّ اِندَفَعنَ بِبَطنِ ذي عُبَبٍ

وَنَكَأنَ قَرحَ فُؤادي الضَمِنِ

وَنَكَأنَ قَرحَ فُؤادي الضَمِنِ

Then they surged through the valley of Dhū ʿUbab,

Then it struck with a sand-grouse's belly

and reopened the wound of my ailing heart.

And tore open the wounds deep in my heart.