لِمَنِ الدِيارُ بِأَبرَقِ الحَنّانِ

لِمَنِ الدِيارُ بِأَبرَقِ الحَنّانِ

فَالبُرقِ فَالهَضَباتِ مِن أُدمانِ

فَالبُرقِ فَالهَضَباتِ مِن أُدمانِ

Whose are the dwellings at the stony rise of al-Ḥannān,

To whom are the abodes with the lightning of sorrow,

then the stony hills, then the uplands of Udmān?

With lightning, then the hills from addiction?

أَقوَت مَنازِلُها وَغَيَّرَ رَسمَها

أَقوَت مَنازِلُها وَغَيَّرَ رَسمَها

بَعدَ الأَنيسِ تَعاقُبُ الأَزمانِ

بَعدَ الأَنيسِ تَعاقُبُ الأَزمانِ

Their dwellings lie deserted; their traces have been altered,

Its dwellings have been weakened and its forms changed

after their inhabitants departed, by the succession of ages.

After the friend, the times alternate.

فَوَقَفتُ فيها صاحِبَيَّ وَما بِها

فَوَقَفتُ فيها صاحِبَيَّ وَما بِها

يا عَزَّ مِن نَعَمٍ وَلا إِنسانِ

يا عَزَّ مِن نَعَمٍ وَلا إِنسانِ

So I halted my two companions there, where there was no

So I stood in it with my companions, and in it

livestock, O ʿAzz, nor any human being,

Is no grace or human.

إِلّا الظِباءَ بِها كَأَنَّ نَزيبَها

إِلّا الظِباءَ بِها كَأَنَّ نَزيبَها

ضَربُ الشِراعِ نَواحِيَ الشِريانِ

ضَربُ الشِراعِ نَواحِيَ الشِريانِ

only gazelles, whose cries there seemed like

Except the gazelles in it as though their crying

bowstrings striking the sides of shiryān-wood bows.

Is the quiver of sails in the regions of the artery.

فَإِذا غَشيتُ لَها بِبُرقَةِ واسِطٍ

فَإِذا غَشيتُ لَها بِبُرقَةِ واسِطٍ

فَلِوى لُبَينَةَ مَنزِلاً أَبكاني

فَلِوى لُبَينَةَ مَنزِلاً أَبكاني

Whenever I visit a place of hers at the stony rise of Wāsiṭ,

So when I covered it with a flash of Wāsiṭ,

then at Lubayna's sandy bend, the dwelling makes me weep.

Lubaynah turned as an abode that made me weep.

ثُمَّ اِحتَمَلنَ غُدَيَّةً وَصَرَمنَهُ

ثُمَّ اِحتَمَلنَ غُدَيَّةً وَصَرَمنَهُ

وَالقَلبُ رَهنٌ عِندَ عَزَّةَ عانِ

وَالقَلبُ رَهنٌ عِندَ عَزَّةَ عانِ

Then they departed one early morning and abandoned it,

Then we bore the departure and bid it farewell,

while my heart is a hostage with ʿAzza, captive.

While my heart is held hostage to the dignity of Ān.

وَلَقَد شَأَتكَ حُمولُها يَومَ اِستَوَت

وَلَقَد شَأَتكَ حُمولُها يَومَ اِستَوَت

بِالفُرعِ بَينَ خَفَينَنٍ وَدِعانِ

بِالفُرعِ بَينَ خَفَينَنٍ وَدِعانِ

Her laden camels indeed outstripped you on the day they drew up

Indeed, its burdens had grown the day they halted

at al-Furʿ, between Khafaynan and Diʿān.

Among the branches between Khafaynān and Diʿān.

فَالقَلبُ أَصورُ عِندَهُنَّ كَأَنَّما

فَالقَلبُ أَصورُ عِندَهُنَّ كَأَنَّما

يَجذِبنَهُ بِنَوازِعِ الأَشطانِ

يَجذِبنَهُ بِنَوازِعِ الأَشطانِ

So my heart inclines toward them, as though

So the heart sketches them as though

they were pulling it with the tugs of long well-ropes.

They attract it with the temptations of devils.

طافَ الخَيالُ لِآلِ عَزَّةَ مَوهِناً

طافَ الخَيالُ لِآلِ عَزَّةَ مَوهِناً

بَعدَ الهُدُوِّ فَهاجَ لي أَحزاني

بَعدَ الهُدُوِّ فَهاجَ لي أَحزاني

The phantom of ʿAzza's household visited late at night,

Imagination roamed the family of Āzzah abased

after all was still, and stirred my sorrows.

After dignity, so my sorrows raged within me.

فَأَلَمَّ مِن أَهلِ البُوَيبِ خَيالُها

فَأَلَمَّ مِن أَهلِ البُوَيبِ خَيالُها

بِمُعَرَّسٍ مِن أَهلِ ذي ذَروانِ

بِمُعَرَّسٍ مِن أَهلِ ذي ذَروانِ

Her phantom came visiting from the folk of al-Buwayb,

So it pained me from the people of Buwayb, their image

at the night-camp of one of the folk of Dhū Dharwān.

With a bride from the people of Dharwān.

رُدَّت عَلَيهِ الحاجِبِيَّةُ بَعدَما

رُدَّت عَلَيهِ الحاجِبِيَّةُ بَعدَما

خَبَّ السَفاءُ بِقَزقَزِ القُريانِ

خَبَّ السَفاءُ بِقَزقَزِ القُريانِ

The Ḥājibī woman was brought back to him, after

Al-Ḥājibiyah was returned to him after the stupidity

the windblown dust had raced over the stony ground of the watercourses.

Flowed with the clamor of monkeys.

وَلَقَد حَلفتُ لَها يَميناً صادِقاً

وَلَقَد حَلفتُ لَها يَميناً صادِقاً

بِاللَهِ عِندَ مَحارِمِ الرَحمانِ

بِاللَهِ عِندَ مَحارِمِ الرَحمانِ

And indeed I swore to her a truthful oath,

And indeed I swore to it a true oath

by God, at the sacred precincts of the All-Merciful,

By God among the sanctities of the Merciful,

بِالراقِصاتِ عَلى الكَلالِ عَشِيَّةً

بِالراقِصاتِ عَلى الكَلالِ عَشِيَّةً

تَغشى مَنابِتَ عَرمَضِ الظَهرانِ

تَغشى مَنابِتَ عَرمَضِ الظَهرانِ

by the she-camels dancing despite their weariness at evening,

By the dancers atop the wine-skin in the evening

passing over the beds of algae in al-Ẓahrān.

Covering the slopes of ʿArmaḍ al-Ẓahrān.