اِقرَأ عَلى الوَشلِ السَلامَ وَقُل لَهُ

اِقرَأ عَلى الوَشلِ السَلامَ وَقُل لَهُ

كُلُّ المَشارِبِ مُذ هَجَرتَ ذَميمُ

كُلُّ المَشارِبِ مُذ هَجَرتَ ذَميمُ

Convey greetings to al-Washal, and say to it:

Send greetings to the abandoned camp, and say to it:

Every watering place is ill-favored since you left.

All the drinking places have been miserable since you left.

جَبَلٌ يَزيدُ عَلى الجِبالِ إِذا بَدا

جَبَلٌ يَزيدُ عَلى الجِبالِ إِذا بَدا

بَينَ الذَرائِعِ وَالحُثومِ مُقيمُ

بَينَ الذَرائِعِ وَالحُثومِ مُقيمُ

A mountain that surpasses the mountains when it comes into view,

It is a mountain that appears taller than mountains,

Standing between al-Dharāʾiʿ and al-Ḥuthūm.

Standing firm between the passes and sands.

تَسري الصَبا فَتَبيتُ في أَلوادِهِ

تَسري الصَبا فَتَبيتُ في أَلوادِهِ

وَيَبيتُ فيهِ مَعَ الشَمالِ نَسيمُ

وَيَبيتُ فيهِ مَعَ الشَمالِ نَسيمُ

The east wind travels by night, then lodges in its sheltered flanks,

The morning breeze flows through it, spending the night in its valleys,

And a breeze spends the night within it, with the north wind.

And the north wind spends the night in it as well.

سُقياً لِظِلِّكِ بِالعَشِيِّ وَبِالضُحى

سُقياً لِظِلِّكِ بِالعَشِيِّ وَبِالضُحى

وَلِبَردِ مائِكَ وَالمِياهُ حَميمُ

وَلِبَردِ مائِكَ وَالمِياهُ حَميمُ

May rain bless your shade at evening and in the forenoon,

Watering your shade morning and evening,

And the coolness of your water, while other waters are scalding.

With the coldness of its water, though the water is hot.

لَو كُنتُ أَملِكُ مَنعَ مائِكَ لَم يَذُق

لَو كُنتُ أَملِكُ مَنعَ مائِكَ لَم يَذُق

ما في قِلاتِكَ ما حَيِيتُ لَئيمُ

ما في قِلاتِكَ ما حَيِيتُ لَئيمُ

If I could withhold your water, not a taste

If I could forbid your water, no wretch would taste

Of what your rock pools hold would a base man have, as long as I lived.

What is in your leather bucket as long as I live.