1. أَقولُ وَقَد صاحَ اِبنُ دَأيَةَ غُدوَةً

    بِبُعدِ النَوى لا أَخطَأَتكَ الشَبائِكُ

    I say, after Ibn Daʾyah, the raven, has cried at dawn

    Of distant parting: may the snares not miss you!

  2. أَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ رائِعي أَنتَ رَوعَةً

    بِبَينونَةِ الأَحبابِ إِلفُكَ فارِكُ

    Must you strike terror into me every day

    With the separation of loved ones? May your mate loathe you!

  3. وَلا بِضتَ في خَضراءَ ما عِشتَ بَيضَةً

    وَضاقَت بِرَحبَيها عَلَيكَ المَسالِكُ

    And may you never lay an egg in a green tree as long as you live,

    And may the paths, for all their breadth, close in on you!

  4. وَفارَقتَ أُمَّ الأَفرُخِ السوءِ عَن قِلىً

    وَناحَت عَلى اِبنَيكَ الضَروسُ المُماحِكُ

    And may you leave the mother of the wicked fledglings out of hatred,

    And may the fierce, quarrelsome one wail over your two sons!

  5. وَأَصبَحتَ مِن بَينِ الأَحِبَّةِ هالِكاً

    كَما أَنا مِن بَينِ الأَحِبَّةِ هالِكُ

    And may you perish from parting with loved ones,

    Just as I am perishing from parting with loved ones.