بِالأَبلَقِ الفَردِ بَيتي بِهِ

بِالأَبلَقِ الفَردِ بَيتي بِهِ

وَبَيتُ المَصيرِ سِوى الأَبلَقِ

وَبَيتُ المَصيرِ سِوى الأَبلَقِ

In peerless al-Ablaq—there is my home.

With the lone white dome my house I built,

And my final dwelling is other than al-Ablaq:

While the house of fate's beside the white dome.

بِبَلقَعَةٍ أَثبَتَت حُفرَةً

بِبَلقَعَةٍ أَثبَتَت حُفرَةً

ذِراعَينِ في أَربَعٍ خَيسَقِ

ذِراعَينِ في أَربَعٍ خَيسَقِ

In a barren waste, where a pit is set,

With a small jug it created a hole,

Two cubits by four, narrow.

Two arm spans in four worn out.

فَلا أَدفَعُ الضَيفَ عَن رِزقِهِ

فَلا أَدفَعُ الضَيفَ عَن رِزقِهِ

لَدَيَّ إِذا قيلَ لَم يُرزَقِ

لَدَيَّ إِذا قيلَ لَم يُرزَقِ

So I do not deny a guest his sustenance

So I don't turn the guest from his fate,

With me, when it is said he has not been fed.

If it's said, "He went unprovisioned."

وَفي البَيتِ ضَخماءُ مَملوأَةٌ

وَفي البَيتِ ضَخماءُ مَملوأَةٌ

وَجَفنٌ عَلى هَمِعٍ مُدهَقِ

وَجَفنٌ عَلى هَمِعٍ مُدهَقِ

And in the house is a huge, filled vessel,

And in the house are large vessels filled,

And a bowl with a plentiful, overflowing draught.

And an eyelid over a reddened bleary eye.

أُبيتُ الَّذي قَد أَتى عادِياً

أُبيتُ الَّذي قَد أَتى عادِياً

وَحَيّاً مِنَ الحَلَقِ الأَورَقِ

وَحَيّاً مِنَ الحَلَقِ الأَورَقِ

I lodge the one who has come hastening,

I shelter the one who came to me customary,

And a company clad in gray ring-mail.

Alive from the most verdant of throats.