حدَّثتَ عَن رَندِ العَقيقِ وبانِهِ

حدَّثتَ عَن رَندِ العَقيقِ وبانِهِ

حَدِّث إذا حَدَّثتَ عَن سُكانِهِ

حَدِّث إذا حَدَّثتَ عَن سُكانِهِ

You told of al-Aqiq’s laurels and its moringa trees;

You spoke of the slopes of Aghq and its dwellings

when you tell, tell of its inhabitants.

Speak, when you speak of its inhabitants

قِف بِالَمطيَّ لَعَلَّنا نُشفَى بِمَا

قِف بِالَمطيَّ لَعَلَّنا نُشفَى بِمَا

قَد ضَاعَ مِنها من ثَرى أَوطانِهِ

قَد ضَاعَ مِنها من ثَرى أَوطانِهِ

Halt the mounts; perhaps we may be healed by what

Stop at Al-Matiyya, perhaps we may be healed

has wafted from them, from the soil of its native lands.

By what was lost from it of homeland soil

يا لابِساً حُلَلَ النَّسيمِ منَ الحِمَى

يا لابِساً حُلَلَ النَّسيمِ منَ الحِمَى

وَمُضمَّخاً بالطَّيبِ من كُثبانِه

وَمُضمَّخاً بالطَّيبِ من كُثبانِه

O you wearing the breeze’s robes from the sanctuary,

O you wearing the garments of breeze from the heat

and anointed with perfume from its dunes,

And smeared with perfume from its sand dunes

ومُعانِقاً نَفَسَ الصَّبا من دَوحِهِ

ومُعانِقاً نَفَسَ الصَّبا من دَوحِهِ

وَمُلثَّماً بِشذا ثَرى حُوذانِهِ

وَمُلثَّماً بِشذا ثَرى حُوذانِهِ

and embracing the east wind’s breath from its spreading trees,

And embracing the youthful morning breeze in its basin

and veiled in the fragrance of the earth beneath its buttercups,

And masked by the fragrance of Thuwan's soil

وَمُحدِّثاً يَروي حديثاً مُسنَداً

وَمُحدِّثاً يَروي حديثاً مُسنَداً

عَن ذِلكَ اللَّبَّانِ عن جيرانِهِ

عَن ذِلكَ اللَّبَّانِ عن جيرانِهِ

and telling a tale supported by a chain of transmission,

And relating a supported narration

from that milk-seller, from his neighbors:

About that pastureland and its neighbors

حُيِّيتَ من سارِ يُسرُّ حديثَهُ

حُيِّيتَ من سارِ يُسرُّ حديثَهُ

ويَفوحُ نشرُ الضَّالِ من أردانِهِ

ويَفوحُ نشرُ الضَّالِ من أردانِهِ

Hail to you, a night traveler who whispers his tale,

You were greeted by one who delights in his talk

while the fragrance of wild lote trees wafts from his sleeves.

And the scattering of the lost radiates from its valleys

أَحييتَ منا كُلَّ ميتِ مُتَيَّمِ

أَحييتَ منا كُلَّ ميتِ مُتَيَّمِ

وَأَعَدت مِنهُ الرُّوحَ في جُثمانِهِ

وَأَعَدت مِنهُ الرُّوحَ في جُثمانِهِ

You revived every dead, love-stricken lover among us,

You revived in us every longing dead one

and restored his spirit to his body.

And restored in him the soul to its body

وَنَقلتَ عَن أَهلِ الكَثيبِ رسالَةً

وَنَقلتَ عَن أَهلِ الكَثيبِ رسالَةً

وَأَرى النَّسيمَ يَبُثُّها بلِسانهِ

وَأَرى النَّسيمَ يَبُثُّها بلِسانهِ

And you conveyed a message from the people of the dune,

And conveyed from the people of the sand dune a message

and I see the breeze spreading it with its tongue.

And I see the breeze spreading it with its tongue

وَيَقولُ إِنَّهمُ على ما خِلتَهم

وَيَقولُ إِنَّهمُ على ما خِلتَهم

مِن عَهدِ أَيَّامِ الحِمَى وَزَمانِهِ

مِن عَهدِ أَيَّامِ الحِمَى وَزَمانِهِ

And it says they remain as you thought them,

And it says that they, as I left them

since the sanctuary’s days of old.

From the days of ardour and its time