هَل تَعرِفُ اليَومَ رَسمَ الدارِ وَالطَلَلا

هَل تَعرِفُ اليَومَ رَسمَ الدارِ وَالطَلَلا

كَما عَرَفتَ بِجَفنِ الصَيقَلِ الخِلَلا

كَما عَرَفتَ بِجَفنِ الصَيقَلِ الخِلَلا

Do you recognize today the traces of the dwelling and the ruins,

Do you know today the abode and its ruins,

as you recognized the decorative bands on the sword-polisher's scabbard?

As you knew the blemishes with the eyelid of the polished sword?

دارٌ لِمَروَةَ إِذ أَهلي وَأَهلُهُمُ

دارٌ لِمَروَةَ إِذ أَهلي وَأَهلُهُمُ

بِالكانِسِيَّةِ نَرعى اللَهوَ وَالغَزَلا

بِالكانِسِيَّةِ نَرعى اللَهوَ وَالغَزَلا

A dwelling of Marwa's, when my people and theirs

A house for Marwa, when my family and her family

were at al-Kanisiyya, indulging in amusement and love-talk.

In Al-Kanisiyyah we graze playfulness and love poems.

أَمسى شَبابُكِ عَنّا الغَضَّ قَد رَحَلا

أَمسى شَبابُكِ عَنّا الغَضَّ قَد رَحَلا

وَلاحَ في الرَأسِ شَيبٌ حَلَّ فَاِشتَعَلا

وَلاحَ في الرَأسِ شَيبٌ حَلَّ فَاِشتَعَلا

Your tender youth has now departed from us,

Your youth from us did depart and went away,

and grey hair appeared upon the head, settled, then blazed.

And grey hair appeared in the head, it blazed and sparked.

إِنَّ الشَبابَ الَّذي كُنّا نَزُنُّ بِهِ

إِنَّ الشَبابَ الَّذي كُنّا نَزُنُّ بِهِ

وَلّى وَلَم نَقضِ مِن لَذّاتِهِ أَمَلا

وَلّى وَلَم نَقضِ مِن لَذّاتِهِ أَمَلا

Indeed, the youth we were once known for

Indeed the youth which we used to weigh with it,

has gone, and we have not satisfied our desire for its pleasures.

Left and we did not fulfill any of its pleasures.

وَلّى الشَبابُ حَميداً غَيرَ مُرتَجَعٍ

وَلّى الشَبابُ حَميداً غَيرَ مُرتَجَعٍ

وَاِستَبدَلَ الرَأسُ مِنّي شَرَّ ما بَدَلا

وَاِستَبدَلَ الرَأسُ مِنّي شَرَّ ما بَدَلا

Youth departed, praiseworthy and beyond recall,

The youth left commendably with no returning,

and my head took the worst of substitutes:

And the head replaced from me the worst it substituted.

شَيبٌ تَفَرَّعَ أَبكاني مَواضِحُهُ

شَيبٌ تَفَرَّعَ أَبكاني مَواضِحُهُ

أَضحى وَحالَ سَوادُ الرَأسِ فَاِنتَقَلا

أَضحى وَحالَ سَوادُ الرَأسِ فَاِنتَقَلا

grey hair that spread—its white patches made me weep.

Grey hair branched out, its landmarks make me cry,

Now my hair's blackness has changed and departed.

It became and the blackness of the head transitioned and left.

لَيتَ الشَبابَ بِنا حَلَّت رَواحِلُهُ

لَيتَ الشَبابَ بِنا حَلَّت رَواحِلُهُ

وَأَصبَحَ الشَيبُ عَنّا اليَومَ مُنتَقِلا

وَأَصبَحَ الشَيبُ عَنّا اليَومَ مُنتَقِلا

If only youth's riding camels had halted among us,

I wish youth upon us, its traveling camels stopped by,

and grey hair were leaving us today!

And grey hair became from us today transferred and moved.

أَودى الشَبابُ وَأَمسى المَوتُ يَخلُفُهُ

أَودى الشَبابُ وَأَمسى المَوتُ يَخلُفُهُ

لا مَرحَباً بِمَحَلِّ الشَيبِ إِذ نَزَلا

لا مَرحَباً بِمَحَلِّ الشَيبِ إِذ نَزَلا

Youth has perished, and death now succeeds it.

Youth bid farewell and death succeeded it,

No welcome to grey hair's arrival when it comes to stay!

No welcome to the abode of grey hair when it lodged.

ما بالُ عِرسِيَ قَد طالَت مُطالَبَتي

ما بالُ عِرسِيَ قَد طالَت مُطالَبَتي

أَمسَت تَجَنّى عَلَيَّ الذَنبَ وَالعِلَلا

أَمسَت تَجَنّى عَلَيَّ الذَنبَ وَالعِلَلا

What ails my wife? Her demands on me have lasted so long.

Why did my wedding elongate my requesting of it?

She now invents faults and pretexts against me.

It started picking faults with me and illnesses.