طالَ مِن آلِ زَينَبَ الإِعراضُ

طالَ مِن آلِ زَينَبَ الإِعراضُ

لِلتَعَدّي وَما بِنا الإِبغاضُ

لِلتَعَدّي وَما بِنا الإِبغاضُ

Long has Zaynab's household turned away,

The estrangement of Zainab's family has endured

out of wilful harshness, though we harbour no hatred.

Though we bear them no malice or ill will

وَوَليدَينِ كانَ عُلِّقَها القَل

وَوَليدَينِ كانَ عُلِّقَها القَل

بُ إِلى أَن عَلا الرُؤوسَ البَياضُ

بُ إِلى أَن عَلا الرُؤوسَ البَياضُ

And from our childhood, my heart was bound to her,

And two hearts were attached until age

until white hair crowned our heads.

Whitened the heads raised high

حَبلُها عِندَنا مَتينٌ وَحَبلي

حَبلُها عِندَنا مَتينٌ وَحَبلي

عِندَها واهِنُ القِوى أَنقاضُ

عِندَها واهِنُ القِوى أَنقاضُ

Her cord is strong with us, but my cord

Our bond with them is strong while their

with her is weak in its strands, worn to shreds.

Ties to us are weakened debris

نَظَرَت يَومَ فَرعِ لَفتٍ إِلَينا

نَظَرَت يَومَ فَرعِ لَفتٍ إِلَينا

نَظرَةً كانَ رَجعَها إِيماضُ

نَظرَةً كانَ رَجعَها إِيماضُ

She looked towards us that day at Farʿ Laft,

One day at the Fare' branch she glanced at us

a glance whose return was a flash,

A glance whose return was a wink

حينَ قالَت لِمَوكِبٍ كَمَها الرَم

حينَ قالَت لِمَوكِبٍ كَمَها الرَم

لِ أَطاعَت لَهُ النَباتَ الرِياضُ

لِ أَطاعَت لَهُ النَباتَ الرِياضُ

when she said to a procession like the oryx of the sands,

When she told a procession restrained by spearheads

for which the meadows willingly yielded their herbage:

To obey, so the meadows' plants bent low

عُجنَ نَحوَ الفَتى البِغالَ نُحَيِّي

عُجنَ نَحوَ الفَتى البِغالَ نُحَيِّي

هِ بِما تَكتُمُ القُلوبُ المِراضُ

هِ بِما تَكتُمُ القُلوبُ المِراضُ

"Turn the mules towards the youth; let us greet

We rode up to the young man to salute

him with what lovesick hearts conceal,

Him with what hearts suffering conceal

وَأُحَدِّثهُ ما تَضَمَّنتُ مِنهُ

وَأُحَدِّثهُ ما تَضَمَّنتُ مِنهُ

إِذ خَلا اليَومَ لِلمَسيرِ المَراضُ

إِذ خَلا اليَومَ لِلمَسيرِ المَراضُ

and I shall tell him what I have harboured because of him,

And tell him what I comprised of him

since al-Marāḍ lies empty today for travel."

When the day cleared for the sick to travel