Please note that:

• It might take a couple of minutes to completely download the poem.
• The version shown here is the one appearing in the book "Diwan Alsha'er Al-sha'bi", volume I published by Gar Younis University Press. I thank my friend Gardenia for bringing the book to my attention.
• To see the English translation, move the mouse pointer over a particular section (you must have Javascript enabled on your browser.) The translation is a 'work in progress' and might need to to be 'improved'. I thank all those who have helped with the translation.
• As customary in writing Libyan folk poetry, a 'phonetic spelling' as opposed to the standard arabic one is used. For words where different local pronunciations exist, the one used (as shown by the diacritics) is that of the eastern part of Libya, i.e. the way the poet would've probably pronounced them.