سَأَبكي وان لَم تَبكِ فِتيانُ مَذحِجٍ

سَأَبكي وان لَم تَبكِ فِتيانُ مَذحِجٍ

فَتاها إِذا اللَيلُ التِمّامُ تأوَّبا

فَتاها إِذا اللَيلُ التِمّامُ تأوَّبا

I shall weep, even if the young men of Madhhij do not,

I will weep even if the youths of Mudhij do not weep

For its young hero, whenever the long night returns.

For him when the night is complete and dark

فَتى لَم يَكُن في مِرَّةِ الحَربِ جاهِلا

فَتى لَم يَكُن في مِرَّةِ الحَربِ جاهِلا

وَلا بِمُطيعٍ في الوَغى من تَهَيَّبا

وَلا بِمُطيعٍ في الوَغى من تَهَيَّبا

A young man who was no novice in the fury of war,

A youth who was never ignorant in the heat of battle

Nor obedient in battle to anyone who shrank in fear.

Nor with a submissive one in the fray who was made to cower

أَبانَ أُنوفَ الحَيِّ قَحطانَ قَتلُهُ

أَبانَ أُنوفَ الحَيِّ قَحطانَ قَتلُهُ

وَأَنفَ نِزارٍ قَد أَبانَ فَأَوعَبا

وَأَنفَ نِزارٍ قَد أَبانَ فَأَوعَبا

His slaying severed the noses of the tribe of Qahtan,

He made known the noses of Hayy Qahtan by killing him

And Nizar's nose it severed too, making the severance complete.

And Anf Nazar's nose which he made known and then broke

فَمَن يَكُ أَمسى خائِناً لأَميرهِ

فَمَن يَكُ أَمسى خائِناً لأَميرهِ

فَما خانَ ابراهيمُ في المَوتِ مُصعَبا

فَما خانَ ابراهيمُ في المَوتِ مُصعَبا

So whoever may have become a traitor to his commander,

So whoever proves to be a traitor to his emir in the evening

Ibrahim did not betray Mus'ab in death.

Ibrahim did not betray Mus'ab in death