يا طِفلَ فَهرٍ لا عَزاءَ لَهُم

يا طِفلَ فَهرٍ لا عَزاءَ لَهُم

إِن كُنتَ في أَشرافِهِم لَفَتى

إِن كُنتَ في أَشرافِهِم لَفَتى

O child of Fihr, there is no solace for them;

O young leopard with no comforter

O child of Fahr, for them there is no consolation,

you were indeed a youth among their nobles.

If you were the best of them, a youth

For you were indeed a chivalrous youth among their nobles.

حَجَبَ التَباعُدُ عَنكَ أَعيُنَهُم

حَجَبَ التَباعُدُ عَنكَ أَعيُنَهُم

لكِن إِلَيكَ قُلوبَهُم لَفَتا

لكِن إِلَيكَ قُلوبَهُم لَفَتا

Separation veiled their eyes from you,

Distance has veiled their eyes from you

Separation has veiled their eyes from seeing you,

yet turned their hearts toward you.

But their hearts are drawn to you still

Yet it has turned their hearts fully towards you.

وَالمَجدُ إِن يَنعَتكَ بَينَهُمُ

وَالمَجدُ إِن يَنعَتكَ بَينَهُمُ

فِبِكُلِّ ذِكرٍ طَيِّبٍ نَعَتا

فِبِكُلِّ ذِكرٍ طَيِّبٍ نَعَتا

And if glory describes you among them,

And glory, if it laments you among them

And Glory, were it to describe you amongst them,

it does so with every good word.

Will lament you with only good words

Would characterize you with every fragrant virtue.

زادَت نِساءَ الحَيِّ فيكَ أَسىً

زادَت نِساءَ الحَيِّ فيكَ أَسىً

أَمَتاكَ حَولَ القَبرِ إذ نَعَتا

أَمَتاكَ حَولَ القَبرِ إذ نَعَتا

The women of the clan were moved to greater grief for you

The living women increased their sorrow for you

It deepened the sorrow of the tribe's women for you,

by your two bondwomen, as they lamented around the grave.

Your maidens wept over your grave as they lamented

When your two bondmaids lamented beside the grave.