عَلَيكَupon you سَلامُgreeting الأَصبَحِيَّةِof al-Aṣbaḥiyya كُلَّماwhenever
عَلَيكَ سَلامُ الأَصبَحِيَّةِ كُلَّما
يَحِنُّyearns أَخوone full of شَوقٍlonging لِبُعدِbecause of the remoteness of دِيارِhomes
يَحِنُّ أَخو شَوقٍ لِبُعدِ دِيارِ
May al-Aṣbaḥiyya’s greeting be upon you whenever
one full of longing pines because his home is far away.
فَأَنتَfor you are أَخوa brother to شَينٍdisgrace وَخِدنُand an intimate of دَناءَةٍbaseness
فَأَنتَ أَخو شَينٍ وَخِدنُ دَناءَةٍ
وَصاحِبُand a companion of عارٍshame وَاِبنُand a son of أُمِّthe mother of شَنارِinfamy
وَصاحِبُ عارٍ وَاِبنُ أُمِّ شَنارِ
For you are a brother to disgrace and an intimate of baseness,
and a companion of shame and a son of the mother of infamy.
Sol 6.1