يا أُمُّ عَمروٍ أَلا تَبكينَ مُعوِلَةً

يا أُمُّ عَمروٍ أَلا تَبكينَ مُعوِلَةً

عَلى أَخيكِ وَقَد أَعلى بِهِ الناعي

عَلى أَخيكِ وَقَد أَعلى بِهِ الناعي

O Umm Amr, will you not weep, wailing aloud,

O mother of Amr, do not weep helplessly

for your brother, whose death the herald has already proclaimed aloud?

For your brother as the mourner proclaims him

فَاِبكي وَلا تَسأَمي نَوحاً مُسَلِّبَةً

فَاِبكي وَلا تَسأَمي نَوحاً مُسَلِّبَةً

عَلى أَخيكِ رَفيعِ الهَمِّ وَالباعِ

عَلى أَخيكِ رَفيعِ الهَمِّ وَالباعِ

So weep, and do not weary of lamentation, clad in mourning,

So weep ceaselessly, lamenting bitterly

for your brother, lofty in ambition and mighty in reach.

For your exalted, noble brother

فَقَد فُجِعتِ بِمَيمونٍ نَقيبَتُهُ

فَقَد فُجِعتِ بِمَيمونٍ نَقيبَتُهُ

جَمِّ المَخارِجِ ضَرّارٍ وَنَفّاعِ

جَمِّ المَخارِجِ ضَرّارٍ وَنَفّاعِ

For you have been bereaved of a man blessed in nature,

You have been bereaved of Maymun, whose leadership

rich in resource, mighty to harm and to help.

Was most eminent, a lion in times of peril

فَمَن لَنا إِن رُزِئناهُ وَفارَقَنا

فَمَن لَنا إِن رُزِئناهُ وَفارَقَنا

بِسَيِّدٍ مِن وَراءِ القَومِ دَفّاعِ

بِسَيِّدٍ مِن وَراءِ القَومِ دَفّاعِ

Who, then, if we have lost him and he has left us, will provide us

For who do we have if we lose him and he leaves us

with a chief, a staunch defender at the people's rear?

With no lord behind the people as defender

قَد كانَ سَيِّدَنا الداعي عَشيرَتَهُ

قَد كانَ سَيِّدَنا الداعي عَشيرَتَهُ

لا تَبعَدَنَّ فَنِعمَ السَيِّدُ الداعي

لا تَبعَدَنَّ فَنِعمَ السَيِّدُ الداعي

Indeed, he was our chief, who summoned his clan.

He used to summon his tribe as their lord

May you never perish—for you were a fine chief who summoned!

May he not be far, excellent was that summoner