وَأَيَّ فَتىً وَدَّعتُ يَومَ طُوَيلِعٍ

وَأَيَّ فَتىً وَدَّعتُ يَومَ طُوَيلِعٍ

عَشِيَّةَ سلَّمنا عَليهِ وَسَلَّما

عَشِيَّةَ سلَّمنا عَليهِ وَسَلَّما

And what a young man I bade farewell to on the day of Ṭuwayliʿ,

And what young man did I bid farewell on the day of departure

That evening when we greeted him and he returned our greeting!

In the evening when we bid him goodbye and farewell

رَمى بِصدورِ العِيسِ مُنخَرَقِ الصَبا

رَمى بِصدورِ العِيسِ مُنخَرَقِ الصَبا

فَلَم يَدرِ خَلقٌ بَعدَها أَينَ يَمَّما

فَلَم يَدرِ خَلقٌ بَعدَها أَينَ يَمَّما

He turned the pale camels' breasts toward the east wind's passage,

He charged with the breasts of youth with split nostrils

And afterward no one knew where he had headed.

So people did not know afterward where he went

فَيا جازِيَ الفِتيانِ بِالنِعمِ اِجزِهِ

فَيا جازِيَ الفِتيانِ بِالنِعمِ اِجزِهِ

بِنُعماهُ نُعمَى وَاِعفُ إِن كانَ أَظلَما

بِنُعماهُ نُعمَى وَاِعفُ إِن كانَ أَظلَما

So, O you who reward young men with blessings, reward him

So reward the young men with blessings, reward him

With a blessing for his kindness, and pardon him if he did wrong.

With His blessings fully, and pardon if he was unjust