تُسائِلُني عَمّا تَنَفَّستُ وَيحَها

تُسائِلُني عَمّا تَنَفَّستُ وَيحَها

سُعادُ وَعَمّا تَسأَلي أَنا خابِرُ

سُعادُ وَعَمّا تَسأَلي أَنا خابِرُ

She asks me why I sighed—alas for her—

You ask me what I have breathed of air fragrant with meadow flowers,

Suʿād; and I know well what you ask about.

And, Saad, concerning what you ask, I am well informed.

تَبَيَّن خَليلي أَينَ صارَت دِيارُنا

تَبَيَّن خَليلي أَينَ صارَت دِيارُنا

وَأَينَ لَنا مِن آلِ مُرَّةَ ناصِرُ

وَأَينَ لَنا مِن آلِ مُرَّةَ ناصِرُ

Find out, my friend, where our homes have gone,

My friend realized where our homes have gone,

And where among Murrah’s clan there is a helper for us.

And where, for us, among the family of Murrah, is a helper.

فَقَد يُجبَرُ العَظمُ الكَسِيرُ فَيَستَوي

فَقَد يُجبَرُ العَظمُ الكَسِيرُ فَيَستَوي

وَيُولَدُ بَعدَ المَرءِ يا سَعدُ ثائِرُ

وَيُولَدُ بَعدَ المَرءِ يا سَعدُ ثائِرُ

For a broken bone may be mended and grow straight,

So the broken bone may be bound to heal and be made straight,

And after a man is gone, O Saʿd, an avenger is born.

And after a man dies, O Saad, an avenger may be born.