أَبا لمَلِكِ السَّليمانيِّ فيها

أَبا لمَلِكِ السَّليمانيِّ فيها

رَكِبتْتَ الرِّيحَ خَافِقَةَ الزِّمَامِ

رَكِبتْتَ الرِّيحَ خَافِقَةَ الزِّمَامِ

O father to a Solomonic king in this feat,

Was it through the Solomonic king that, in it,

you rode the wind, its rein streaming.

you rode the wind, its rein fluttering?

فَكانَ بها مَساؤُكَ عِندَ مِصْرٍ

فَكانَ بها مَساؤُكَ عِندَ مِصْرٍ

وَكان بها صَباحُكَ بِالشَّامِ

وَكان بها صَباحُكَ بِالشَّامِ

Thus, upon it, your evening was by Egypt,

So by it your evening was near Egypt,

and upon it, your morning was in al-Sham.

and by it your morning was in Syria.