فَقَدتُ حَياةً بَعدَ طَلحَةَ حُلوَةً

فَقَدتُ حَياةً بَعدَ طَلحَةَ حُلوَةً

إِذا شَعَبتَهُ أَن يُجيبَ شَعوبُ

إِذا شَعَبتَهُ أَن يُجيبَ شَعوبُ

I lost a sweet life after Talha,

I lost the sweetness of life after Talha

When Shaʿūb (Death) cut him off from answering.

When you call upon him, the people respond

يُصَمُّ رِجالٌ حينَ يُدعَونَ لِلنَّدى

يُصَمُّ رِجالٌ حينَ يُدعَونَ لِلنَّدى

وَيُدعى اِبنُ عوفٍ لِلنَّدى فَيُجيبُ

وَيُدعى اِبنُ عوفٍ لِلنَّدى فَيُجيبُ

Men turn deaf when called upon to give,

Men stay silent when they are called to help

And Ibn Awf is called upon to give, so he answers.

Yet Ibn 'Awf is called to help and he responds

وَذاكَ اِمرؤٌ مِن أَيِّ عَطفَيهِ يَلتَفِت

وَذاكَ اِمرؤٌ مِن أَيِّ عَطفَيهِ يَلتَفِت

إِلى المَجدِ يَحوِ المَجدَ وَهوَ قَريبُ

إِلى المَجدِ يَحوِ المَجدَ وَهوَ قَريبُ

And he is a man: whichever of his two sides he turns

He is a man who turns

Toward glory, he gains glory, and it is close at hand.

Toward glory, desiring glory, and it is near