أَتاني اِبنُ المَسيحِ فَلَم يَجِدني

أَتاني اِبنُ المَسيحِ فَلَم يَجِدني

عَلَيهِ بِماءِ شِنَّتِنا بَخيلا

عَلَيهِ بِماءِ شِنَّتِنا بَخيلا

Ibn al-Masih came to me and did not find me

The son of the Messiah came to me, but did not find me

Stingy toward him with water from our worn waterskin.

Stingy with the water of our hostility towards him.

فَقُلتُ لَهُ تَسَمَّلها فَإِنّي

فَقُلتُ لَهُ تَسَمَّلها فَإِنّي

أَخافُ عَلَيكَ عَينَكَ وَالدَليلا

أَخافُ عَلَيكَ عَينَكَ وَالدَليلا

So I told him, ‘Drink its last drops, for I

So I said to him, "Help yourself," for I

Fear for you on account of your eye and the guide.

Feared for your eye and the guide.

أَرى عَيناً قَدِ اِنقَلَبَت وَأُخرى

أَرى عَيناً قَدِ اِنقَلَبَت وَأُخرى

تُقَلِّبُ طَرفَها شَفّاً كَليلا

تُقَلِّبُ طَرفَها شَفّاً كَليلا

I see one eye already rolled back, and another

I see one eye has turned, and another

Turning its gaze, feeble and dull.’

Moves its eyelid, bleary and weak.

وَلِلعَنزِيِّ قَد أَفرَغتُ سَجلاً

وَلِلعَنزِيِّ قَد أَفرَغتُ سَجلاً

شَفَيتُ بِهِ الحَرارَةَ وَالغَليلا

شَفَيتُ بِهِ الحَرارَةَ وَالغَليلا

And for the ‘Anzi I poured out a full bucket,

And for the goat I have poured out a bucket,

With which I relieved the heat and burning thirst.

With which I quenched the heat and the inflammation.

فَقالَ الأَصلُ خِندِفُ غَيرَ أَنّا

فَقالَ الأَصلُ خِندِفُ غَيرَ أَنّا

تَبِعنا الماءَ وَالأَجَمَ الظَليلا

تَبِعنا الماءَ وَالأَجَمَ الظَليلا

He said, ‘Our ancestry is Khindif, except that we

So the real one said, "It's a ruin, except that

Followed the water and the shady thickets.’

We followed the water and the shaded rock."