أخa brother كُنتُI used to آويseek shelter مِنهُfrom him عِندupon اِدّكارهremembering him
أخ كُنتُ آوي مِنهُ عِند اِدّكاره
إِلىto ظِلّthe shade أَفنانboughs منof العِزّhonor باذِخtowering
إِلى ظِلّ أَفنان من العِزّ باذِخ
A brother whose shelter I would seek whenever I remembered him,
A brother whom I used to take refuge in when I recalled him
In the shade of boughs of towering honor.
To the shadow of lofty glory branches
سعتworked their way نُوَبُcalamities الأَيّامtime بَينيbetween me وَبَينهand him
سعت نُوَبُ الأَيّام بَيني وَبَينه
فَأَقلَعنthen they withdrew مِنّاfrom among us عَنleaving behind ظَلومan oppressor وَصارِخand one crying out
فَأَقلَعن مِنّا عَن ظَلوم وَصارِخ
Time’s calamities came between me and him,
The vicissitudes of time came between me and him
Then withdrew, leaving one of us an oppressor and the other crying out.
So they turned me from shadows and cries
وَإِنّيand I وَإِعداديand my preparing لِدَهريagainst my fate محمداMuhammad
وَإِنّي وَإِعدادي لِدَهري محمدا
كَمُلتَمِسlike one seeking إِطفاءَextinguishing نارa fire بِنافِخwith one who blows
كَمُلتَمِس إِطفاءَ نار بِنافِخ
And I, in making Muhammad my safeguard against fate,
And I, in my life, hold Muhammad
Am like one seeking to quench a fire with someone blowing on it.
As one seeking to put out fire with a blower
Sol 6.1