وَسَلِ الجارَ وَالمُعَصِّبَ وَالأض

وَسَلِ الجارَ وَالمُعَصِّبَ وَالأض

يافَ وَهناً إِذا تَحَيّوا لَدَيّا

يافَ وَهناً إِذا تَحَيّوا لَدَيّا

And ask the neighbor, the man who binds his belly against hunger, and the guests,

Ask the neighbor, the passionate one, and the guests

late at night, when they offer greetings beside me,

When they greet me kindly

كَيفَ يَلقَونَني إِذا نَبَحَ الكَل

كَيفَ يَلقَونَني إِذا نَبَحَ الكَل

بُ وَراءَ الكُسورِ نَبحاً خَفيّا

بُ وَراءَ الكُسورِ نَبحاً خَفيّا

how they find me when the dog barks

How they find me when the dog barks

faintly behind the tent-sides;

Secretly behind the walls

وَمَشى الحالِبُ المُبِسُّ إِلى النا

وَمَشى الحالِبُ المُبِسُّ إِلى النا

بِ فَلَم يقرِ أَصفَر الحَيِّ رَيّا

بِ فَلَم يقرِ أَصفَر الحَيِّ رَيّا

and the milker, softly coaxing, goes to the old she-camel,

And the sorrowful milkman walked to the spring

but cannot give the camp's yellow one a full drink.

But did not water the yellow district at all

لَم تَكُن خارِجيَّةً مِن تُراثٍ

لَم تَكُن خارِجيَّةً مِن تُراثٍ

حادِثٍ بَل وَرثتُ ذاكَ عَليّا

حادِثٍ بَل وَرثتُ ذاكَ عَليّا

It was no upstart virtue from an inheritance

It was not an external inheritance from recent heritage

newly acquired; rather, I inherited that from Ali.

Rather, I inherited that from Ali