ألاah! ياO عَينُeye بَكِّيweep ليfor me شَنِينَاstreaming tears
ألا يا عَينُ بَكِّي لي شَنِينَا
وَبَكِّيand weep ليfor me الملوكَthe kings الذَّاهِبينَاthe departed
وَبَكِّي لي الملوكَ الذَّاهِبينَا
Ah, O eye, weep for me with streaming tears,
Oh eye, weep for me bitterly
And weep for me over the departed kings—
And weep for the departed kings
مُلُوكًاkings مِنfrom بَنِيthe sons of حُجْرِHujr بنِson of عَمْرٍوAmr
مُلُوكًا مِن بَنِي حُجْرِ بنِ عَمْرٍو
يُسَاقُونَthey are driven along العَشِيَّةَin the evening يُقْتَلُونَاthey are killed
يُسَاقُونَ العَشِيَّةَ يُقْتَلُونَا
Kings among the sons of Hujr, son of Amr,
Kings from the sons of Hujr ibn Amr
Who are driven along at evening and slain.
Led in the evening, slaughtered
فلوso, if only فيon يَومِa day of مَعْرَكَةٍbattle أُصِيبُواthey were struck down
فلو في يَومِ مَعْرَكَةٍ أُصِيبُوا
ولكنْand yet فيin دِيارِthe dwellings of بنيthe sons of مَرِينَاMarina
ولكنْ في دِيارِ بني مَرِينَا
If only they had been struck down on a day of battle!
If only on a day of battle they were struck
But they fell in the dwellings of Banu Marina.
But in the abodes of the tribe of Marīna
فلمْso ... not تُغْسَلْwere washed جَمَاجِمُهُمْtheir skulls بِغِسْلٍwith cleansing water
فلمْ تُغْسَلْ جَمَاجِمُهُمْ بِغِسْلٍ
ولكنْand yet بالدِّمَاءِwith blood مُرَمَّلِينَاsmeared
ولكنْ بالدِّمَاءِ مُرَمَّلِينَا
So their skulls were not washed with cleansing water,
Their skulls were not washed with water
But they were smeared with blood.
But clotted with blood they were smeared
تَظَلُّremain الطَّيرُthe birds عَاكِفَةًintent عليهمْupon them
تَظَلُّ الطَّيرُ عَاكِفَةً عليهمْ
وَتَنْتَزِعُand tear out الحَوَاجِبَthe eyebrows والعُيُونَاand the eyes
وَتَنْتَزِعُ الحَوَاجِبَ والعُيُونَا
The birds remain intent upon them,
The birds hover over them
And tear out their eyebrows and eyes.
Plucking out the eyebrows and the eyes
Sol 6.1