إِذا ذَكَرَت نَفسي شَريكاً تَقَطَّعَت

إِذا ذَكَرَت نَفسي شَريكاً تَقَطَّعَت

عَلى مَضرَحِيٍّ لِلمَقامَةِ رائِسِ

عَلى مَضرَحِيٍّ لِلمَقامَةِ رائِسِ

Whenever my soul remembers Sharīk, it is torn apart

If my soul remembers a partner, it is cut to pieces

over a noble man, a leader of the assembly.

On the couch of one settled at home for conversation

وَكانَ أَخا المَولى إِذا خافَ عَثرَةً

وَكانَ أَخا المَولى إِذا خافَ عَثرَةً

شَريكٌ وَخَصمَ الأَصيَدِ المُتَشاوِسِ

شَريكٌ وَخَصمَ الأَصيَدِ المُتَشاوِسِ

And a brother to the dependent, when he feared a stumble,

And he was the protector's brother when he feared a stumble

was Sharīk, and a foe to the haughty, scowling man.

A partner and rival to the shyest of prey

فَما كانَ أَبلانا مِنَ الدَهرِ نَبوَةً

فَما كانَ أَبلانا مِنَ الدَهرِ نَبوَةً

لَدى البابِ أَو عَضَّ السِنينَ الأَحامِسِ

لَدى البابِ أَو عَضَّ السِنينَ الأَحامِسِ

So he had never subjected us to fate's rebuff

Thus they were not, our stalwarts, prophets of fate

at the door, or the bite of harsh years.

At the gate or gnawed at by the decades, the voracious

لَقَد غادَروا بِالعيصِ عِلقَ مَضِنَّةٍ

لَقَد غادَروا بِالعيصِ عِلقَ مَضِنَّةٍ

وَلَم تَرَ عَيني مِثلَهُ عِلقَ لابِسِ

وَلَم تَرَ عَيني مِثلَهُ عِلقَ لابِسِ

Indeed, they left at al-ʿĪṣ a jealously cherished treasure,

Indeed they left with the stave, a flock with a shepherd

and my eye has never seen his like—a precious adornment for its wearer.

And my eyes have not seen the like of him, a shepherd wearing

وَقالوا أَلا تَبكي تَميمٌ أَخاهُمُ

وَقالوا أَلا تَبكي تَميمٌ أَخاهُمُ

أَبا الصَلتِ زَينَ الوَفدِ سَمَّ الفَوارِسِ

أَبا الصَلتِ زَينَ الوَفدِ سَمَّ الفَوارِسِ

And they said, 'Will Tamīm not weep for their brother,

And they said, does not Tameem weep for its brothers?

Abū al-Ṣalt, the delegation's adornment, poison to horsemen?'

Abu-Salit, beauty of the delegation, poison of knights