تعاليْنَ نعالجْ نف

تعاليْنَ نعالجْ نف

رةَ الحيِّ تعاليْنا

رةَ الحيِّ تعاليْنا

Come, let us soothe the estrangement

Come let us treat the wounds of life, come let us

of the tribe; come.

Provide our ears with complaints, and bid our eyes farewell

نزوِّد أُذُنا شكوى

نزوِّد أُذُنا شكوى

ونودعْ نظرةً عيْنا

ونودعْ نظرةً عيْنا

Let us furnish an ear with complaint

And weep over the hands of separation

and lodge a glance in an eye,

That we may soften the separation

ونبكى من يدِ البين

ونبكى من يدِ البين

عسانا نعطفُ البيْنا

عسانا نعطفُ البيْنا

and weep at the hand of parting;

Yet desire has only increased stubbornness

perhaps we may soften parting.

What good is our crying?

فما زاد النوى إلا

فما زاد النوى إلا

لجَاجا ما تباكيْنا

لجَاجا ما تباكيْنا

For distance only grew

We are followed by sorrowful sighs

more stubborn whenever we feigned tears.

Or is it the mother of Jesus lamenting?

أعِقبانٌ بهم طرن

أعِقبانٌ بهم طرن

أم العِيسُ تباكيْنا

أم العِيسُ تباكيْنا

Was it eagles that flew off with them,

We have folded the distance to conceal

or pale camels, feigning tears?

Our faces until we bent over

طوين البعدَ يكتمن ال

طوين البعدَ يكتمن ال

وجي حتى تطَوَّيْنا

وجي حتى تطَوَّيْنا

They folded up the distance, concealing

To where, oh, do you not suffer

their sore feet until they grew gaunt.

O you, its driver, where to?

إلى أين أما تأل

إلى أين أما تأل

مُ يا سائقَها الأيْنا

مُ يا سائقَها الأيْنا

Where to? Do you not feel

If you are saddened by sorrow in the midst between us

fatigue, you who drive them?

Then may God liven and change the sand dunes

إذا عرَّستَ بالجرعا

إذا عرَّستَ بالجرعا

ء وسْطاً بينَ ما بيْنا

ء وسْطاً بينَ ما بيْنا

If you halt for the night in the sandy hollow,

And what is it to me, my brother and the mosque

midway in the space between us,

May God return our prayers

فحيَّا اللهُ يَبرِينَ

فحيَّا اللهُ يَبرِينَ

وغيرَ الرمل حيَّيْنا

وغيرَ الرمل حيَّيْنا

may God greet Yabrin;

We stopped to request the attainment

and it was not the sand we greeted.

Of one who delays our debt

وما لي وأخي والمُسْعِ

وما لي وأخي والمُسْعِ

دِ ردَّ اللهُ لُبَّيْنا

دِ ردَّ اللهُ لُبَّيْنا

What have I to do with my brother and the consoler?

And we complain of the coldness of the breast

May God restore our two minds.

When our hearts kindled

وقفنا نقتضي النائِ

وقفنا نقتضي النائِ

ل من يمطُلُنا الدَّيْنا

ل من يمطُلُنا الدَّيْنا

We stood demanding bounty

Oh Arabs, is betrayal not disgraceful in your religion?

from one who delays paying his debt to us.

Do you truly ransom yourselves

ونشكو باردَ الصدرِ

ونشكو باردَ الصدرِ

إذا استقدَح قلبَيْنا

إذا استقدَح قلبَيْنا

And we complain of one cold of heart

With our souls from the Persians?

when he strikes sparks from our two hearts.

How much vengeance is forgotten

أيا عُرْبُ أليس الغد

أيا عُرْبُ أليس الغد

رُ في ديِنكُمُ شَيْنا

رُ في ديِنكُمُ شَيْنا

O Arabs, is not treachery

Blood between our tribes

a disgrace in your religion?

And wickedness which we warned against

أحقًّاً تستقيدونَ

أحقًّاً تستقيدونَ

من الفُرسِ بنفسيْنا

من الفُرسِ بنفسيْنا

Do you truly exact vengeance

Yet fate has led us to this state

on the Persians at the cost of our two lives?

So many hopes has the night embraced

كم الثأر أما يُنْسَى

كم الثأر أما يُنْسَى

دمٌ بين قبيليْنا

دمٌ بين قبيليْنا

How much vengeance! Can it not be forgotten—

Beneath our gowns

the bloodshed between our two tribes?

When dawn rises

ولمياءُ حذِرناها

ولمياءُ حذِرناها

فساق القدَرُ الحيْنا

فساق القدَرُ الحيْنا

And a dark-lipped woman—we were wary of her;

We reckon them stumbling

but fate brought doom.

We have made the stars’ eyes

فكم ضمَّتْ يدُ الليل ال

فكم ضمَّتْ يدُ الليل ال

مُنَى تحت إزاريْنا

مُنَى تحت إزاريْنا

And how often the hand of night gathered

Upon the sun of daylight, eyes

wishes beneath our two waistcloths!

Oh God, my honesty and passion

إذا ما بَدرَ الصُّبحُ

إذا ما بَدرَ الصُّبحُ

حسِبناهنّ يسعَيْنا

حسِبناهنّ يسعَيْنا

Whenever dawn suddenly appeared,

Widen my scope

we thought those wishes were hurrying.

And my patience and brother Shauab

جَعلنا أعينَ الشُّهبِ

جَعلنا أعينَ الشُّهبِ

على شمس الضحى عيْنا

على شمس الضحى عيْنا

We made the eyes of the shooting stars

When I say we have reconciled

a watchful eye upon the forenoon sun.

I launched an attack of the wolves

ألا لله صدقي وال

ألا لله صدقي وال

هوى يوسعني مَيْنا

هوى يوسعني مَيْنا

Ah, God bless my sincerity, while

Eyes that do not guard us

love lavishes lies upon me!

And if loyalty were true

وصبري وأخي شَوبٍ

وصبري وأخي شَوبٍ

إذا قلتُ تصافيْنا

إذا قلتُ تصافيْنا

And my patience with a tainted companion,

The sword of strife would not wound our hearts

whenever I say, 'We have become true friends.'

By God, the son of Ayyub

أولِّي هَجمةَ السُّود

أولِّي هَجمةَ السُّود

ذئابا يتعاويْنا

ذئابا يتعاويْنا

I entrust the herd of black camels

When a brother adorns

to wolves howling to one another,

And the calamities of time crept up

وأرعَى ساهرا منهم

وأرعَى ساهرا منهم

عيونا ليس يرعَيْنا

عيونا ليس يرعَيْنا

and, sleepless, I watch over their

Snakes twisting around us

eyes, which do not watch over me.

And the years bit with the fangs of eternity

ولو صحَّ وفاء لم

ولو صحَّ وفاء لم

يُصِبْ سيفُ وغىً قَيْنا

يُصِبْ سيفُ وغىً قَيْنا

Were loyalty genuine, no

Passing one after another

sword of battle would strike a smith.

We sought for Abu Talib

وللهِ ابنُ أيُّوب

وللهِ ابنُ أيُّوب

إذا عُدَّ أخٌ زيْنا

إذا عُدَّ أخٌ زيْنا

And God bless Ibn Ayyub,

A likeness, but we despaired

when a brother is counted an adornment,

And we united him, yet by God, we did not diverge

ودبَّت نائباتُ الده

ودبَّت نائباتُ الده

رِ حيَّاتٍ تلوَّيْنا

رِ حيَّاتٍ تلوَّيْنا

and Time's calamities creep

O noble one, we did not coincide in nature or differ

as writhing snakes,

I saw the difficult side in him

وعضَّتْ بضروس الجد

وعضَّتْ بضروس الجد

بِ أعوامٌ تواليْنا

بِ أعوامٌ تواليْنا

and biting with drought's molars

And the gentle manner

are years that follow one another.

From the ambitious people

طلبنا لأبي طالِ

طلبنا لأبي طالِ

بَ مِثْلا فتعنَّيْنا

بَ مِثْلا فتعنَّيْنا

We sought for Abu Talib

When the clouds pour down upon us

a peer, and wore ourselves out.

They see their souls as reaching

ووحَّدناه في العدّ

ووحَّدناه في العدّ

فما والله ثَنَّيْنا

فما والله ثَنَّيْنا

We counted him as one alone;

The pinnacle of glory, so we ran

and, by God, we counted no second.

By God, there are souls that

كريم ما تَوَافقْنا ال

كريم ما تَوَافقْنا ال

سجايا أو تنافيْنا

سجايا أو تنافيْنا

He is generous, whether we agree in

Whisper to each other to reach the heights

temperament or fall into discord.

The days of fate surpassed you

رأيتُ الجانبَ الصعبَ

رأيتُ الجانبَ الصعبَ

به والخُلُقَ اللَّيْنا

به والخُلُقَ اللَّيْنا

I saw the unyielding side

When events deafened us

in him, and a gentle nature.

And the long nights outlived

من القوم المناجيزِ

من القوم المناجيزِ

إذا ما السُّحْبُ مَنَّيْنا

إذا ما السُّحْبُ مَنَّيْنا

He is of those who fulfill their promises

Your life while we vanish

when the clouds hold out hopes.

The days of celebration, do they not break

رأت أنفسُهم قاصِ

رأت أنفسُهم قاصِ

يَةَ المجدِ فأجريْنا

يَةَ المجدِ فأجريْنا

Their souls saw the farthest reaches

Fast or feast while we sacrifice?

of glory, and raced toward them.

In you we see the beautiful wishes

فلله نفوسٌ بال

فلله نفوسٌ بال

معالي يتواصَيْنا

معالي يتواصَيْنا

God bless souls that

We wished but did not attain

exhort one another to lofty deeds!

تخطَّتك يدُ الدهرِ

تخطَّتك يدُ الدهرِ

إذا الأحداثُ أصمَيْنا

إذا الأحداثُ أصمَيْنا

May the hand of Time pass you by

when misfortunes strike fatally.

وطاولتَ الليالي العم

وطاولتَ الليالي العم

رَ تبقَى لي ويفنَيْنا

رَ تبقَى لي ويفنَيْنا

And may you rival the nights in length of

life, remaining for me while they perish,

مدى الأعيادِ ما يُفطَر

مدى الأعيادِ ما يُفطَر

ن عيدا ويُضَحَّيْنا

ن عيدا ويُضَحَّيْنا

through the span of feasts, as long as they break the fast

on a feast-day and offer sacrifice.

ترَى فيك الأمانيَّ ال

ترَى فيك الأمانيَّ ال

حسانُ ما تمنَّيْنا

حسانُ ما تمنَّيْنا

In you, all lovely wishes behold

everything they have wished for.