تَدارَكتُ عَبدَ اللَةِ قَد ثُلَّ عَرشُهُ

تَدارَكتُ عَبدَ اللَةِ قَد ثُلَّ عَرشُهُ

وَقَد عَلِقَت في كَفَّةِ الحابِلِ اليَدُ

وَقَد عَلِقَت في كَفَّةِ الحابِلِ اليَدُ

I came to ʿAbdallāh’s aid, his throne already cast down;

I reached Abdullah when his throne had been destroyed,

his hand already caught in the snare-setter’s noose.

And his hand was caught in the trapper's snare.

سَمَوتُ لَهُ بِالرُكبِ حَتّى لَقيتُهُ

سَمَوتُ لَهُ بِالرُكبِ حَتّى لَقيتُهُ

بِتيمارَ يَبكيهِ الحَمامُ المُغَرِّدُ

بِتيمارَ يَبكيهِ الحَمامُ المُغَرِّدُ

I pressed on toward him with the mounted company until I met him

I hastened towards him with the riders until I met him

at Tīmār, where the singing doves mourned him.

At Taymar, where the warbling dove wept for him.