فَإِمّا تَرَيني واحِداً بادَ أَهلُهُ

تَوارَثُهُ مِل أَقرَبينَ الأَباعِدُ

Whether you see me as one whose kith and kin

Have all departed, so I’m left alone;

فَإِنَّ تَميماً قَبلَ أَن يَلدَ الحَصى

أَقامَ زَماناً وَهوَ في الناسِ واحِدُ

Or know that Tamim, before stones were born,

Once lived an age as just a single soul.