وَدَّعَنا نائِلٌ بِدُلجَتِهِ

وَدَّعَنا نائِلٌ بِدُلجَتِهِ

وَلَم يَكُن قَبلَها أَخا دَلَجِ

وَلَم يَكُن قَبلَها أَخا دَلَجِ

Na'il bade us farewell with his journey by night.

Nail bid us farewell with his lamp

And before it, he had not been one to travel by night.

Before it, no bright lamp bid farewell

يَأباهُ إِخوانُنا وَيَقبَلُهُ

يَأباهُ إِخوانُنا وَيَقبَلُهُ

أَبو عَلِيٍّ أَخو أَبي الفَرَج

أَبو عَلِيٍّ أَخو أَبي الفَرَج

Our brothers reject him, but he is accepted

Our brothers rejected him while Abu Ali

by Abu Ali, brother of Abu al-Faraj.

Brother of Abu Al Faraj welcomed him