تُبَكّي عَلى المَنتوفِ بَكرُ اِبنُ وائِلٍ
وَتَنهى عَنِ اِبنَي مِسمَعٍ مَن بَكاهُما
Bakr ibn Wa'il laments al-Mantuf,
The son of Wael weeps for Manṭūf
Yet forbids anyone to mourn Mismaʿ's two sons:
And forbids the weeping for Ibn Mismar's two sons
قَتيلَينِ تَجتازُ الرِياحُ عَلَيهِما
مُجاوِرُ نَهرَي واسِطٍ جَسَداهُما
Two slain men over whom the winds sweep,
Two dead whom the winds blow over
Their bodies lying beside Wasit's two rivers.
Their bodies neighbors by the rivers of Wāsiṭ
وَلَو أَصبَحا مِن غَيرِ بَكرِ اِبنِ وائِلٍ
لَكانَ عَلى الجاني ثَقيلاً دِماهُما
And had they been of any but Bakr ibn Wa'il,
Had they been other than Ibn Wael's sons
Their blood would surely have weighed heavily on the killer.
Their blood would have weighed heavy on their killer
غُلامانِ نالا مِثلَ ما نالَ مِسمَعٌ
وَما وَصَلَت عِندَ النَباتِ لِحاهُما
Two youths who attained the like of what Mismaʿ attained,
Two youths who attained what Mismar attained
While their beards had not yet grown together.
Their beards not yet grown at youth
وَلَو كانَ حَيّاً مالِكٌ وَاِبنُ مالِكٍ
لَقَد أَوقَدا نارَينِ عالٍ سَناهُما
And had Malik and Malik's son been alive,
Had Mālik and Ibn Mālik been alive
They would surely have kindled two fires with soaring radiance.
They would have lit two great fires for them
وَلَو غَيرُ أَيدي الأَزدِ نالَت ذَراهُما
وَلَكِن بِأَيدي الأَزدِ حُزَّت طُلاهُما
And had hands other than the Azd's reached their lofty heads—
Had other than Azd's hands reached their remains
But by the hands of the Azd their throats were slit.
Their graves would not have been despoiled by Azd
Sol 6.1