هل رأيت النجوم اغنت عن المأ

هل رأيت النجوم اغنت عن المأ

مون شيئاً وملكه المأسوس

مون شيئاً وملكه المأسوس

Have you seen whether the stars availed al-Maʾ—

Did you see the stars avail al-Maʾ-

mūn at all—or whether his firmly founded kingdom did?

mun at all—or his firmly founded kingdom?

خلفوه بعرصتي طرطوس

خلفوه بعرصتي طرطوس

مثلما خلفوا أباه بطوس

مثلما خلفوا أباه بطوس

They left him in the two precincts of Tarsus,

They left him behind in the two courtyards of Tartus,

just as they left his father at Tus.

just as they left his father in Tus.