يا أخي موطناً وديناً وعمراً
ولساناً واسماً وحسّاً ومعنى
O my brother—in homeland, faith, and life,
O my brother in homeland, faith, and age,
in language, name, feeling, and meaning—
and in language, name, feeling, and meaning,
ساءني ما جزعت منه وأضنا
نيَ أني رأيتك اليوم مضنى
what distressed you pained me; and it wore
What distressed you grieved me, and it exhausted
me down to see you stricken today.
me to see you ailing today.
نحن كالتوأمين إن متَّ بالدا
ء أَمُتْ حسرة عليك وحزنا
We are like twins: if you die of ill—
We are like twins: if you die of illness,
—ness, I die of heartbreak and grief for you.
I shall die of anguish and grief for you.
Sol 6.1