أَعنِّي عَلى صَرفِ النَّوى لَيسَ لي بها

أَعنِّي عَلى صَرفِ النَّوى لَيسَ لي بها

غَداً يا وَليَّ المُؤمِنينَ يَدَانٍ

غَداً يا وَليَّ المُؤمِنينَ يَدَانٍ

Help me ward off separation; against it I have no

Help me spend the night, for I have no means

Strength tomorrow, O Protector of the believers,

Tomorrow, O leader of the faithful, with both hands

إذا قَرَّبُوا للبين كُلًّ مُدَيَّثٍ

إذا قَرَّبُوا للبين كُلًّ مُدَيَّثٍ

مُعَاوِدَ حَرِّ الرَّقمِ والخَضَعَان

مُعَاوِدَ حَرِّ الرَّقمِ والخَضَعَان

When they bring forward for departure every tamed camel,

When they offer aged, pure wine

Accustomed to the heat of branding and a head-bobbing gait,

Repeatedly scorching hot and most submissive

مُعَنَّى كَرُكنِ الطَّودِ قَد زاحَ نَيَّهُ

مُعَنَّى كَرُكنِ الطَّودِ قَد زاحَ نَيَّهُ

زَمَانانِ مَرّا أَعشبا خَصِبانِ

زَمَانانِ مَرّا أَعشبا خَصِبانِ

Toil-worn, like a mountain’s flank, its fat stripped away by

The meaning of which is the bending of the lofty mountain, its prowess gone

Two seasons gone by, both lush with grass and fertile.

Times, bitter and fertile, have passed