تَدارَكتُ عَبدَ اللَةِ قَد ثُلَّ عَرشُهُ

تَدارَكتُ عَبدَ اللَةِ قَد ثُلَّ عَرشُهُ

وَقَد عَلِقَت في كَفَّةِ الحابِلِ اليَدُ

وَقَد عَلِقَت في كَفَّةِ الحابِلِ اليَدُ

I came to ʿAbdallāh’s aid, his throne already cast down;

I caught up with Abd Allah, his throne already toppled,

I reached Abdullah when his throne had been destroyed,

his hand already caught in the snare-setter’s noose.

And his hand already caught in the trapper’s snare.

And his hand was caught in the trapper's snare.

سَمَوتُ لَهُ بِالرُكبِ حَتّى لَقيتُهُ

سَمَوتُ لَهُ بِالرُكبِ حَتّى لَقيتُهُ

بِتيمارَ يَبكيهِ الحَمامُ المُغَرِّدُ

بِتيمارَ يَبكيهِ الحَمامُ المُغَرِّدُ

I pressed on toward him with the mounted company until I met him

I advanced toward him with the caravan until I found him

I hastened towards him with the riders until I met him

at Tīmār, where the singing doves mourned him.

At Timar, where the singing doves weep for him.

At Taymar, where the warbling dove wept for him.