إِذا صَبغ البيضَ العِضابَ دَمُ العِدا

إِذا صَبغ البيضَ العِضابَ دَمُ العِدا

فَدَمعي لِخَدّي في نَعيكَ أَصبَغُ

فَدَمعي لِخَدّي في نَعيكَ أَصبَغُ

When the enemy’s blood stains the keen white blades,

When the blood of foes stains the white, keen swords,

When the eggs are dyed red by the blood of enemies

If the blood of enemies dyes the sharp white blades,

my tears, mourning you, stain my cheek more deeply.

then my tears stain my cheek more deeply at the news of your death.

My tears on my cheek dyeing your elegy

My tears upon my cheek, in mourning you, leave a deeper stain.

كَأَنَّكَ في السَبعِ القِراءاتِ طاهِر

كَأَنَّكَ في السَبعِ القِراءاتِ طاهِر

وَفي الشِعرِ غَيلان وَفي الفِقهِ أَصبَغُ

وَفي الشِعرِ غَيلان وَفي الفِقهِ أَصبَغُ

In the seven canonical Readings, you seemed Ṭāhir himself;

You are like Ṭāhir in the seven Qur’anic readings,

As if you were pure in the seven recitations

As though you were, in the Seven Readings, Tahir,

in poetry, Ghaylān; and in jurisprudence, Aṣbagh.

and Ghaylān in poetry, and Aṣbagh in jurisprudence.

And a torrent in poetry and a master in jurisprudence

And in poetry, Ghaylan; and in jurisprudence, Asbagh.