يا سَيِّدَيَّ أَراكُما

يا سَيِّدَيَّ أَراكُما

لا تَذكُرانِ أَخاكُما

لا تَذكُرانِ أَخاكُما

O my two lords, I see that you

O my lords I see you both

do not remember your brother.

Do not remember your brother

أَوجَدتُما بَدَلاً بِهِ

أَوجَدتُما بَدَلاً بِهِ

يَبني سَماءَ عُلاكُما

يَبني سَماءَ عُلاكُما

Have you found a replacement for him

You have found a replacement for him

who builds the heaven of your glory?

Who builds the sky of your supremacy

أَوجَدتُما بَدَلاً بِهِ

أَوجَدتُما بَدَلاً بِهِ

يَفري نُحورَ عِداكُما

يَفري نُحورَ عِداكُما

Have you found a replacement for him

You have found a replacement for him

who slashes the throats of your foes?

Who slaughters the necks of your enemies

ماكانَ بِالفِعلِ الجَمي

ماكانَ بِالفِعلِ الجَمي

لِ بِمِثلِهِ أَولاكُما

لِ بِمِثلِهِ أَولاكُما

How fitting an act of kindness would have been

He was not, by his actions,

from you both toward one such as he!

Like the one you lost

مَن ذا يَعابُ بِما لَقي

مَن ذا يَعابُ بِما لَقي

تُ مِنَ الوَرى إِلّاكُما

تُ مِنَ الوَرى إِلّاكُما

Who can be blamed for what I have suffered,

Who would blame what he encountered

among mankind, except you two?

From life, except you both

لاتُقعَدا بي بَعدَها

لاتُقعَدا بي بَعدَها

وَسَلا الأَميرَ أَباكُما

وَسَلا الأَميرَ أَباكُما

Do not let me down after this;

Do not sit with me after him

and ask the emir, your father.

And ask the prince, your father

وَخُذا فِدايَ جُعِلتُ مِن

وَخُذا فِدايَ جُعِلتُ مِن

رَيبِ الزَمانِ فِداكُما

رَيبِ الزَمانِ فِداكُما

And secure my ransom—may I be

And take ransom, I have become

your ransom against the misfortunes of time.

A hostage of time, your ransom