ولماand when رأيتI saw سراةَthe nobles of قوميmy people
ولما رأيت سراةَ قومي
سكوناًmotionless لاnot يثوبreturns لهمto them زعيمa leader
سكوناً لا يثوب لهم زعيم
And when I saw the nobles of my people
When I saw my people's caravan
motionless, with no leader returning to them,
In stillness with no leader to guide them,
هتفتI cried out بمسمعto Mismaʿ وصدىand the shade of أميرٍAmīr
هتفت بمسمع وصدى أميرٍ
وقبرِand the grave of معمّرٍMuʿammar تلكthose القرومmighty chiefs
وقبرِ معمّرٍ تلك القروم
I cried out to Mismaʿ and the shade of Amīr,
I called out loudly so the prince could hear
and to Muʿammar’s grave—those mighty chiefs.
And the tomb of the elder those ruins.