سَلي عالَجتُ عُليا عَن شَبابي

سَلي عالَجتُ عُليا عَن شَبابي

وَجاوَرتُ القَناطِرَ أَو قُشابا

وَجاوَرتُ القَناطِرَ أَو قُشابا

Ask about my youth: I contended with ʿUlya,

I asked Uliya about my youth

and dwelt near al-Qanatir or Qushab.

And dwelled in Al Qanatir or Qushaba

أَلَسنا آلَ بَكرٍ نَحنُ مِنها

أَلَسنا آلَ بَكرٍ نَحنُ مِنها

وَإِن كانَ السَلامُ بِها رِطابا

وَإِن كانَ السَلامُ بِها رِطابا

Are we not, O clan of Bakr, ourselves from it,

Are we not the family of Bakr among them?

even though the stones within it were moist?

Even if greeting among them is rare

لَنا الحِجرانِ مِنها وَالمُصَلّى

لَنا الحِجرانِ مِنها وَالمُصَلّى

وَوَلّانا العَليمُ بِها الحِجابا

وَوَلّانا العَليمُ بِها الحِجابا

Ours are its two enclosures and the place of prayer,

For us are the two holy sites among them

and the All-Knowing entrusted us with its custodianship.

And the Knowing turned away from them the veil