مَنwho حَسَّhas sighted ليfor me الأَخَوَينِthe two brothers
مَن حَسَّ لي الأَخَوَينِ
كَالغُصنَينِlike two branches أَوor مَنwho راهُماhas seen them both
كَالغُصنَينِ أَو مَن راهُما
Who has sighted the two brothers for me,
like two branches—or who has seen them?
أَخَوَينِtwo brothers كَالصَقرَينِlike two falcons لَمnot
أَخَوَينِ كَالصَقرَينِ لَم
يَرَsee ناظِرٌan observer شَرواهُماtheir equal
يَرَ ناظِرٌ شَرواهُما
Two brothers, like two falcons—never
has any observer seen their equal.
قَرمَينِtwo noble chiefs لاnot يَتَظالَمانِwrong one another
قَرمَينِ لا يَتَظالَمانِ
وَلاnor يُرامُis assailed حِماهُماtheir protected domain
وَلا يُرامُ حِماهُما
Two noble chiefs who do not wrong each other,
nor is their protected domain assailed.
أَبكيI weep عَلىfor أَخَوَيَّmy two brothers
أَبكي عَلى أَخَوَيَّ
وَالقَبرِand the grave الَّذيthat واراهُماconcealed them both
وَالقَبرِ الَّذي واراهُما
I weep for my two brothers
and for the grave that concealed them both.
لاno مِثلَequal كَهلِيَmy mature man فيamong الكُهولِmen of mature years
لا مِثلَ كَهلِيَ في الكُهولِ
وَلاand no فَتىًyoung man كَفَتاهُماlike their young one
وَلا فَتىً كَفَتاهُما
Among men of mature years, none equals mine,
nor is any youth like the young one of the two.
رُمحَينِtwo spears خَطِّيَّينِfrom al-Khatt فيin
رُمحَينِ خَطِّيَّينِ في
كَبِدِthe heart of السَماءِthe sky سَناهُماtheir radiance
كَبِدِ السَماءِ سَناهُما
Two spears of al-Khatt—in
the heart of the sky shines their radiance.
ماnot خَلَّفاthey both left behind إِذwhen وَدَّعاthey both bade farewell
ما خَلَّفا إِذ وَدَّعا
فيin سُؤدُدٍnobility شَرواهُماtheir equal
في سُؤدُدٍ شَرواهُما
When they bade farewell, they left behind no
equal to them in nobility.
ساداthey both rose to eminence بِغَيرِwithout تَكَلُّفٍeffort
سادا بِغَيرِ تَكَلُّفٍ
عَفواًnaturally بِفَيضِthrough the abundance of نَداهُماtheir generosity
عَفواً بِفَيضِ نَداهُما
They rose to eminence without effort,
naturally, through their overflowing generosity.