1. مَن حَسَّ لي الأَخَوَينِ

    كَالغُصنَينِ أَو مَن راهُما

    Who has sighted the two brothers for me,

    like two branches—or who has seen them?

  2. أَخَوَينِ كَالصَقرَينِ لَم

    يَرَ ناظِرٌ شَرواهُما

    Two brothers, like two falcons—never

    has any observer seen their equal.

  3. قَرمَينِ لا يَتَظالَمانِ

    وَلا يُرامُ حِماهُما

    Two noble chiefs who do not wrong each other,

    nor is their protected domain assailed.

  4. أَبكي عَلى أَخَوَيَّ

    وَالقَبرِ الَّذي واراهُما

    I weep for my two brothers

    and for the grave that concealed them both.

  5. لا مِثلَ كَهلِيَ في الكُهولِ

    وَلا فَتىً كَفَتاهُما

    Among men of mature years, none equals mine,

    nor is any youth like the young one of the two.

  6. رُمحَينِ خَطِّيَّينِ في

    كَبِدِ السَماءِ سَناهُما

    Two spears of al-Khatt—in

    the heart of the sky shines their radiance.

  7. ما خَلَّفا إِذ وَدَّعا

    في سُؤدُدٍ شَرواهُما

    When they bade farewell, they left behind no

    equal to them in nobility.

  8. سادا بِغَيرِ تَكَلُّفٍ

    عَفواً بِفَيضِ نَداهُما

    They rose to eminence without effort,

    naturally, through their overflowing generosity.