فَسائِل جَمعَنا عَنّا وَعَنهُم

فَسائِل جَمعَنا عَنّا وَعَنهُم

غَداةَ السَيلِ بِالأَسَلِ الطَويلِ

غَداةَ السَيلِ بِالأَسَلِ الطَويلِ

So ask our host about us and about them,

The asker at morn, of me and of them,

On the morning at al-Sayl, with long spears.

After the torrent with protruding rocks;

أَلَم نَترُك سَراتَهُمُ عَيامى

أَلَم نَترُك سَراتَهُمُ عَيامى

جُثوماً تَحتَ أَرجاءِ الذُيولِ

جُثوماً تَحتَ أَرجاءِ الذُيولِ

Did we not leave their chieftains thirsting,

Did we not leave their stalls dilapidated

Crouched beneath the edges of trailing robes?

Prostrate beneath the extending shadows?

تُبَكّيها الأَرامِلُ بِالمَآلي

تُبَكّيها الأَرامِلُ بِالمَآلي

بِداراتِ الصَفائِحِ وَالنَصيلِ

بِداراتِ الصَفائِحِ وَالنَصيلِ

Widows lament them with mourning cloths

Widows bewail them with griefs accumulated

In the enclosed plains of al-Ṣafāʾiḥ and al-Naṣīl.

Amidst abandoned encampments and habitations;

وَقَد مَرَّت كُماةُ الحَربِ مِنّا

وَقَد مَرَّت كُماةُ الحَربِ مِنّا

عَلى ماءِ الدَفينَةِ وَالحَجيلِ

عَلى ماءِ الدَفينَةِ وَالحَجيلِ

And our champions of war had passed

And the war has passed by us,

By the waters of al-Dafīnah and al-Ḥajīl.

On the waters of Dafinah and Al-Hajil.