لاmay ... never زالَcease صَوبٌa downpour مِنfrom رَبيعspring rain وَصَيّفand summer rain
لا زالَ صَوبٌ مِن رَبيع وَصَيّف
يَجودُpours generously عَلىupon حِسّيwaterholes الغَميمal-Ghamim فَيَترَبthen Yatrab
يَجودُ عَلى حِسّي الغَميم فَيَترَب
May spring and summer downpours never cease
pouring generously upon the waterholes of al-Ghamim, then Yatrab.
فَواللَهِfor, by God ماnot أُسقِيI pray for rain upon البَلادَthe land لِحُبِّهاfor love of it
فَواللَهِ ما أُسقِي البَلادَ لِحُبِّها
وَلَكِنَّماbut only أُسقيكَI pray for rain for you حارِO Har بنَson of تَولَبِTawlab
وَلَكِنَّما أُسقيكَ حارِ بنَ تَولَبِ
For, by God, I do not pray for rain upon the land out of love for it,
but I pray it only for you, Har, son of Tawlab.
تَضَمَّنَتit has contained أَدواءَthe afflictions العَشيرَةِof the clan بَينَهاwithin it
تَضَمَّنَت أَدواءَ العَشيرَةِ بَينَها
وَأَنتَand you عَلىupon أَعوادِthe timbers نَعشٍof a bier مَقلَبِturned about
وَأَنتَ عَلى أَعوادِ نَعشٍ مَقلَبِ
It has gathered the clan's afflictions within itself,
while you lie upon the timbers of a bier, turned about.
كَأَنَّas though اِمرِءاًa man فيamong الناسِpeople كُنتُI was اِبنَthe son of أُمِّهِhis mother
كَأَنَّ اِمرِءاً في الناسِ كُنتُ اِبنَ أُمِّهِ
عَلىbeside فَلجٍa water channel مِنfrom بَطنِthe bed of دَجلَةَthe Tigris مُطنِبِencamped
عَلى فَلجٍ مِن بَطنِ دَجلَةَ مُطنِبِ
As though a man among men, whose mother's son I was,
were encamped beside a channel from the bed of the Tigris.