غِبْتُما يا سَيِّدّيْ مُضَرِ

غِبْتُما يا سَيِّدّيْ مُضَرِ

بين باديها إلى الحَضَر

بين باديها إلى الحَضَر

You two are away, O two lords of Mudar,

You have been absent, my lords, from Mudar

from its desert folk to its townspeople,

Between the nomads and the settled lands,

في مَسِنْيَا غيبةً تركتْ

في مَسِنْيَا غيبةً تركتْ

حَلَباً ليلاً بلا قَمَرِ

حَلَباً ليلاً بلا قَمَرِ

in Masinya—an absence that has left

Leaving Misnia so long absent

Aleppo a night without a moon.

Like an unlit night in Halab.

فمتى يُقْدَرْ إِيابُكُما

فمتى يُقْدَرْ إِيابُكُما

لا أَجِدْ عَتْباً على القدر

لا أَجِدْ عَتْباً على القدر

So whenever your return is decreed,

When will your return be ordained?

I shall have no grievance against fate.

I find no fault with fate.

يا سِرَاجَيْ هاشمٍ وكفى

يا سِرَاجَيْ هاشمٍ وكفى

بسراجَيْ سُرْجِ ذا البَشَر

بسراجَيْ سُرْجِ ذا البَشَر

O two lamps of Hashim—and sufficient

O two lights of Hashim, it suffices

are the two lamps among the lamps of this human race.

That you are the lamps of mankind.

أنتما من هاشمٍ وأبي

أنتما من هاشمٍ وأبي

في محلِّ السَّمْعِ والبَصَر

في محلِّ السَّمْعِ والبَصَر

You two are to Hashim—by my father—

You are of Hashim and his father,

what hearing and sight are.

In the place of hearing and sight.