1. من حس لي الأخوين كال

    غصنين أو من راهما

    Who has found for me the two brothers, like

    two branches, or who has seen them both?

  2. قرمان لا يتظالما

    ن ولا يرام حماهما

    Two chieftains who do not wrong one another,

    nor can their protected domain be assailed.

  3. ويلي على أبوي وال

    قبر الذي واراهما

    Woe to me for my two fathers, and the

    grave that concealed them both.

  4. لا مثل كهلي في الكهو

    ل ولا فتىً كفتاهما

    None is like my two elders among the

    elders, nor any youth like their youth.

  5. أسدان لا يتذللا

    ن ولا يرام حماهما

    Two lions who never abase themselves,

    nor can their protected domain be assailed.

  6. رمحين خطيين في

    كبد السماء تراهما

    Two spears of Khatt, in

    the heart of the sky you see them both.

  7. ما خلفا إذ ودعا

    في سدودٍ شرواهما

    When they took their leave, they left none

    among the chieftains to equal them.

  8. سادا بغير تكلفٍ

    عفواً يفيض نداهما

    They were lords without effort;

    their bounty overflows freely.

  9. سيفين هنديين

    سن القبر حد ظباهما

    Two Indian swords—

    the grave sharpened the edges of their blades.

  10. ابني ربيعة لا يمل الن

    اس من ذكراهما

    The two sons of Rabiʿah—people never tire

    of remembering them both.