وَمِن دونِ ما أَبدَيتَ لي يَقتُلُ الفَتى

وَمِن دونِ ما أَبدَيتَ لي يَقتُلُ الفَتى

وَيُمسي جَليدُ القَومِ وَهُوَ ضَعيفُ

وَيُمسي جَليدُ القَومِ وَهُوَ ضَعيفُ

And less than what you have shown me can kill a young man.

Without what you have shown me, the youth dies

And the stalwart among men finds himself weak by evening.

And becomes the coward of the people when evening comes

وَلَم أَدرِ أَنَّ البانِ يُغرَسُ في النَقا

وَلَم أَدرِ أَنَّ البانِ يُغرَسُ في النَقا

وَلا أَنَّ شَمساً في الظَلامِ تَطوفُ

وَلا أَنَّ شَمساً في الظَلامِ تَطوفُ

And I did not know that the bān tree is planted in the sand dune,

And I did not know that the arrow is planted in the quiver

Nor that a sun wanders through the darkness.

Nor that a sun revolves in the darkness