ياO إِخوَتيmy brothers مِنof مالِكِMalik بنِson of كِنانَةٍKinanah
يا إِخوَتي مِن مالِكِ بنِ كِنانَةٍ
حَيثُwhere السُّيوفُthe swords تَطولُgain stature بِالأَحسابِthrough noble lineage
حَيثُ السُّيوفُ تَطولُ بِالأَحسابِ
O my brothers, descended from Mālik ibn Kinānah,
O my brothers of Malik ibn Kinanah,
where swords reach far through noble lineage,
Where swords gain stature through noble lineage,
لاdo not تَسأَلواask عَنّيabout me الخَيالَthe apparition فَإِنَّهُfor it
لا تَسأَلوا عَنّي الخَيالَ فَإِنَّهُ
ماnot زَارَنيvisited me مِنكُمfrom you فَيَعلَمُso that it might know ماwhat بيwith me
ما زَارَني مِنكُم فَيَعلَمُ ما بي
do not ask the phantom about me, for it
Do not ask the apparition about me, for it
has never visited me from among you, to learn what ails me.
Has not come to me from you to learn what ails me.
وَاِستَخبِرواand inquire لَيلاًa night رَعَيتُI tended نُجومَهُits stars
وَاِستَخبِروا لَيلاً رَعَيتُ نُجومَهُ
فَنَضاso wore away وَلَمand did not يَنصلbleach دجاهُits darkness شَبابيmy youth
فَنَضا وَلَم يَنصل دجاهُ شَبابي
Instead, question a night whose stars I watched:
And question a night whose stars I tended:
it stripped away my youth, though its darkness was never stripped away.
Its darkness wore away my youth, yet did not bleach it.
سَهِرَتkept vigil كَواكِبُهُits stars مَعيwith me وَبَعُدتُمُand you were far away
سَهِرَت كَواكِبُهُ مَعي وَبَعُدتُمُ
أَنتُمyou كَواكِبُهُits stars وَهُنَّand they صِحابيmy companions
أَنتُم كَواكِبُهُ وَهُنَّ صِحابي
Its stars kept vigil with me while you remained far away;
Its stars kept vigil with me while you were far away;
you are its stars, and they are my companions.
You are its stars, and they are my companions.
