أخٍ مزجت بروحي روحه جرى

أخٍ مزجت بروحي روحه جرى

مني كمجرى دمي في الجسم أفديه

مني كمجرى دمي في الجسم أفديه

A brother whose soul I mingled with mine flowed

A brother whose spirit mingles with mine

through me like my blood through the body—I would give my life for him.

Flows from me as my blood flows through my body, I would ransom him

ثم اتفقنا على ألقاب سالفنا

ثم اتفقنا على ألقاب سالفنا

فصرت في كل حالٍ ما أضاهيه

فصرت في كل حالٍ ما أضاهيه

Then we agreed on our forebear’s titles,

Then we agreed on names for our past

so, in every circumstance, I was no match for him.

So I became, in every case, his equal

أهدى إلي دواةً لو كتبت بها

أهدى إلي دواةً لو كتبت بها

دهري أياديه لم تنفد أياديه

دهري أياديه لم تنفد أياديه

He gave me an inkwell; were I to write with it

He gifted me a pen, if I were to write with it

of his favors all my life, his favors would never be exhausted.

My lifetime, his hands would not be depleted, his hands