1. خَليلَيَّ هُبّا طالَما قَد رَقَدتُّما

    أَجِدَّكُما لا تَقضِيانِ كَراكُما

    My two dear friends, awake! Long have you slept.

    Truly, will you two never have done with sleep?

  2. أَلَم تَعلَما أَنّي بِسِمعانَ مُفرَدٌ

    وَما لِيَ فيها مِن خَليلٍ سِواكُما

    Did you two not know that I am alone in Simʿan,

    And have no friend there besides you two?

  3. أُقومُ عَلى قَبرَيكُما لَستُ بارِحاً

    طِوالَ اللَيالي أَو يُجيبَ صَداكُما

    I stand over your two graves, never departing,

    Throughout the nights, until your echo answers.

  4. جَرى المَوتُ مِجرى اللَحمِ وَالعَظمِ مِنكُما

    كَأَنَّ الَّذي يِسقي العُقارَ سَقاكُما

    Death has flowed through the flesh and bone of you both,

    As though the wine-server had given you both to drink.

  5. تَحَمَّلَ مَن يَهمى العُقولَ وَغادَروا

    أَخاً لَكُما أَشجاهُ ما قَد شَجاكُما

    Those who “rain down minds” [wording unclear] have departed and left

    A brother of yours, saddened by what has saddened you both.

  6. فَأَيُّ أَخٍ يَجفوا أَخاً بِعدَ مَوتِهِ

    فَلَستُ الَّذي مِن بَعدِ مَوتٍ جَفاكُما

    What brother, then, forsakes a brother after his death?

    For I am not one who has forsaken you both after death.

  7. أَصُبُّ عَلى قَبرَيكُما مِن مُدامَةٍ

    فَإِلّا تَنالاها تُرَوِّ جُثاكُما

    I pour some wine upon your two graves;

    And if you cannot partake of it, it will moisten your burial mounds.

  8. أُناديكُما كَيما تُجيبا وَتَنطِقا

    وَلَيسَ مُجاباً مَوتُهُ مَن دَعاكُما

    I call you both, that you may answer and speak,

    Yet whoever calls you both receives no answer [“his death” is unclear in the text].

  9. كَأَنَّكُما وَالمَوتُ أَقرَبُ غايَةٍ

    بِروحِيَ في قَبرَيكُما قَد أَتاكُما

    It is as though you two behold—death is the nearest end—

    My soul, already come to you in your two graves.

  10. قَضَيتُ بِأَنّي لا مَحالَةَ هالِكٌ

    وَأَنّي سَيَعروني الَّذي قَد عَراكُما

    I have concluded that I shall inevitably perish,

    And that what has befallen you both will befall me.

  11. فَلَو جُعِلَت نَفسٌ لِنَفسٍ وِقايَةً

    لَجُدتُّ بِنَفسي أَن تَكونَ فِداكُما

    If one soul could be made a shield for another,

    I would freely give my soul to ransom you both.