لَم تَدرِ وَليَغفِر لَها رَبُّها

لَم تَدرِ وَليَغفِر لَها رَبُّها

ما جَشَّمَتنا أَمَةُ الواحِدِ

ما جَشَّمَتنا أَمَةُ الواحِدِ

She did not know—and may her Lord forgive her—

She knows not, may her Lord forgive her,

what Amat al-Wahid had made us endure.

What injury the nation of one faith has inflicted upon us.

جَشَّمَتِ الهَولَ بَراذينَنا

جَشَّمَتِ الهَولَ بَراذينَنا

نَسأَلُ عَن بَيتِ أَبي خالِدِ

نَسأَلُ عَن بَيتِ أَبي خالِدِ

She made our packhorses face terror,

It has inflicted horrors upon our young men.

as we asked about Abu Khalid's house.

We ask about the house of Abu Khalid.

نَسأَلُ عَن شَيخِ بَني كاهِلٍ

نَسأَلُ عَن شَيخِ بَني كاهِلٍ

أَعيا خَفاءٌ نِشدَةَ الناشِدِ

أَعيا خَفاءٌ نِشدَةَ الناشِدِ

We asked about the elder of Banu Kahil;

We ask about the elder of the Bani Kahel.

concealment thwarted the seeker's search.

My eyes are sleepless because of the chants of the elegist.