The rise of the sun recalls to me Ṣakhr my brother, And him I remember also at every sunset.
al-Khansāʾ (translated by Reynold A. Nicholson)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- [When night draws on, remembering keeps me wakeful], final two lines; Full poem read in Academy edition. Translation from Arabic explicitly credited to Reynold A. Nicholson and identified as public domain. Complete final sentence remembers named brother Ṣakhr. Preserve name and diacritics; no invent
- [When night draws on, remembering keeps me wakeful], final two lines
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