تِلْكَ اللَّحَظَاتُ لَمْ تَكُنْ عَادِيَّةً

Those moments were not ordinary

فَقَدِ اخْتَلَطَتْ دُمُوعُ الشَّوْقِ مَعَ الشُّكْرِ لِعَوْدَةِ أَبْنَائِهِمْ إِلَيْهِمْ

For the tears of longing mixed with gratitude for the return of their children to them

وَكَأَنَّ الزَّمَانَ تَوَقَّفَ لِيُعِيدَ لِقُلُوبِهِمْ مَا سُلِبَ مِنْهَا

It is as if time had stopped to return to their hearts what was taken from them

أَيْنَ أَخِي عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا أَرَاهُ بَيْنَكُمْ؟

Where is my brother Abdullah? I do not see him among you

تَقْصِدُ الْوَالِيَ عَبْدَ اللهِ

You mean Governor Abdullah

الْوَالِي! لَا لَا أَقْصِدُ أَخِي عَبْدَ اللهِ

The Governor! No, no, I mean my brother Abdullah

نَعَمْ يَا بُنَيَّ، مَا سَمِعْتَهُ صَحِيحٌ، أَخُوكَ أَصْبَحَ وَالِيًا

Yes, my son, what you heard is true, your brother has become a governor

أَخِي وَالٍ! كَيْفَ وَمَتَى؟

My brother is a governor! How and when?

نُرْسِلُ الْبُذُورَ إِلَى الْقُرَى الْحُدُودِيَّةِ

We send the seeds to the border villages

وَنُخْبِرُهُمْ أَنْ يَلْحَقُوا بِالرَّكْبِ قَبْلَ ضَيَاعِ الْمَوْسِمِ

And we tell them to join the convoy before the season is lost