1. Do not fear anything on a hill, even if
You stand alone between the slopes, lost and grieving
١. لا تخشَ شيئًا على طودٍ وإن وقفَا
بينَ الهضابِ وحيدًا حائرًا أسِفا
2. Does it not appear different among them?
As if he was too proud for their company
٢. أما بدا لكَ بينهُنّ مُختلِفا؟
كأنّهُ من جوارهنّ قد أنِفا؟
3. History and mankind will write that they
Passed by and did not find any nobleness around him
٣. سيكتبُ الخلقُ والتّاريخُ أنّهمُ
مرُّوا ولم يجِدوا من حولِهِ شُرَفا
4. Or that those who competed with him had perished before
Or that everything around him was destroyed
٤. أوْ أنّ من ضارعوهُ قد فنَوا سلَفا
أو أنّ كلَّ الّذي من حولِه نُسِفا
5. And that he lost his loved ones and successors
But he did not deviate from the domes of Jerusalem
٥. وأنّهُ فقدَ الأحبابَ والخلَفا
لكنّه عن قبابِ القدْسِ ما انحَرفا
6. And that he was besieged by time but did not bend
He did not cry out or beg or borrow
٦. وأنّه حوصِرَ العُمرَ فما لطُفا
ولا اسْتغاثَ ولا اسْتعطَىْ ولا اسْتلَفا
7. And that with the fleeing of time he did not weaken
He did not soften or bow or senile
٧. وأنّه بهروبِ العُمرِ ما ضعُفا
ولا ألانَ ولا انْحنىْ ولا خرِفا
8. They will conclude that he was victorious
And that what surrounded him was swept away
٨. سيختِمونَ بأنّه قدِ انتصَرا
وأنّ ما حولَهُ مِنْها قدِ انْجَرفا