1. The saints and the tender-hearted pronounced you present,
And the resolute and mighty pronounced you absent.

2. You made your people content, as well as the crescent moon,
Through your great resolve you achieved glory.

3. It was as if you were Khams, the well-armed,
And as if Qana were boats and canoes.

4. You honored its sanctity and protected its authority,
And fulfilled those necessary rights.

5. You bid us farewell and departed hastily,
To meet severe and perilous adversity.

6. You remained an exile, though no man becomes an exile
Except he who shuns his people and takes resolve as friend.

7. You endure the wounds of heroes peacefully,
As though you wrap the executioner engaged in battle.

8. It was as if we came to glorify a warrior
Whose regiments and troops filled the roads.

9. He shook the impregnable fortresses and razed them,
And calamity took him, so he emerged the victor.

10. Praise is not for the inactive or ignorant
Who at the events of fate remains blithe.