1. Stand amidst the answered prayers,
And rouse the sides of the mosque,

2. The blessed palm tree is fruitful,
Watered from above by the river.

3. Those are the homesteads and abodes,
I see them now uninhabited,

4. I dwelled there in days of youth,
And made Mambij my home.

5. Wherever I turned I saw
Waters flowing and rested in shade,

6. You see the abode of Wadi Aynuqa
A spacious, overlooking residence.

7. It descends to the gardens,
And dwells in the lofty fortress,

8. Its brides appear to us,
When insects buzz if it shows itself.

9. And when we alight at the plain,
We obtain an easy living,

10. And water separates the flowers
Of the meadow into two halves.

11. Like the rug the hands of maids
Stretched on it marked with tattoo.

12. Whoever was vexed by what I gained,
Let him die, teased and jested.

13. I did not fail in what befell me,
To be mighty or to be deterred.

14. I fostered hearts in awe,
And filled them with grace and nobility.

15. No event made me waver,
And battles are battles, wherever they are.

16. Wherever I moved,
The sword urged me on.

17. So if I survive, I am
The sword of time, sharpened in youth and old age.

18. And if I am killed, then it is
The death of the honorable, hunting game.

19. The ignorant is fooled by the world,
And in the world there is no pausing.