1. أَبشِروا حَظُّنا نَهَض

    بَعدَ ما كانَ قَد رَمَض

    Rejoice! Our fortune has risen,

    after it had been scorched.

  2. وَسَنا بارِق المُنى

    بَعدَ طُولِ الجَفا وَمَض

    And the gleam of hope’s lightning

    flashed after long estrangement.

  3. وَرَنا طَرفُ دَهرِنا

    نَحوَنا بَعدَ طولِ غَض

    And the eye of our age gazed

    toward us after long averting its gaze.

  4. وَأَزالَت شُموسُهُ

    ظُلمَةَ الجَهلِ فَاِنغَمَض

    And its suns dispelled

    the darkness of ignorance, which then vanished.

  5. وَأَتى الحَقُّ بَعدَما

    زَهَقَ الباطِلُ المُهَض

    And truth arrived after

    crushed falsehood had perished.

  6. وَالبَليد الطِباع مِن

    عُنصرٍ ما بِهِ حَيَض

    And the dull-natured man, from

    a stock with no menstrual blood,

  7. عامَلَ القَومَ بِالجَفا

    وَلطُرقِ الوَفا رَفَض

    treated the people harshly,

    and spurned the paths of fidelity.

  8. جَهل النَحوَ وَالَّذي

    قَرَّرَ القَوم قَد نَقَض

    He knew no grammar, and what

    the people had established, he overturned.

  9. فَلِهَذا وَشبهه

    وِلِأَمرٍ هُوَ الغَرَض

    So, for this and its like,

    and for a matter that was the aim,

  10. رَفَعوهُ بِجَرّه

    بَدل النَصبِ فَاِنخَفض

    they ‘raised’ him by dragging him down,

    instead of appointing him, and so he sank.

  11. عوّضُونا مَكانَهُ

    عوضاً يا لَهُ عوَض

    They gave us in his place

    Awad—what a replacement!

  12. خَيرَ قاضي عَساكر ال

    دينِ بِالحَقِّ قَد نَهَض

    The best judge of the armies of the

    faith, who has indeed risen for truth.

  13. أَعدلُ الخَلقِ إِن قَضى

    أَكرَمُ الناسِ إِن عَرَض

    The most just of all creation when he judges,

    the most generous of people when he gives,

  14. أَعلَمُ القَومِ بِالَّذي

    شَرَعَ الحَقَّ وَاِفتَرَض

    the most learned of the people in what

    the True One prescribed and made obligatory.

  15. وَبِهِ قامَ مِثلَما

    قامَ بِالجَوهَرِ العَرَض

    And he stood by it, just as

    an accident subsists in substance.

  16. فَلِذا قالَ هاتِفٌ

    في خِطابٍ لَهُ وَحَض

    So a voice called out,

    addressing him and urging him on:

  17. أَنتَ ذاكَ الَّذي عَلا

    ما بِهِ جاءَ وَاِنتَهَض

    You are that man: exalted is

    what you have brought, and risen high.

  18. قُم وَخُذهُ مُؤَرِّخاً

    جَدِّد الدينَ يا عَوَض

    Rise, and take it as a chronogram:

    Renew the faith, O Awad!