1. يا كاتب الوادي وحسبك عزةً

    في الناس أنك أكبر الكتّاب

    O writer of the Valley, it is honor enough for you

    among people that you are the greatest of writers.

  2. قاسيت يوم قضى وحيدك وحشة

    لم تغن فيها كثرة الأصحاب

    On the day your only son died, you endured a loneliness

    in which a multitude of friends brought no relief.

  3. أخذت من المهج الخطوب نصيبها

    همّاً وما هانت على الألباب

    Calamities have exacted their share from hearts

    in grief, and have not weighed lightly upon minds.

  4. إن راح للوادي وحيدك فدية

    فلك العزاء بألفة الأحزاب

    If your only son has gone as a sacrifice for the Valley,

    then yours is consolation in the concord of the parties.

  5. عزّاك فيه العالمون وإنني

    لأرى مصابك فيه بعض مصابي

    All the world has consoled you over him, and I

    indeed see your loss in him as part of my own.

  6. صنت الوفاء لأهله ولغيرهم

    حتى شغلت بما لهم عمّا بي

    I kept faith with those deserving it and with others,

    until their concerns distracted me from my own.