أَلَم تَرَني صَبِرتُ عَلى خَريمٍ

أَلَم تَرَني صَبِرتُ عَلى خَريمٍ

وَكانَ فِداؤُهُ أَهلي وَمالي

وَكانَ فِداؤُهُ أَهلي وَمالي

Have you not seen me bear Kharim's loss patiently?

Did you not see me be patient with an infirm old man

Do you not see how I patiently endured the loss of Kharim,

Though my family and wealth would have been his ransom.

Whose ransom was my family and wealth?

Even though my family and my wealth would have been his ransom?

وَلوَ أَنّي شللت مِن يَميني

وَلوَ أَنّي شللت مِن يَميني

لأفردت اليَمين عَن الشِمال

لأفردت اليَمين عَن الشِمال

And had I been paralyzed in my right hand,

And had my right hand been paralyzed

And even if my right hand were to wither,

I would have separated the right hand from the left.

I would have isolated it from the left

Leaving the right severed from the left,

وَلَكِنّي صبرت عليهِ إِنّي

وَلَكِنّي صبرت عليهِ إِنّي

رأيت الصَبر أَحجى بِالرِجال

رأيت الصَبر أَحجى بِالرِجال

But I bore his loss patiently, for I

But I was patient with him, for I

Yet I bore his loss with patience, for indeed I

Found patience more fitting for men.

Saw patience as the mark of great men

Deemed patience the most worthy trait for men.

فَتى حازَ المَكارِم وَهوَ طفل

فَتى حازَ المَكارِم وَهوَ طفل

وَأورى يافِعاً زند المَعالي

وَأورى يافِعاً زند المَعالي

A youth who attained noble virtues while still a child,

A young man who attained glory as a child

A young man who possessed noble virtues while merely a child,

And as an adolescent struck fire from the firestick of lofty deeds.

And showed manliness while still a youth

And struck the flint of high glory while still an adolescent,

وَشادَ لِقَومِهِ مَجداً سَيَبقى

وَشادَ لِقَومِهِ مَجداً سَيَبقى

بَقاءَ الراسِيات مِن الجِبال

بَقاءَ الراسِيات مِن الجِبال

And built for his people a glory that will endure

He brought glory to his people, glory that will last

And built for his people a glory that will remain,

As long as the firmly rooted mountains endure.

As long as the firm mountains stand

Lasting as long as the firmly anchored mountains.

وَكانَ لَنا الخَليفَةَ مِن أَبيهِ

وَكانَ لَنا الخَليفَةَ مِن أَبيهِ

لِيَنهَض بالملمّات الثِقالِ

لِيَنهَض بالملمّات الثِقالِ

And for us he was his father's successor,

And he was for us a successor to his father

He was for us the true successor of his father,

To contend with weighty calamities.

To undertake with strong resolve this heavy task

Rising to shoulder the heavy burdens of calamity.

فَلا تبعَد فكلّ فَتى أُناسٍ

فَلا تبعَد فكلّ فَتى أُناسٍ

سَيفجعهم بِهِ صَرفَ اللَيالي

سَيفجعهم بِهِ صَرفَ اللَيالي

So may you not be far away; for every youth a people has,

So do not despair, for every man of character

So may you not be cast far from mercy, for every tribe's youth

The vicissitudes of the nights will bereave them of him.

Will grieve them when the nights go by

Shall be taken from them by the turning of the nights.

فَإِن تَكُ للبِلى أَمسَيتَ رَهناً

فَإِن تَكُ للبِلى أَمسَيتَ رَهناً

فَقَد أَبقَيتَ مَجداً غَيرَ بالِ

فَقَد أَبقَيتَ مَجداً غَيرَ بالِ

So if you have become a hostage to decay,

And if you are destined for ruin, you will remain

For if you have now become a hostage to decay,

You have indeed left behind a glory that does not decay.

A glory that does not disappear or fade

You have surely left behind a glory that shall never fade.