1. تباشَرَ أهلُ تَدمرَ إذ أتاهمْ

    بأمر أميرنا لهمُ بَشيرُ

    The people of Tadmor rejoiced when there came to them

    a herald with glad tidings concerning our emir.

  2. ولا لأميرِنا ذنبٌ إليهم

    صغيرٌ في الحياةِ ولا كَبيرُ

    And our emir has done them no wrong,

    small or great in this life,

  3. سوى حُبِّ النبيِّ وأقرَبيه

    ومولاهُم بِحُبَّهمُ جديرُ

    save loving the Prophet and his nearest kin;

    and their ally is worthy of their love.

  4. وقالوا لي لكيما يَحزُنوني

    ولكن قولهم إفك وزُورُ

    And they told me, to sadden me—

    but their words are falsehood and lies—

  5. لقد أمسى أخوكَ أبو بجيرٍ

    بمنزلةٍ يُزار ولا يَزورُ

    “Indeed, your brother Abu Bujayr is now

    in a place where he is visited but visits no one.”

  6. وظلّت شيعةُ الهادي عليّ

    كأنَ الأرض تحتهمُ تَمورُ

    And the followers of the guide, Ali, remained

    as though the earth beneath them were heaving.

  7. فبِتُّ كأنّني مَما رَموني

    به في قِدِّ ذي حَلَقٍ أسيرُ

    So I spent the night as though, from what they hurled

    at me, I were a captive in a leather fetter fitted with rings.

  8. كأنَّ مَدامعي وجفونَ عَيني

    تُوخَّزُ بالقَتاد فهنَّ عُورُ

    As though my tear ducts and the lids of my eyes

    were pricked with thornbush spines, leaving them blinded.

  9. أقول عليَّ للرحمنِ نَذر

    صحيحٌ حيث تُحتبسُ النُّذورُ

    I say: I owe the All-Merciful a vow,

    a binding vow, where votive offerings are kept,

  10. بمكّةَ إن لِقيتُ أبا بُجيْرٍ

    صَحيحاً واللّواءُ له يَسيرُ

    in Mecca, if I meet Abu Bujayr

    safe and sound, with the banner advancing for him.