أنت ابنُ عمّي الذي قد كان بعدَ أبي

أنت ابنُ عمّي الذي قد كان بعدَ أبي

إذا غابَ عني أبي لي حاضِنا وأَبا

إذا غابَ عني أبي لي حاضِنا وأَبا

You are the son of my uncle, who was, after my father,

You are my cousin who came after my father

When my father was absent from me, a guardian and father to me.

When my father was absent, you were my caretaker and father

ما إِن عَرفتُ سوى عَمّي أبيكَ أباً

ما إِن عَرفتُ سوى عَمّي أبيكَ أباً

ولا سِواك أخاً طِفلاً ولا شِيَبا

ولا سِواك أخاً طِفلاً ولا شِيَبا

I have known no father but my uncle, your father,

I have known no one but your father as a father

Nor any brother but you, in childhood or when gray-haired.

And no one but you as a brother, neither as a child nor old man

كم فرّجتْ يدُك اليُمنى بذي شُطَبٍ

كم فرّجتْ يدُك اليُمنى بذي شُطَبٍ

في مأزَقٍ حرِجٍ عن وجهيَ الكُرَبا

في مأزَقٍ حرِجٍ عن وجهيَ الكُرَبا

How often your right hand, with a grooved sword, has lifted

How often has your right hand relieved me

The sorrows from my face in a dire predicament.

In dire straits and distress from worries

وهؤلاء أهلُ شركٍ لا خلاقَ لهم

وهؤلاء أهلُ شركٍ لا خلاقَ لهم

من ماتَ كان لنارٍ أُوقدتْ حَطَبا

من ماتَ كان لنارٍ أُوقدتْ حَطَبا

And these are polytheists, with no share of good;

And these are people of partnership who have no morals

Whoever dies becomes firewood for a fire set ablaze.

Whoever among them died, was for a fire whose wood was gathered