مُسْمَهِرُّ البأسِ مِنْ مُضَرٍ

مُسْمَهِرُّ البأسِ مِنْ مُضَرٍ

يقْشعرُّ الموتُ مِن حَذَرِهْ

يقْشعرُّ الموتُ مِن حَذَرِهْ

Unyielding in valor, of Mudar,

The undaunted hero from Mudar,

Death shudders for fear of him.

Death shudders in fear of him.

تطْرَبُ الألبابُ مُصْغيَةً

تطْرَبُ الألبابُ مُصْغيَةً

لحديثِ المجدِ من سِيَرِهْ

لحديثِ المجدِ من سِيَرِهْ

Minds thrill as they listen

Hearts flutter listening

to tales of glory drawn from his deeds.

To tales of his glory.

كلما أوسعْتَ مُبْتَلياً

كلما أوسعْتَ مُبْتَلياً

خُبْرَهُ أرْبى على خَبَرِهْ

خُبْرَهُ أرْبى على خَبَرِهْ

Whenever, testing him, you deepen

The more misfortune you heap upon him

your knowledge of him, he surpasses what is told of him.

The more triumphant are his feats.

تُهْزَمُ الأحْداثُ كالِحَةً

تُهْزَمُ الأحْداثُ كالِحَةً

بارْتجالِ الرَّأيِ لا فِكَرهْ

بارْتجالِ الرَّأيِ لا فِكَرهْ

Grim-faced calamities are routed

Disasters are routed effortlessly

by his spontaneous judgment, not his deliberations.

By his quick thinking, not careful plans.

واذا ما أجْدَبَتْ سَنةٌ

واذا ما أجْدَبَتْ سَنةٌ

كانَ سُقْيا الحَيِّ من مَطَرِهْ

كانَ سُقْيا الحَيِّ من مَطَرِهْ

And whenever a year turns barren,

And when a year is stricken by drought

the clan is watered by his rain.

He waters the living from his rain.

هو بَحْرٌ من فَضائِلهِ

هو بَحْرٌ من فَضائِلهِ

ومَديحي فيه منْ دُرَرِدْ

ومَديحي فيه منْ دُرَرِدْ

He is a sea through his virtues,

He is an ocean of virtues

and my praise of him is drawn from his pearls.

While my praise is but a pearl.

شَرفُ الدينِ الذي وَضَحَتْ

شَرفُ الدينِ الذي وَضَحَتْ

ظُلَمُ الأحْداثِ منْ غُررهْ

ظُلَمُ الأحْداثِ منْ غُررهْ

Sharaf al-Din, who has illuminated

The honor of religion made bright

the darkness of calamities with his radiant qualities.

By his gems amidst dark events.