1. The caravan longed for your face in the morning
So the night blossomed with two dawns beaming

2. A sun worshipper yearned for your shadows
To rest his passions, my thirst quenching

3. May God protect the planets from an invader
And keep you among them, a sailing moon

4. And reassure every sea for the neighbors
And deliver them happiness and success

5. The holy city, they defiled with oppressors
Did our brigades protect the lowlands?

6. Did we draw swords against the unjust claim
Of the indecent and arrogant crowds?

7. We did not rage when it was a sanctuary
For plunder, and a people free for all

8. Nor did our horsemen block an enemy
Nor did our zealots rage with struggle

9. Nor did our swords shake choosing their victims
Nor did our purebreds neigh with joy

10. We will engage the Jews with blood and fire
With no hesitation or lofty goals

11. We avoided the conquerors, so never again
Will we see conquerors or wandering souls

12. If our tongues are silenced, we will connect
With our hands the swords that articulate

13. If the eloquent are muted, we have found
Fiery tongues in the cries that speak out

14. Our roars subdued tyranny's thunder
And silenced quakes and gales outright

15. These pebbles recognize our blood spilt here
And skulls and limbs that withered in the fight

16. Severed parts the sands wished to shroud
With poppies and sweet basil from Paradise

17. Blowing upon our hero's grave who fell
Among the torrents with passions alight

18. So he glimpsed in the mirage a martyr's dream
Imagining, amid the chaos, clear water to invite

19. Never denied of Paradise's meadows
At dawn blanketed in peace and plight

20. Protected the world of Umayyad glory
With strong roots the spears upright

21. Abu Hassa, if calamities have raged
He challenged fate and resisted outright

22. I smell the bright musk so pure
As if dawn gleams on his cheeks so bright

23. Tested by afflictions, he never complained
If not for his dignity, he may have wailed

24. Remembering Damascus, your brother Saad
One cannot help but mention those held dear

25. The most compassionate and natural of men
And fiercest against the tyrant upright

26. Never startled by death, he engages in battle
So if the villain defames, no need to take flight

27. When Damascus wept for your brother Saad
She wept for valor and grace contrite

28. We carried its star on our wings
And plucked its glory and passion outright

29. Wounds in your core now soothed
You have honored agony without losing sight

30. As if worry itself visits you, so it finds
On your expression joy and respite

31. Never before have I seen worries so spoiled
And sorrows lavished with delight

32. Worries themselves recoil from one so noble
To return from his cheer as cheerful sunlight

33. O world of Umayyad don't disregard
Your youth overwhelming the vast respite

34. You rose upon the ages a guiding light
The morning you began your conquest outright

35. The worthy are not empowered over the meek
Some disgrace, you mistake, as upright!

36. You taught civilization, it is the dawn
That spills over the cosmos spreading twilight

37. How civilization cleansed and refined
Yet how civilization also bred those who blight

38. You taught chivalry, it is a scent
Of Paradise that intoxicates us with its respite

39. You taught Arabness, it is our honor
Never to be disgraced or profaned outright

40. Glory filled you, never to be
For any but your youth, all hopes alight

41. Take whatever you wish, make requests
Of the bounty in this life, bring to light

42. Abu Hassa, noble friend, elevate
My praises, a pride and tribute outright

43. My afflictions I have not relayed, and we
Do not number them, though abundant in plight

44. When calamities crowd me, I gather
My will, and will not waver in respite

45. If misfortunes pressed Thabeer when fires flared
His pride would roar and seethe in spite

46. More painful than misfortunes, a friend
Whose jealousy defiles our dignity outright

47. He hides his hatred, embers and rage
And listens to me, feigning empathy contrite

48. He claims his schemes are secretive guiles
But time itself exposed him in broad daylight

49. He denies yet if revealed, he would regret
Mocking freely and laughing with delight

50. Debased, we do not call it malice
And disgraced, we do not call it a fight

51. If we wished, we would punish him, but to please
Our character, we pardon with respite

52. Does Damascus disown me, when in my heart
I took its swords and spears without respite

53. If I forget loyalty amid calamities
They pardoned the glaring betrayal outright

54. I sang of Damascus, its blood and revenge
With no complaints, though known is its plight

55. Your auspicious era crowned my poetry
Adorning it with its gems so bright