لا تَحسَبا أَنّي تَضَعضَعَ جانِبي

لا تَحسَبا أَنّي تَضَعضَعَ جانِبي

لِفِقدِ اِمرِئٍ لَو كانَ غَيري تَضَعضَعا

لِفِقدِ اِمرِئٍ لَو كانَ غَيري تَضَعضَعا

Do not think, you two, that my strength has faltered

Do not think that I am shaken by the loss

At the loss of a man—another in my place would have faltered.

Of a man, had it been other than me shaken

بَنِيَّ بِأَعلامِ الجَريرَةِ صُرِّعوا

بَنِيَّ بِأَعلامِ الجَريرَةِ صُرِّعوا

وَكُلُّ اِمرِئٍ يَوماً سَيَأخُذُ مَضجِعا

وَكُلُّ اِمرِئٍ يَوماً سَيَأخُذُ مَضجِعا

My sons were struck down at the landmarks of al-Jarirah,

My sons were struck down bearing the banners of Al-Jurayyirah

And every man will one day take a resting place.

And every man will one day lie in his final resting place

لَعَمري لَقَد أَبقى لِيَ الدَهرُ صَخرَةً

لَعَمري لَقَد أَبقى لِيَ الدَهرُ صَخرَةً

يُرادى بِيَ الباغي وَلَم أَكُ أَضرَعا

يُرادى بِيَ الباغي وَلَم أَكُ أَضرَعا

By my life, Time has indeed left me a rock;

By my life, time has left for me a boulder

Through me the aggressor is pelted, and I have not been meek.

By which I confront the oppressor, and I was not submissive