يَظَلُّ لَهُ سَيفُ النَّبِيِّ كَأَنَّما

يَظَلُّ لَهُ سَيفُ النَّبِيِّ كَأَنَّما

لَهُ دَمعَةٌ مِن لَوعَةِ الشَّوقِ تَذرِفُ

لَهُ دَمعَةٌ مِن لَوعَةِ الشَّوقِ تَذرِفُ

The Prophet's sword remains with him, as though

The sword of the Prophet remains for him as if

It has a tear flowing from the anguish of longing.

It has a teardrop of yearning sorrow dripping

حَمائِلُهُ وَالبَردُ تَعلَمُ أَنَّهُ

حَمائِلُهُ وَالبَردُ تَعلَمُ أَنَّهُ

هُوَ الطِّينَةُ الأولى الَّتي كانَ يعرِفُ

هُوَ الطِّينَةُ الأولى الَّتي كانَ يعرِفُ

Its baldrics and the cloak know that he

Its sheaths and the cold know that he

Is the original clay it once knew.

Is the original clay that it used to recognize

حَلَفتُ وَمِن حَقِّ الَّذي قُلتُ إِنَّني

حَلَفتُ وَمِن حَقِّ الَّذي قُلتُ إِنَّني

أَقولُ وَأَثني بَعد ذاكَ وَأَحلِفُ

أَقولُ وَأَثني بَعد ذاكَ وَأَحلِفُ

I swore—and it is only right, given what I said, that I

I swore and by the right of what I said that I

Speak and praise thereafter, and swear.

Say and praise after that and swear

فَما هابَ أَهلُ الظُّلمِ مِثلَكَ سايساً

فَما هابَ أَهلُ الظُّلمِ مِثلَكَ سايساً

وَلا أَنصَفَ المَظلومَ مِثلُكَ مُنصِفُ

وَلا أَنصَفَ المَظلومَ مِثلُكَ مُنصِفُ

For wrongdoers have feared no ruler as they fear you,

So the people of injustice never feared anyone like you as a politician

Nor has any just man treated the wronged as fairly as you.

And no one was as fair to the oppressed as you are fair