1. ان الذي بمماته

    هجر الحياة وسحرها

    Indeed, he who, at his death,

    left life and its enchantment,

  2. وحياته يالحب قد

    كانت تمازج غيرها

    and whose life, through love, had

    mingled with other lives,

  3. يولي المحبه قومه

    منحوه أو بخلوا بها

    who gave his people love,

    whether they gave him love or withheld it,

  4. وبلاده قد عاش حتي

    مات ينشد خيرها

    and who lived for his homeland until

    he died, seeking its good,

  5. وينشب نار جهادها

    دهرا ويرفع قدرها

    and kindling the fire of its struggle

    for long years, and raising its standing—

  6. يكفيه نبلا انه

    أدي الرساله وانتها

    it is nobility enough for him that he

    fulfilled the mission and reached his end.