خل البكاء وإن رزئت بمثله

خل البكاء وإن رزئت بمثله

وانهض سريعا في طريقة عدله

وانهض سريعا في طريقة عدله

Leave off weeping, though bereaved of one like him;

Stop weeping even if you are saddened by the like of it,

And rise swiftly along his path of justice.

And rise quickly on the path of its justice.

إن العلاء تهدمت أركانه

إن العلاء تهدمت أركانه

والمجد صار معزيا في أهله

والمجد صار معزيا في أهله

The pillars of eminence have indeed crumbled,

Verily glory's pillars have been demolished,

And glory now offers condolences among its people.

And glory has become a consolation for its people.

والفضل أضحى في البرية ذكره

والفضل أضحى في البرية ذكره

من بعد ما شمنا شمائل فضله

من بعد ما شمنا شمائل فضله

And excellence is now a memory among humankind,

Merit has become but a tale in the wilderness,

After we beheld the traits of his excellence.

After we inhaled its noble traits.

والعدل أرتج بابه من بعد ما

والعدل أرتج بابه من بعد ما

قد كان يرجى فتح مغلق قفله

قد كان يرجى فتح مغلق قفله

And justice’s door has been barred, after

Justice has unlocked its door after,

There had been hope of opening its closed lock.

We had hoped to open its locked lock.

والجود والمعروف كل منهما

والجود والمعروف كل منهما

أضحى هشيما بعده من أصله

أضحى هشيما بعده من أصله

And generosity and kindness, each of them,

Generosity and favour, both

Has become dry stubble, root and all, since his passing.

Have become ruins after their origin.

فانهض إلى العلياء وابن حصونها

فانهض إلى العلياء وابن حصونها

فالعجز إن تذر العلاء لنعله

فالعجز إن تذر العلاء لنعله

So rise to lofty honor, and build its fortresses;

So rise to the heights and build its citadels,

For weakness lies in leaving eminence to his sandal.

For if you leave the heights, disgrace will don its shoes.

واسلك على نهج الأفاضل واتبع

واسلك على نهج الأفاضل واتبع

آثارهم وامنع حماك وأعله

آثارهم وامنع حماك وأعله

And tread the path of the virtuous, and follow

And tread the path of the virtuous, follow

Their footsteps; defend your domain and raise it high.

Their traces, and guard your protection and elevation,

واصبر على نوب الزمان وإن يكن

واصبر على نوب الزمان وإن يكن

ما راب قوما دهرهم في مثله

ما راب قوما دهرهم في مثله

And endure the vicissitudes of time, even though

And be patient with the turns of time, even if

No people have ever been troubled by their fate over one like him.

What has afflicted a people in their time is like it.

لله دهر عم فيه صالح

لله دهر عم فيه صالح

أهل البسيطة فضله مع عدله

أهل البسيطة فضله مع عدله

God be praised for an age when Salih embraced

For God has a time in which the righteousness

The people of the earth with his bounty and justice!

Of the people of Al-Besaita, his favour and justice.

لقد اشترى شيم الكرام بحاله

لقد اشترى شيم الكرام بحاله

وبماله وبقومه وبنسله

وبماله وبقومه وبنسله

He truly purchased the virtues of the noble with his conduct,

Indeed he has bought the traits of nobility with his state,

And with his wealth, his people, and his offspring.

Wealth, people and progeny.

إن العلى حكمت وما في حكمها

إن العلى حكمت وما في حكمها

ريب بأن المجد فيه وشبله

ريب بأن المجد فيه وشبله

Indeed, lofty honor has decreed—and its judgment is without

Verily glory has ruled, and in its rule

Doubt—that glory dwells in him and his cub.

There is no doubt that glory lies in it and its cubs.