ولئن أقامني الزما

نُ بخطَّتَي عُدمٍ ودَينِ

Although fate has left me in the grasp

Of non-existence and debt,

فلأنَّ قَومي حالَ مَل

كُ الرُّومِ بَينَهمُ وبَيني

My people acted as though

The King of Rome stood between us.

تَبدو المنيَّةُ دُونَهم

زَرقاءَ طَلقاءَ اليَدينِ

To them death seemed

An empty-handed, bright-faced woman.

عَدلَ التَّفجُعُ بيننا

في الحُكِم عَدلَ أبي الحسَينِ

Justice ruled grief among us

As justly as Judge Abul-Husain.

فكأنَّهم جَزِعُوا بقَل

بي للنَّوى وبَكَوا بِعَيني

So they grieved in their hearts for me

And wept from their eyes,

سَبطُ الخَليقَةِ والطَّري

قَةِ والنَّدى والراحَتَينِ

Offspring of the best of mankind,

Of manners and dew and comfort.

فكأنَّهُ والمجَد بَي

نَهُما اقترِانُ الفَرقَدَينِ

So it was as though between glory

And them were joined the two bright stars.