غرباء لكنْ ربُّنا اللهُ
الله نِعْمَ الناصرُ اللهُ
Strangers yet our Lord is Allah
Allah, what a great supporter is Allah
ما يَنْقِمُ الحجرُ الضَّريرُ مِنَ ال
قَمَرِ الُمنيرِ وفيمَ عاداه
Why should the blind rock resent
The shining moon, and what did it transgress?
عَلَتِ المنازلُ يا بُدورُ على
مَنْ لَمْ تَزَلْ في الوحْلِ رِجْلاهُ
The stars rose high, O buds
Upon those whose feet remain in the mud
والنهرُ يَضْحَكُ للرودِ وفي الصَّ
خْرِ الأَصَمِّ يَشُقُّ مَجْراهُ
The river laughs at the bushes, and in the deaf
Brambles, it forces its course
مُلِئَتْ خَفافيشُ الدُّجى هَلَعاً
وضفادعُ السَّبئيِّ إياهُ
The bats of darkness were filled with alarm
And the Arabian toads with it
جُنَّ اليهودُ وقد رأوا عُمراً
قَدْ عادَ حَرْبَتُهُ بيُمْناهُ
The Jews were frightened when they saw Umar
His weapon returned in his right hand
هذا الزمانُ زُمانُنا ... قَدَراً
وإذا الظَّلام أَبى حَرَقْنَاهُ
This is our time...our fate
And if the darkness refused, we burned it
يا للشهيد كأئَّهُ ملَكٌ
دُنياهُ شامخةٌ وأُخراهُ
Oh what a martyr he is, as though an angel
His world lofty, and his hereafter
لله درُّ أبيهِ من بَطَلٍ
كالكوكب الدُّرِّيِّ تَلْقاه
Allah's gift is his father, what a hero
Like a pearl star that you meet
مِسْكُ الجِنانِ يفوحُ مِنْ دَمِهِ
والبدرُ يسطعُ مِنْ مُحَيَّاهُ
The scent of paradise exudes from his blood
And the moon radiates from his forehead
في الأرض نَدْفِنُهُ وفي قممِ ال
فِردوس عندَ اللهِ مَحْياهُ
In the earth we bury him, and at the peaks
Of Paradise with Allah, is his abode
ليلاهُ حَورْاءُ الجنانِ إذا
كلُّ امْرىءٍ شَغَفَتْهُ ليلاهُ
At night, the maidens of Paradise, when
Every man is tempted by his nights
هذا الشهيد ألسْتَ تعْرفُه
ألعِزُّ بين يديهِ والجاهُ
Do you not recognize this martyr?
The most honorable before him, and the eminent
الأرضُ في عينيه خَرْدَلةٌ
وعلى عبيدِ الأرض نعلاهُ
To him, the earth is a mustard seed
And on the slaves of earth, his shoes
سَقْياً لأوَّلِنا وآخِرِنا
ولمنْ بظَهْرِ الغيْب نَهْواهُ
A drink for our first and our last
And for those in the unseen, their station
سَقْياً لوَحْدتنا وفطْرتِنا ال
بيضاءِ والصفحاتُ أشباهُ
A drink for our oneness and our pristine nature
The white, and pages are their siblings
إذْ كالمجرَّة نحنُ تَقْدُمُنا
أقمارُ مكةَ صانها اللهُ
As we are like a galaxy advancing
The moons of Mecca, may Allah protect it
كنا الحَيَا ما حَلَّ في بَلَدٍ
إلا بإذنِ اللهِ أحياهُ
We were alive when no nation settled
Except by Allah's leave did we revive it
كمْ مزَّقَ النِّيْرُ الرقاب فَلَم
تَكُ ساعةٌ حتى سَحَقْناهُ
How the fangs shattered the necks, yet
Not an hour passed before we crushed it
وكلامُ ربعيِّ أَتَذْكُرُه
طيِّبٌ تمنّى الطِّيبُ رَّياهُ
And the words of my friend, do you remember
Good, the good wished its winds
العِزُّ في كَنَفِ العزيز ومَنْ
عبَدَ العَبِيْدَ أذَلَّه اللُه
Honor lies in the care of the Almighty, and whoever
Worshipped slaves, Allah humiliated him
