أنت ابنُ عمّي الذي قد كان بعدَ أبي

إذا غابَ عني أبي لي حاضِنا وأَبا

You are my cousin who came after my father

When my father was absent, you were my caretaker and father

ما إِن عَرفتُ سوى عَمّي أبيكَ أباً

ولا سِواك أخاً طِفلاً ولا شِيَبا

I have known no one but your father as a father

And no one but you as a brother, neither as a child nor old man

كم فرّجتْ يدُك اليُمنى بذي شُطَبٍ

في مأزَقٍ حرِجٍ عن وجهيَ الكُرَبا

How often has your right hand relieved me

In dire straits and distress from worries

وهؤلاء أهلُ شركٍ لا خلاقَ لهم

من ماتَ كان لنارٍ أُوقدتْ حَطَبا

And these are people of partnership who have no morals

Whoever among them died, was for a fire whose wood was gathered