ذَهَبوا إِلى أَن المُروءة أَصبَحَت

تَحتَ الثَرى وَالرَدمِ وَالأَطلالِ

They claimed that chivalry has vanished

Under ruins, rubble, and debris

فَأَجبتهم كفوا فَإِنَّ مَقالَكُم

خال عَن التَفصيل وَالإِجمال

I replied, desist, your words

Are void of details and abstraction

وَتَحققوا أَن المُروءة أَشرَقَت

أَنوارها بِحسينها المِفضال

Verify that chivalry has shone

With the lights of its noble Hussein

رَب السَماحة وَالمَهارة وَالذَكا

وَالرَأي وَالتَدبير وَالإِجلال

Lord of generosity, skill, intelligence

Opinion, management, and veneration

بَحر السِياسة وَالكياسة وَالوَفا

وَالعلم وَالعرفان وَالأَعمال

Ocean of politics, discretion, loyalty

Knowledge, cognition, and actions

وَمَتى سَمعتم أَو رَأَيتم أَنَّهُ

قَد نالَها هَولٌ مِن الأَهوال

When did you hear or see that it

Was afflicted by any horrors

وَحسين يَرعى عَهدَها وَيجيرها

مِن ظُلم دَهر قاطع الأَوصال

And Hussein who nurtures its covenant and protects it

From the injustice of time severing joints

وَيذب عَن أَبنائها بِحَماسةٍ

مَقرونةٍ بِالعز وَالإدلال

And defends its children with passion

Coupled with might and fondness

وَيَفيض غَيث نَواله في أَرضها

فَيَزول عَنهُ شدة الإِمحال

And the rain of his gifts pours in its land

So the severity of impossibility disappears from it

وَيَجود بِالمال الجَزيل وَبِالندى

لِجَميع صبيتها مَع الانجال

And he generously bestows ample money and dew

Upon all its youths and babies

وَإِذا دَعَى لملمةٍ أَلفيتَه

ماضي العَزيمة ثابتَ الأَقوال

And when he calls for a united stand you find him

Resolute in determination, steadfast in words

وَلَهُ الإِمارة عَن أَبيه وَخاله

لَيث الحُروب وَفارس الأَبطال

And he has the rule from his father and uncle

The lion of wars and knight of champions

وَبفهمه المَشهور أَضحى مُفرداً

بَينَ الوَرى في سائر الأَحوال

With his famed understanding he became singular

Among all creation in all conditions

وَبحسن منطقه وَفصل خِطابه

يَنجاب غَيم سَحائب الإشكال

With the beauty of his speech and eloquence of his address

He dispels the clouds of problems

وَبلطف منهجه القَويم وَسيره

في حكمه المتنوّع الأَشكال

With the uprightness of his approach and conduct

In his diverse and varied rule

وَعلوّ همته وَطيب حديثه ال

مشحون بالآيات وَالأَمثال

The loftiness of his ambition and pleasantness of his discourse

Adorned with signs and proverbs

تَحيا رُسوم الفَضل بَعدَ فَنائِها

وَتَعود بِهجَتِها مَع الأحفال

The ethics of merit are revived after their demise

And their splendor returns with celebrations

فَاللَه يَحفظه وَيَرفع قَدره

وَيمدّه بِالنَصر وَالإقبال

May God protect him and elevate his worth

And support him with victory and acceptance

وَيَزيده حلماً وَفهماً ثاقِباً

وَفَراسة وَشَهامة الرئبال

And increase his patience and penetrating wisdom

And foresight, valor, and intrepidity

وَمَهابة وَسَكينة وَنجابة

وَبُلوغ مَأمول وَصدق مَقال

And awe, tranquility, decency

And attainment of hopes and truth of speech

وَشَجاعة وَسَعادة بِسياسة

وَصِيانة وَكَذا حَميد خِصال

And courage, prosperity with policy

And safekeeping, and also commendable traits

ما لاحَ في أُفق العُلوم كَواكبٌ

وَأَضاءَ بَدر في سَماء كَمال

Like planets that shone in the horizon of knowledge

And the full moon illuminated the sky of perfection

وَأَدام بَهجته وَأَيد مَجده

وَعَلَيهِ أَسبغ فَضله المُتوالي

May He perpetuate his delight and support his glory

And bestow on him His endless grace