لا تَخَل كُنتَ في الفَجيعَةِ فَرداً

كُلُّ قَلبٍ لِجَرحِ قَلبِكَ دامِ

Do not despair though you were alone in anguish,

Every heart bleeds for the wounds of your heart.

إِن أَزالوكَ عَن رِآسَةِ حُكمٍ

لَم تَزَل صَدرَ دَولَةِ الأَفهامِ

If they dismissed you from leadership,

You remain foremost in the realm of minds.

في ضِفافِ الأُردُنِّ يَجري عَلى الغَو

رِ كَساقٍ يُديرُ كَأسَ المَدامِ

On the banks of Jordan flows a stream

With shanks that swirl a cup of wine.

وَتَباشيرٌ لِلرَبيعِ أَضاءَت

فيي عِرارٍ مِن زَهرِهِ وَبِشامِ

Harbingers of spring have illuminated

A barren land with flowers and fragrance.

وَسَلامي عَلى الخَليلِ وَشَوقي

وَعَلى حافِظِ بَديعِ النِظامِ

My greetings to al-Khalil and al-Shawqi

And the keeper of the sublime system.

الثُرَيّا الَّتي قَدِمتُ عَلَيها

بِضَئيلِ السُهى وَشِبهِ القَتامِ

Al-Thurayya that I came upon

With little provisions and near darkness.