مَولايَ سعدَ الدين دعوةَ آمِلٍ
مِن بَحر فَيضِ يَدَيكَ خير مُؤَمِّلِ
My Master Sa'd al-Din, the hopeful plea
From the abundant grace of your hands, the best to hope for
إِن ارتَحِل بالجِسم عَنكَ فانَّ لي
قَلباً أَقامَ لَدَيكَ لَمّا يَرحلِ
If my body departs from you, I still have
A heart that stays with you and does not leave
أَعدَدتُهُ لِلدَهر أَنفَعَ عُدَّةٍ
وَعَليهِ بَعدَ اللَهِ فيهِ مُعَوّلي
I prepared it for eternity as the most useful preparation
And after God, it is on Him that I depend
لَو حارَبَت أَرضٌ سِواها حارَبَت
أَرض الشامِ عليه أَرضَ الموصِل
If any land fought another, it would fight
The land of Syria over which is the land of Mosul
تَشتاقه أَرضُ الشامِ وَأَهلُها
شَوقَ العِطاشِ إِلى بَرود المنهَلِ
The land of Syria and its people long for it
With the thirst of the thirsty for the coolness of water
غَيثُ الفَقرِ المرمِلِ كهف الغَري
بِ المُبتَلى رَدءُ الضَعيفِ الأَعزَل
It is the rain of poverty, the refuge of the naked,
The shelter for the afflicted, the cloak for the helpless
ربُّ الشَجاعَة وَالسَماحَةِ وَالتُقى
أَسَدُ الوَغى الحامي وَزادَ المرمِلِ
The Lord of courage, generosity and piety
The lion of valor, the protector and supplier of weapons
وَيَزيدُني شَوقاً إِلَيهِ أَن أَرى
أَهلَ الفَضائِلِ عادِمي متَفضِّل
And it increases my longing for him when I see
The people of virtue deprived of a benefactor
تَمَّت فَواضِلُهُ عَلى سُؤالِهِ
وَنَمت فَعَمَّت كُلَّ مَن لَم يَسألِ
His generosity fulfilled the requests of those who asked
And it spread and encompassed all those who did not ask
أَصبَحتَ سعدَ الدينِ أَسعَدَ آمِلٍ
وَجَنى الحَديثِ وَنزهَةَ المتأمِّل
You have made Sa'd al-Din the happiest hopeful one
And the essence of conversation and the delight of the contemplator
وَنَصَرتَ نورَ الدينِ حينَ نَصحتَ بالرَ
أيِ الأَصيلِ وَبالحُسامِ المُفضلِ
And you supported Nur al-Din when you advised excellent
Opinion, and the chosen sword
وَشَهامَةٌ أَبَداً تقيِّدُ مَنزِلاً
عَن شاهِقٍ وَمُجَّدلاً عَن أَجدَلِ
And courage forever ties down
The towering from the lowly and distinguishes the brave from the coward
غَيثُ الوَرى ذو ديمَة لا تَنجَلي
لَيثُ الوَغى ذو عَزمَة ما تأتَلي
It is an unceasing rain, a lion whose determination does not weaken
It is the rain of the land, the lion of valor whose resolve does not falter
وَعد الفَتى دينٌ وَعبدُكَ ساهِم
في الحالَتين فعَلتَ أَو لَم تَفعَلِ
The promise of the young man is an obligation, and your servant
In both cases did or did not do
