نزحت لبينِ النازحين مدامعِي

وعادوا فعادت رُجَّعاً عبرَاتي

My tears migrated to the place of the migrants

And they came back reflected in my weeping

وكنتُ من الأفكارِ والدمع بعدهم

كأنِّيَ في بحرٍ من الظلمات

And I was after them from thoughts and tears

As if I were in a sea of darkness

كأنِّيَ معكوسٌ من السهدِ والأسى

فليلِي معاشِي والنهارُ سباتي

As if I were upside down from misery and sorrow

So my night is my livelihood and the day is my slumber

بعادٌ وقربٌ فيهما النوحُ والبكا

أعلِّمُ وُرْقَ الطيرِ في الوَكنات

Absence and presence in both is weeping and crying

I teach the leaves of birds in the nests

وزيرَ العلى والعلمِ والبرِّ والتقى

على أيمنِ الأوقات والحركات

Minister of the Most High, knowledge, righteousness and piety

At the best of times and movements

قدِمتَ بوفد الرأي والعزمِ والندَى

وقدْ كانَ يكفِي وافد البركات

You came with the delegation of opinion, determination and clarity

And the arrival of blessings would have sufficed

قدومَ الحيا يروِي ظمَا كلّ منبتٍ

ضعيفٍ فيا بشرى لضعفِ نبات

The arrival of the living waters every weak sprout

So good tidings to the weakness of growth

ذخرنا نداه في الورى وَوَلاءهُ

ليومِ حياةٍ أو ليومِ ممات

We stockpiled his support in creation and his loyalty

For a day of life or a day of death

وليّ غمامٍ أو وليّ عبادةٍ

ترجِّيه للإحسان والحسنات

My guardian of clouds or my guardian of worship

I hope for his benevolence and good deeds

إذا بسطت كفَّاه باليمنِ للورى

رجوا بسطها للأمنِ بالدعوات

When he extends his palms to the right for the people

Hope through his prayers for security

هو المرء خافَ الله في كلّ حالةٍ

فخافتهُ حتَّى الأسدُ في الفلوات

He is the man who feared God in every situation

So even the lion feared him in the wilderness

وقوَّى ضعيف الحالِ منا بدهرِهِ

خلا ما بلحظِ الغِيدِ من فترات

And empowered the weak state of us in his time

Apart from the naps of drowsiness

فلا كلم الأعداء جانب جاههُ

ودامَ مطاعاً نافذَ الكلمات

So no enemy spoke against his side

And he remained obeyed, effective in speech