جزَى اللَّهُ عَنَّا زَاهِراً في صَنِيعِهِ

بِنَا خَيرُ ما يُجزَى علَى الخَيرِ مُنْعِمُ

May God reward Zahir on our behalf for what he has done

for us—the finest reward a benefactor receives for goodness.

تَتَبَّعَ أقْصَى ثَارَنَا فأَصَابَهُ

فَمَا طُلَّ مِنَّا عِندَ نُصْرَتِهِ دَمُ

He pursued our vengeance to its farthest reach and attained it,

so through his aid no blood of ours was left unavenged.

دَرَى أنَّ عندَ الحُوتِ بَعضَ دِمَائِنَا

فَخَاضَ إلِيهِ البَحْرَ والبَحْرُ مُفْعَمُ

He knew that some of our blood was with the whale,

so he plunged through the sea toward it, though the sea brimmed full.

وَأَغْرَبَ في استِئْصَالِهِ فَأتَى بِهَا

يَشُقُّ علَى مُسْتَصيدِيهِ ويَعْظُمُ

He went to extraordinary lengths to root it out, and brought off a feat

that proves arduous and formidable to those who would hunt it.

فَأصْبَحَ صَيَّاداً ومَا كَانَ قَبلَها

بِشيءٍ سِوَى صَيدِ الفضَائِلِ يَعْلَمُ

Thus he became a hunter, though before this

he was known for hunting nothing but virtues.

فَمَا مَدَّ كَفّاً للتُرَاةِ ولا مَشَى

بِأقْدَامِهِ في الأخْذِ للثَّارِ مُسْلِمُ

No Muslim stretched out a hand for vengeance,

nor walked on his own feet to exact revenge.

فَحَيَّاهُ عَنِّي حَيثُ ما حَطَّ رِجْلَهُ

من الأرْضِ مَحْلُولُ النِّطَاقَينِ مِرْزمُ

So wherever upon the earth he sets down his foot, let him be greeted for me

by a thundering rain cloud, its twin girdles loosened.