فَقَدنا عَميدَ الحَيِّ فَالرُكنُ خاشِعٌ

لِفَقدِ أَبي عُثمانَ وَالبَيتُ وَالحِجرُ

We have lost the pillar of the clan, so the pillar is grieving

for the loss of Abu Uthman, and the house and the stone.

وَكانَ هِشامُ بنُ المُغيرَةِ عِصمَةً

إِذا عَرَكَ الناسَ المَخاوِفُ وَالفَقرُ

Hisham ibn al Mugheera was a protection

when people were beset by fears and poverty.

بِأَبياتِهِ كانَت أَرامِلُ قَومِهِ

تَلوذُ وَأَيتامُ العَشيرَةِ وَالسفرُ

With his verses the widows of his clan

would find refuge, and the orphans of the clan and journey.

فَوَدَّت قُريشٌ لَو فَدَتهُ بِشَطرِها

وَقَلَّ لَعَمري لَو فَدَوهُ لَهُ الشَطرُ

So Quraysh wished that they could ransom him with half of themselves

By my life, they would have ransomed him for half.

نَقولُ لِعَمرٍو أَنتَ مِنهُ وَإِنَّنا

لَنَرجوكَ في جلِّ المُهِمّاتِ يا عَمرُو

We say to Amr: you are from him, and indeed we

hope for you in all difficult matters, O Amr.