أَفتى العَوارِفِ وَالعَواطِفِ حاضِراً

وَفَتى العَزائِمِ وَالعَظائِمِ غائِبا

The saints and the tender-hearted pronounced you present,

And the resolute and mighty pronounced you absent.

أَرضَيتَ قَومَكَ وَالهِلالَ وَدَولَةً

عَزَّت بِهِمَّتِكَ الكَبيرَةِ جانِبا

You made your people content, as well as the crescent moon,

Through your great resolve you achieved glory.

فَكَأَنَّما كُنتَ الخَميسَ عَرَمرَماً

وَكَأَنَّما كانت قَناً وَقَواضِبا

It was as if you were Khams, the well-armed,

And as if Qana were boats and canoes.

عَظَّمتَ حُرمَتَها وَصُنتَ ذِمامَها

وَقَضَيتَ مِن تِلكَ الحُقوقِ الواجِبا

You honored its sanctity and protected its authority,

And fulfilled those necessary rights.

وَدَّعتَنا وَمَضيتَ لا مُتَمَهِّلاً

تَلقى شَدائِدَ جَمَّةً وَمَصاعِبا

You bid us farewell and departed hastily,

To meet severe and perilous adversity.

وَأَقَمتَ مُغتَرِباً وَما اِغتَرَبَ اِمرُؤٌ

يَنأى فَيَتَّخِذ العَزائِمَ صاحِبا

You remained an exile, though no man becomes an exile

Except he who shuns his people and takes resolve as friend.

تَأسو جِراحَ الباسِلينَ مُسالِماً

وَكَأَنَّما تَغشى الجِلادَ مُحارِبا

You endure the wounds of heroes peacefully,

As though you wrap the executioner engaged in battle.

وَكَأَنَّما جِئنا نُعَظِّمُ غازِياً

مَلَأَ المَسالِكَ وَالدُروبَ كَتائِبا

It was as if we came to glorify a warrior

Whose regiments and troops filled the roads.

هَزَّ المَنيعَ مِنَ الحُصونِ فَهَدَّهُ

وَمَضى البَلاءُ بِهِ فَبَزَّ الغالبا

He shook the impregnable fortresses and razed them,

And calamity took him, so he emerged the victor.

لَيسَ الثَناءُ لِخامِلٍ أَو جاهِلٍ

يُمسي عَلى جِدِّ الحَوادِثِ لاعِبا

Praise is not for the inactive or ignorant

Who at the events of fate remains blithe.