محمد ما أخلفتنا ما وعدتنا

صدقت وقال الحق فيك ضمير

Muhammad, you did not fail us, you did not break your promise

You were truthful and spoke the truth, you have a conscience

فأنت خضم العلم حال سكونه

وأنت خضم العلم حين تثور

You are learned when knowledge is still, and learned when it stirs

You are the prince of retention, speech, and prohibition

وأنت أمير الحفظ والقول والنهى

إذا لم ينل تلك الثلاث أمير

If those three do not have a prince

You are above the learned of the people, their teacher

ففوق عليم القوم منك معلِّم

وفوق وزير القوم منك وزير

And above the advisors of the people, their advisor

If our opponents are ignorant towards us one day

إذا جهلت يوما علينا خصومنا

فإنك من جهل الخصوم مجير

You protect us from the ignorance of opponents

And if they brandish their pens, you brandish after them

وإن جردوا الأقلام جردت إثرها

يراعا له في الخافقين صرير

Watching out for him among the horizons a whistle

If he prays he meets the hatred of the people with hatred

إذا صال لاقى ضيغم القوم ضيغما

له في نفوس الشانئين زئير

For him in the souls of detractors a roar

And you are near in loyalty, hoped for

وأنت قريب في الولاء مؤمل

وأنت أبىّ في الخصام كبير

And you are great in argument, aloof

And I admire you when you do not endure

ويعجبني منك ألتقى حين لا تقى

وجدك حين الهازلون كثير

And I find you when there are many jesters