طَرَقَ النَعِيُّ عَلى صُفَينَةَ غُدوَةً

وَنَعى المُعَمَّمَ مِن بَني عَمروِ

The mourner knocked at dawn on the litter

And lamented the turbaned man from the clan of Amr

حامي الحَقيقَةِ وَالمُجيرَ إِذا

ما خيفَ حَدُّ نَوائِبِ الدَهرِ

Defender of truth and protector when

The vicissitudes of fate were not feared

الحَيُّ يَعلَمُ أَنَّ جَفنَتَهُ

تَغدو غَداةَ الريحِ أَو تَسري

The living know that his eyelid

Will move at dawn or move along

فَإِذا أَضاءَ وَجاشَ مِرجَلُهُ

فَلَنِعمَ رَبَّ النارِ وَالقِدرِ

When his flames roar and boil

Blessed is the Lord of fire and pot

أَبلِغ مَوالِيَهُ فَقَد رُزِئوا

مَولىً يَريشُهُمُ وَلا يَشري

Convey to his supporters, they have lost

A master who covers them and does not buy

يَكفي حُماتَهُمُ وَيَمنَحُهُم

مِئَةً مِنَ العِشرينَ وَالعَشرِ

He protects their tents and grants them

Hundreds of twenties and tens

تُروي سِنانَ الرُمحِ طَعنَتُهُ

وَالخَيلُ قَد خاضَت دَماً يَجري

His spear's point saturates its blades

And the horses waded in flowing blood

قَد كانَ مَأوى كُلِّ أَرمَلَةٍ

وَمُقيلَ عَثرَةِ كُلُّ ذي عُذرِ

He had been the refuge of every widow

And the shelter of every excused person

تَلقى عِيالَهُمُ نَوافِلُهُ

فَتُصيبُ ذا المَيسورِ وَالعُسرِ

His supererogatory prayers meet their families

Thus reaching the affluent and the destitute