أَمِن ذِكرِ صَخرٍ دَمعُ عَينِكِ يَسجُمُ

بِدَمعٍ حَثيثٍ كَالجُمانِ المُنَظَّمِ

Does the memory of Sakhr cause your eyes to shed tears

With plentiful tears like pearls threaded together?

فَتىً كانَ فينا لَم يَرَ الناسُ مِثلَهُ

كَفالاً لِأُمٍّ أَو وَكيلاً لِمَحرَمِ

Among us there was a youth unlike any other,

A protector of his mother or guardian of the forbidden.

حَسيبٌ يُنالُ المَجدُ مِنهُ بِبَسطَةٍ

وَيَعجُزُ عَن إِفضالِهِ كُلُّ شَيظَمِ

A lord from whom glory is easily attained,

Yet all the firm mountains cannot match his generosity.

فَفَرَّقتَ فَرعَيها وَكُنتَ سَدادَها

إِذا كانَ يَومٌ بالِغاً كُلَّ مُعظَمِ

You separated her branches and were her support

On a momentous day against all formidable foes.

وَما ضاعَتِ الأَرحامُ عِندَكَ وَالَّذي

وَليتَ وَما اِستُحفِظتَ فيها لِمُجرِمِ

Relationships were never lost with you, by the one

Whom you protected and did not fail as a guardian.

كَأَنَّ بُغاةَ الخَيرِ عِندَكَ أَصبَحوا

عَلى نَهَجٍ مِن طافِحِ البَحرِ خِضرِمِ

As if the recalcitrant enemies became with you

On a path overflowing from the green, foaming sea.

تَوَسَّعتَ لِلحاجاتِ يا صَخرُ كُلِّها

فَحامَ إِلى مَعروفِكَ المُتَنَسَّمِ

You were generous, O Sakhr, for all needs,

So the scent of your kindness diffused to the delighted.

وَأَنتَ اِبنُ فَرعِ القَومِ يا صَخرُ كُلِّها

إِذا قالَ فُرسانُ اللُقا صَخرُ أَقدِمِ

You are the son of your people’s lineage, O Sakhr,

If the horsemen of eloquence said Sakhr is the eldest.

إِذا ذَكَرَت نَفسي نَداهُ وَبَأسَهُ

تَحَسَّرَ عَنها كُلُّ عَيشٍ وَأَنعُمِ

When my soul recalls his voice and strength,

All life and bliss will regret the loss of him.