أَهاجَ لَكِ الدُموعَ عَلى اِبنِ عَمروٍ

مَصائِبُ قَد رُزِئتِ بِها فَجودي

You shed tears for the son of 'Amr

Misfortunes with which my generosity was lessened

بِسَجلٍ مِنكِ مُنحَدِرٍ عَلَيهِ

فَما يَنفَكَّ مِثلَ عَدا الفَريدِ

In an uninterrupted flow from you

Never ceasing, unique among the unique

عَلى فَرعٍ رُزِئتِ بِهِ خُناسٌ

طَويلِ الباعِ فَيّاضٍ حَميدِ

Upon a branch made slender by it, a shy ostriches

Tall in stature, white and praiseworthy

جَليدٍ كانَ خَيرَ بَني سُلَيمٍ

كَريمِهِمِ المُسَوَّدِ وَالمَسودِ

An ice block, the best of Bani Sulaym

Noble among them whether black or whitened

أَبو حَسّانَ كانَ ثِمالَ قَومي

فَأَصبَحَ ثاوِياً بَينَ اللَحودِ

Abu Hassān was the protector of my people

Yet lies fallen amidst the sands

رَهينُ بِلىً وَكُلُّ فَتىً سَيَبلى

فَأَذري الدَمعَ بِالسَكبِ المَجودِ

A hostage of decrepitude, and every youth decays

So spill tears copiously in generous lament

فَأُقسِمُ لَو بَقَيتَ لَكُنتَ فينا

عَديداً لا يُكاثَرُ بِالعَديدِ

I swear had you remained you'd have been among us

Beyond number, not competed with in number

وَلَكِنَّ الحَوادِثَ طارِقاتٌ

لَها صَرفٌ عَلى الرَجُلِ الجَليدِ

But fortunes come like night visitors

Turning at will the stout-hearted man aside

فَإِن تَكُ قَد أَتَتكَ فَلا تُنادي

فَقَد أَودَت بِفَيّاضٍ مَجيدِ

And if they've come to you, do not call out

For they have slain a generous, glorious man

جَليدٍ حازِمٍ قِدَماً أَتاهُ

صُروفُ الدَهرِ بَعدَ بَني ثَمودِ

An intrepid, noble one, there came to him

The turns of fate, after Thamud's clans

وَعاداً قَد عَلاها الدَهرُ قَسراً

وَحِميَرَ وَالجُنودَ مَعَ الجُنودِ

And 'Ad whom time has tyrannously overcome

And the armies of Himyar together with their armies

فَلا يَبعَد أَبو حَسّانَ صَخرٌ

وَحَلَّ بِرَمسِهِ طَيرُ السُعود

So let not Abu Hassān be far, a boulder he was

And the birds of S'uud have alighted in his shade