يا مَنْ له المَجْدُ بمجموعِهِ

من نازِحٍ قاصٍ ومنْ حاضرِ

O you whose is glory in all its fullness,

among the far-removed and distant, and those present—

ومَنْ إذا يَمَّمَهُ لاجيءٌ

قامَ مقامَ السيفِ والماطِرِ

and you who, whenever a refugee turns toward you,

stand in place of both the sword and the rain-cloud:

أذْكِرُكَ العهْدَ وأبْناءَهُ

وأنتَ عينُ الخابرِ الذَّاكِرِ

I call to your mind the old bond and those born of it,

though you are the very one who knows and remembers.

إنَّ بني الصَّاحِبِ قد فاتَهُمْ

أرْوَعُ مِثلُ العَلَمِ الزَّاهِرِ

Indeed, the sons of al-Ṣāḥib have lost

an awe-inspiring man, like a radiant standard.

وكمْ له منْ سالِفٍ سابِقٍ

وصُحْبةٍ تُحْفظُ للآخِرِ

How many a bygone service of his came before,

and a fellowship to be honored for the one who follows.

وما لِكَسْرِ القومِ فيما لَقوا

غيرُ نَدى كَفَّيْكَ منْ جابِرِ

For the people’s fracture in what befell them

has no mender but the bounty of your two hands.

فعطْفَةً تنْعَشُ جَدَّ العُلى

مُقيلةً منْ وهْنَةِ العاثِرِ

So grant a gracious favor that revives the fortunes of high honor,

raising the stumbling one from the weakness of his fall.