لا فَجعَ إِلّا كَما فُجِعتُ بِهِ

مِن فارِسٍ كانَ دونَنا حَدِبا

No grief except as I grieved for him

A horseman who was graceful among us

يا صَفَحهُ عَن جَوابِ جاهِلِنا

حِلماً وَيا عِزَّهُ إِذا غَلَبا

O you who pardon the ignorance of fools

With forbearance, and o you whose might prevails when the battle is joined

وَيا قِراهُ العَدُوَّ مُرهَفَةً

بيضاً وَيا لينَهُ إِذا صَحِبا

O you whose enemy's abodes are left desolate

As well as o you whose softness companions find when they draw near

وَيا جَداهُ لِمَن أَلَمَّ بِهِ

يَوماً وَيا وَصلَهُ لِمَن قَرُبا

O you who pains those who injured him

One day, and o you who joins those who come close

لَو نالَ خُلداً مِن قَبلِهِ أَحَدٌ

مَدَّت إِلى الخُلدِ كَفُّهُ سَبَبا

If anyone before had attained immortality

His hands would have provided the means to immortality