لَعَمري لَئِن كانَ اِبنُ أُمّي دَعَت بِهِ

شَعوبٌ مِنَ الأَحداثِ ذاتُ ضَريرِ

By my life, if my mother's son answered when called

By the young folk of the tribes with cries of misfortune,

لَقَد كانَ مِعجالاً قِراهُ وَجارُهُ

أَعَزُّ مِنَ العَصماءِ فَوقَ ثَبيرِ

To his neighbors he'd be a refuge; past compare

More precious than virginity over a grave.

أَخي ما أَخي ما مِن أَخٍ كانَ مِثلَهُ

لِلَيلَةِ ريحٍ لِلقِرى وَنَصيرِ

O brother mine, no brother was ever such as thou:

A night wind for the villages, ready with help.