بَلَدٌ مَشَى بِسُهُولِهِ وَجِبَالِهِ

مُتَدَفِّقًا بِنِسَائِهِ وَرِجَالِهِ

A country walked with its plains and mountains

Gushing with its women and men

وَشَّى لَيَاليَهُ بريقُ دُمُوعِهِ

وَسَرَى الأَسَى لَهَبًا عَلَى آصَالِهِ

Its nights were lit by the glimmer of its tears

And sorrow flowed like flames on its homes

وَإِذَا مَشَى وَهوَ المُفَجَّعُ بابنِهِ

أَكْبِرْ أساه ولا تَسَلْ عَنْ حَالِهِ

And when it walked, grieving for its son

Magnify its sorrow, and do not ask of its state

فِي مَوكبٍ كَالسَّيلِ لولا أَنَّهُ

مُتَمَهِّلٌ وَالصَّمْتُ كُلُّ مَقَالِهِ

In a procession like a torrent, were it not

Going slowly, and silence being all its speech

فَكَأَنَّهُ مُتَعَثِّرٌ بِدُمُوعِهِ

أَوْ أَنَّهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى آمَالِهِ

It's as though tripping on its tears

Or walking upon its hopes

وَهُنَاكَ نَعْشٌ فِي القُلُوبِ سَوَادُهُ

فَكَأَنَّمَا فِيهَا مَحَطُّ رِحَالِهِ

And there a coffin, the darkness of which

Is like a resting place for it

يَحْتَاطُهُ وَفْدُ الشَّبَابِ مُوَدِّعًا

فِي شَيْخِ نَهْضَتِهِ فَتى اسْتِقْلَالِهِ

Guarded by a delegation of youth bidding farewell

To the shaykh of its awakening, the hero of its independence

وَتَرَى ورَاءَ النَّعْشِ شَعْبًا خَاشِعًا

مُتَبَرِّكًا مِنْهُ بِلَمْسِ ظِلَالِهِ

And behind the bier you see a reverent people

Blessed by touching its shadow

نَكَسَ السِّلاحَ حُمَاتُهُ لَمَّا هَوَى

حَامِي السلامِ شَهِيدَ طُولِ نِضَالِهِ

Its guards have lowered their arms since he who fell

Guardian of peace, martyr of lifelong struggle

فَمَنِ المُسَجَّى غَارِقًا بِسُبَاتِهِ

فِي النَّعشِ يَغْمُرُه بفيضِ جلَالِهِ

So who is he lying drowned in his eternal rest

Flooded with the abundance of his glory?

وَعَلَيْهِ مِنْ نُورِ القَدَاسَةِ هَالَةٌ

ذَرَّاتُهَا البيضاءُ بيضُ فِعَالِهِ

And upon him a halo of holiness

Its white drops the whiteness of his deeds

وَيَمِينُهُ مَمْدُودَةٌ فَكَأَنَّهَا

بُسِطَتْ لآخرِ مَرةٍ بنَوَالِهِ

And his right hand extended as though

It was spread one last time with its generosity

تِلْكَ اليَمِينُ رَعَتْ صَدَاقةَ عَاهِلٍ

كَانَتْ رِقَابُ الناسِ طَوْعَ شِمَالِهِ

That right hand that tended the friendship of a ruler

While people's necks were obedient to its left

وَتَرَى عَلَى شَفَتَيْهِ بَسْمَةَ رَاحَةٍ

هِيَ بَسْمَةُ المَفْكُوكِ مِنْ أَغْلَالِهِ

And you see on his lips a smile of relief

The smile of one unshackled from his chains

أَوْ بَسْمَةُ المَصْلُوبِ حَامِلَةً عَلَى

شَفَتَيْهِ آيَ الصَّفْحِ عَنْ مُغْتَالِهِ

Or the smile of the crucified bearing

On his lips the verses of pardon for his killers

المُطْعِمُ الطَّاوِينَ جُلَّ طَعَامِهِ

وَالوَاهِبُ البؤسَاءَ بَاقِيَ مَالِهِ

The feeder of the starving with all his food

The giver of the destitute the remainder of his money

لَا أَطْلُبُ الرَّحَمَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّي لَهُ

فَأَنَا عَلَى ثِقَةٍ بِحُسْنِ مَآلِهِ

I do not ask for mercy from my Lord for him

For I am certain of the goodness of his fate

فَالخَلْقُ كُلُّهُمُ عِيَالُ اللهِ

أَقْرَبُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ أَبَرُّهُمْ بِعِيَالِهِ

All people are God's dependents

The best of them most dutiful to His dependents