عَينُ جودي بِدَمعِكِ المَنزورِ

وَاِذكُري في الرَخاءِ أَهلَ القُبورِ

My generous eye with your streaming tears

Remember in prosperity the people of graves

وَاِذكُري مُؤتَةً وَما كانَ فيها

يَومَ وَلَّوا في وَقعَةِ التَغويرِ

Remember Mu'tah and what was in it

The day they fled the battle of deception

حينَ وَلَّوا وَغادَروا ثَمَّ زَيداً

نِعمَ مَأوى الضَريكِ وَالماسورِ

When they fled and abandoned Zayd

What a good refuge for the weak and imprisoned

حِبَّ خَيرِ الأَنامِ طُرّاً جَميعاً

سَيِّدِ الناسِ حُبُّهُ في الصُدورِ

Love the best of people, all of them

The master of people, his love in hearts

ذاكُمُ أَحمَدُ الَّذي لا سِواهُ

ذاكَ حُزني مَعاً لَهُ وَسُروري

That is Ahmad, none other than him

That is my sorrow and joy together

إِنَّ زَيداً قَد كانَ مِنّا بِأَمرٍ

لَيسَ أَمرَ المُكَذَّبِ المَغرورِ

Indeed, Zayd was one of us by command

Not the command of the denier, the deluded

ثُمَّ جودي لِلخَزرَجِيِّ بِدَمعٍ

سَيِّداً كانَ ثَمَّ غَيرَ نَزورِ

Then weep, O Khazraji, with tears

He was a master, then changed his purpose

قَد أَتانَ مِن قَتلِهِم ما كَفانا

فَبِحُزنٍ نَبيتُ غَيرَ سُرورِ

There has come from their killing enough for us

So in sorrow I sleep, not in joy