تَسائِلُ عَن قَومٍ هِجانٍ سَمَيدَعٍ

لَدى الباسِ مِغرارِ الصَباحِ جَسورِ

I ask about a resolute tribe at the time of early dawn raids

With brave horsemen by the swords' onslaught victorious

أَخي ثِقَةٍ يَهتَزُّ لِلعُرفِ وَالنَدى

بَعيدِ المَدى في النائِباتِ صَبورِ

My brother, a comforting shelter for customs and valour

Patient through hardships and far-reaching in purpose

فَقُلتُ لَها إِنَّ الشَهادَةَ راحَةٌ

وَرِضوانُ رَبٍّ يا أُمامَ غَفورِ

I said to her martyrdom is serenity

And the Lord's contentment, O forgiving imam

فَإِنَّ أَباكَ الخَيرَ حَمزَةَ فَاِعلِمي

وَزيرُ رَسولِ اللَهِ خَيرُ وَزيرِ

Know that your father Hamzah performed good

The Messenger of God's best minister

دَعاهُ إِلَهُ الحَقِّ ذو العَرشِ دَعوَةً

إِلى جَنَّةٍ يَرضى بِها وَسُرورِ

The True God, Lord of the Throne, called him

To a paradise of joy and delight

فَذَلِكَ ما كُنّا نُرَجّي وَنَرتَجي

لِحَمزَةَ يَومَ الحَشرِ خَيرُ مَصيرِ

That is what we hoped for Hamzah

On Resurrection Day, the best fate

فَوَاللَهِ لا أَنساكَ ما هَبَّتِ الصِبا

وَلَأَبكِيَن في مَحضَري وَمَسيري

By God, I won't forget you as long as the breeze blows

And I will cry in my dwellings and travels

عَلى أَسَدِ اللَهِ الَّذي كانَ مِدرَهاً

يَذودُ عَنِ الإِسلامِ كُلَّ كُفورِ

For God's lion who was a protector

Defending Islam from every ingrate

أَلا لَيتَ شِلوي يَومَ ذاكَ وَأَعظُمي

إِلى أَضبُعٍ يَنتَبنَني وَنُسورِ

Oh, I wish my arm was paralyzed on that day

And my wing broken by eagles and vultures

أَقولُ وَقَد أَعلى النَعِيُّ بِهُلكِهِ

جَزى اللَهُ خَيراً مِن أَخٍ وَنَصيرِ

I say and the elegy has proclaimed his death

May God reward well my brother and supporter