فِداؤكَ من لَوْ كَانَ فِي وُسعِهِ الفِدا

للاقى الأسى من دونِ نَفسِكَ والرَّدى

To ransom you, if one had the means,

He would spare himself misery and ruin.

فلم تُضحِ من صرفِ الزمانِ مُرَوَّعاً

ولا بِتَّ من ليلِ المنونِ مُسَهَّدا

So you were not terrified by the vicissitudes of time,

Nor did the night of death make you lie down.

ولا راعَ منك الصبحُ سِرباً مُسَوَّماً

ولا هَزَّ عنكَ الليلُ مَثوىً مُمَهَّدا

Neither did the dawn frighten away from you a fleeing herd,

Nor did the night shake for you a prepared abode.

ولم تَجِدِ الشكوى لِعَلْيَاكَ مُرتَقىً

ولا النائباتُ فِي سَماِئكَ مَصعَدا

You did not find complaint an ascent to your heights,

Nor tribulations a ladder ascending your skies.

ولا الحُزنُ فِي رَوْضاتِ عِزِّكَ مَرتَعاً

ولا الهمُّ فِي أرجاءِ بَحرِكَ مَورِدا

Neither did sorrow find in the gardens of your glory a pasture,

Nor worry find in the expanse of your sea a watering place.

ولا ماءُ دَمْعٍ فِي جفونكَ مَسلَكاً

ولا نارُ وَجْدٍ فِي ضلوعِكَ مَوقِدا

Nor did the water of tears find in your eyes a path,

Nor the fire of passion find in your ribs a hearth.

وأصبَحَ جَدِّي حِينَ أفديكَ طائِعاً

بنفسِيَ أحظى بالوفاءِ وأسعَدا

And when I ransom you willingly with my soul,

My grandfather attained loyalty and bliss.

ومالي لا أفدِي المكارِمَ والعُلا

وناهِجَ سُبلِ الفضلِ والجودِ والندى

Why wouldn’t I ransom the generous and the sublime,

And the ways of merit, munificence and dew?

ولكِن أرى مِنْ سَلِّ رأيِكَ للنُهى

وسعيِكَ للحسنى وَهدْيِكَ للهُدى

But I see the eloquence of your wise opinion for restraint,

And your endeavor for the good and your guidance to the right path.

لقاءَكَ مَا لُقِّيتَ إلّا تَصَبُّراً

وحملَكَ مَا حُمِّلتَ إلّا تَجَلُّدا

Meeting you, you were only met with forbearance,

And your ordeal was only endured with perseverance,

مُرَزَّأَ أفلاذِ الفؤادِ مصائِباً

توالت بِهَا الأيامُ مَثَنىً ومَوحَدَا

The heart’s beloved were armed with misfortunes,

Which came in succession, singular and united.

فلم تَبدَ إلّا كُنتَ بالصَّبرِ بادِياً

ولا عُدنَ إلّا كنتَ بالعَودِ أحمدا

You appeared only manifesting patience,

And only returning with most praiseworthy endurance,

جَدِيراً وَقَدْ أشجاكَ فقدُ مُحَمَّدٍ

بِسَلوَةِ ذِكرَاكَ النَّبيَ مُحَمَّدَا

Worthy, as the loss of Muhammad hurt you,

Solacing the Prophet Muhammad’s memory.

لِتقتَضِيَ الأَجرَ الجَزيلَ مُضَاعَفاً

وتَشتمِلَ الصَبرَ الجَمِيلَ مُمَدَّدَا

To deserve abundant, redoubled reward,

And to embrace beautiful, prolonged endurance,

بأعلى مِنَ النَّجمِ الَّذِي غَارَ مُقتنىً

وأزكى منَ الغُصْنِ الَّذِي

Higher than the star that hides covetously

And purer than the blossoming branch.

هِلالاً يُسامِي فيكَ مَجرىً ومَطلعَاً

وفَرعاً يبارِي مِنكَ أصلاً ومَحتِدا

In you, a crescent courses and ascends,

And a branch contends, from you, origin and unified.

تَتِمُّ بِهِ النُعمى ويُسلى بِهِ الأَسى

وتَبأى بِهِ الدنيا ويَشجى بِهِ العِدى

Bliss is completed through it and misery consoled,

And the world kept away and enmity agonized.