رُوَّعَتْ بِالفِرَاقِ بَعْدَ الفِرَاقِ
وَبِهَا مَا بِهَا مِنَ الأشْواقِ
She was distressed by separation after separation
And what she has of yearning
بَعْلَبَكٌّ تَبْكِي وَلِيداً تَرَدَّى
نَازِحاً وَاحْتَوَتْهُ أَرضُ العِرَاقِ
Baalbek cries for Waleed who threw himself
Fleeing, and the land of Iraq embraced him
كَانَ سُلوَانَهَا رَجَاءُ تَلاَقٍ
أَيْنَ أَمْسَى مِنْهَا رَجَاءُ التّلاَقِي
His solace had been the hope of reunion
Where did her hope for reunion end up?
لاَ تَخَافِي اغْتِرَابَهُ وَتَخَالِي
أَنَّ بُعْداً تَبَاعُدُ الآفَاقِ
Don’t be afraid of his estrangement and aloofness
That distance makes horizons diverge
إنَّما النَّأيَ فِي اخْتِلاَفِ المَرَامي
وَتَنَابِي الخلاَلِ وَالأَخْلاقِ
In fact, estrangement is only in divergence of aims
And branching out of flaws and morals
لَيْسَ فِي مَوْطِنِ الكِرَامِ اغْتِرَابٌ
لِكَرِيمِ الأُصُولِ وَالأَعْراقِ
There is no estrangement in the abode of the honorable
Of noble origin and lineage
لَحْدُ ذَاكَ الفَقِيدِ إِنْ ضَنَّتِ
السُّحبُ سَقَتْهُ سُحْبٌ مِنَ الآمَاقِ
That martyr’s grave, even if the clouds are stingy
Will be watered by clouds from the depths
وَيُحَيِّي حَجِيجَهُ العِزَّةُ
القَعْساءُ فِي هَبْيَةٍ وَفِي إِطْرَاقِ
And the inviolable sanctuary will revive its pilgrims
The lofty one, with a gift and unfurling
رُسْتُمٌ كانَ فِي العِرَاقِ مِنَ القَوْ
مِ وَزَكى دَعْوَاهُ بِالمِصْدَاقِ
Rustum who had been among the people of Iraq
His claim verified by proof
عَاشَ فِيهِمْ مُحَبَّباً وَحَبِيباً
مُخْلِصاً وُدَّهُ بِغَيْرِ مَذَاقِ
He lived among them, loved and loving
Sincere, his affection without taste
مَالِكاً مِنْهُمُ القُلُوبِ بِزِينَا
تِ السَّجايَا وَبِالطِّباعِ الرِّقَاقِ
Possessing their hearts with decorum and gentle nature
A preceding moon, expectations did not see
قَمَرٌ سَابَقَ الظُّنونَ وَلَمْ يَرْ
عَ أَوَاناً لِمِثْلِهِ فِي المَرَاقِي
The like of it on horizons
Was that leap of his to the heights
أَتُرَى كَانَ ذَلِكَ الوَثْبُ مِنْهُ
فِي المَعَالِي مُعَجِّلاً لِلمُحَاقِ
Hastening the descent?
Or which ignoble one soared to it and shed
أَيُّ جَاٍٍ سَمَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَجْرَى
دَمَهُ الحُرَّ تَبَّ أَهْلُ الشِّقاقِ
His free blood, curse of discordant people
That rabble, evil is what their days of slavery left
ذَلِكَ الرَّهْطُ بِئْسَ مَا تَرَكَتْهُ
مِنْ تُرَاثٍ أَيَّامُ الاِسْتِرْقَاقِ
If only the wicked were destroyed, nothing remains
But a blood-price of glory, spilled blood
لَوْ أُبِيدَ الأَشْرَارُ لَمْ تَفِ إِلاَّ
دِيَةَ المَجْدِ بِالدَّمِ المُهْرَاقِ
And ransom for brotherhood between the peoples of dhad
Woe to them, what did inciting
وَفِدىً لِلإِخَاءِ بَيْنَ شُعُوبِ
الضَّادِ أَغْلَى النُّفوسِ وَالأَعْلاَقِ
Mischief from the depths benefit them?
They angered his mother; they increased
وَيْلَهُمْ مَا أَفَادَهُمْ أَنْ يُثِيرُوا
فِتْنَةً مِنْ خَبَائِثِ الأَعْمَاقِ
Blame upon the martyr around necks
We are in an era in which the state of people
أَحْنَقُوا أُمَّه عَلَيْهِمْ وَزَادُوا
ذِمَماً لِلقَتِيلِ فِي الأَعْنَاقِ
Changed from the law of the Creator
The sweetly smiling returned in it more vicious
نَحْنُ فِي حِقْبَةٍ تَحَوَّلَ حَالُ
الخَلْقِ فِيهَا عَنْ شِرْعَةِ الخَلاَّقِ
Than the fanged and sharp-toothed
Where are the bloodstained claws from the fire bomber
عَادَ فِيهَا ذُو المَبْسَمِ الحُلوِ أَضْرَى
مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الأَنْيَابِ وَالأشْدَاقِ
And demolisher of homes by burning?
And the one who returns the breeze lethal gas
أَينَ دَامِي الأظْفَارِ مِنْ قَاذِفْ النَّا
رِ وَمُفْنِي الدِّيَارِ بِالإِحْرَاقِ
And the sinking of ships by capsizing?
As if by science it directed in it
وَمُعِيدِ النَّسيمِ سُمّاً زُعَافاً
وَمُبِيدِ السَّفينِ بِالإِغْرَاقِ
Its might against the tyrants and debauched
And the doves deployed in the universe
لَكَأَنِّي بِالعِلمِ سَخَّرَ فِيهَا
بَأْسَهُ لِلطُّغاةِ وَالفُسَّاقِ
Who knows the secret of survival other than the Everlasting?
An ordeal, if death is salvation,
وَالحِمَامُ المُصَيَّرُ فِي الكَوْنِ
مَنْ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّ البَقَاءِ غَيْرَ البَاقِي
Then from it, and the victory for the active
But perhaps I have strayed in judgment
مِحْنَةٌ إِنْ تَكُ المَنِيَّة مَنْجَا
ةً فَمِنْهَا وَالفَوْزُ لِلسَّباقِ
And judgments do not hold true absolutely
Great good may come from evil
بَلْ لَعَلِّي شَطَطْتُ فِي الحُكْمِ
وَالأَحكَامُ لاَ تَستَقِيمُ فِي الإِطْلاَقِ
When what it ranges is traversed
O martyr, his living example will remain
قَدْ يَجِيءُ الخَيْرُ الكَبيرُ مِنَ الشَّرَّ
إِذَا جَازَ مَا لَهُ مِنْ نِطَاقِ
Filling hearts and sights
The Arab nation has tasted long humiliation
يَا فَقِيداً مِثَالُهُ الحَيُّ لنْ يَبْرَحَ
مِلْءَ القُلُوبِ وَالأَحدَاقِ
And humiliation is bitter to taste
How can it forget the virtue of those
أُمَّة العُرْبِ ذَاقَتِ الهُونَ أَحْقَا
بَاً طِوَالاً وَالهُونَ مُرَّ المَذَاقِ
Who called for unity and put down the pact?
Better they exerted their resolve in binding
كَيْفَ تَنْسَى فَضْلَ المُنَادِينَ
بِالوَحْدَةِ وَالوَاضِعِينَ لِلمِيثَاقِ
Brotherhood and seeking harmony
Let him be for the new era a witness
وَالأولَى أَفْنوا العَزَائِمَ فِي رَبْطِ
الأَوَاخِي وَفِي التِمَاسِ الوِفَاقِ
Immortalized by memory for his merit
Every sacrifice as you sacrificed is worthy
فَلتَكُنْ لِلعَهْدِ الجَدِيدِ شَهِيداً
خَالِداً بِالذِّكْرَى عَنِ اسْتِحْقَاقِ
Of reward from pride and concurrence
Join today a comrade; you had been
كُلُّ بَذْلٍ كَمَا بَذَلتَ خَلِيقٌ
بِجَزَاءٍ مِنَ الفَخَارِ وِفَاقِ
The best of companions for the best of kings
If the obligation left behind had not stopped you
إِلحَقِ اليَوْمَ فَيْصَلاً فَلَقَدْ كُنْتَ
لِخَيْرِ المُلُوكِ خَيْرَ الرِّفَاقِ
You would not have tarried to join
A burdening obligation
وَلَوِ الوَاجِبُ المُخَلَّفُ لَمْ يَثْنِكَ
لَمْ تُلْفَ مُبْطِئاً بِاللِّحَاقِ
You carried out its burdens exhaustingly
For it you have uprightness and broad vision
وَاجِبٌ مُرْهِقُ التَّكالِيفِ
أَدَّيْتَ تَكَالِيفَهُ عَلَى الإِرْهَاقِ
Gleaming insight
You led well those you led in ministry by truth
لَكَ فِيهِ بِتُّ قَوِيمٌ وَرَأْيٌ
وَاسِعُ الأُفْقِ سَاطِعُ الإِشْرَاقِ
And fulfilled what traits demanded
And you came with reform from where it is obtained
سُسْتَ مَنْ سُسْتَ فِي الوَزَارَةِ بِالحَقِّ
وَوَفَّيتَ مَا اقْتَضَتْ مِنْ خَلاَقِ
In momentous or minute affairs
O House of Haydar the generous I console you
وَأَتَيْتَ الإِصْلاَحَ مِنْ حَيْثُ يُؤْتَى
فِي الأُمُورِ الجِسَامِ أَوْ في الدِّقَاقَ
And my tears from its heat other than flowing
Your calamity is our calamity, and as was the custom in love
يَا بُنِي حَيْدَرَ الكِرَامَ أُعِزِّيكمْ
وَدَمْعِي مِنْ حَرِّهِ غَيْرُ رَاقِ
My brothers, our days and remaining ones
The Arabs shared your grief and every
رُزْوكُمْ رُزْؤُنا وَكَالعَهْدِ فِي الوُدِّ
خَوَالِي أَيَّامِنَا وَالبَوَاقِي
Heart fluttered for their glory
May God magnify your reward as you endured
شَاطَرَ العُرْبُ حُزْنَكُمْ وَتَلَظَّى
كُلُّ قَلبٍ لِمَجْدِهِمْ خَفَّاقِ
And protect them from the woes of fate and time
عَظَّم اللهُ أَجْرَكُمْ مَا صَبَرْتُمْ
وَوَقَاهُمْ مَكَارِهَ الدَّهْرِ وَاقِ
