يُفْدِيكَ عَبْدَ اللهِ نجْلٌ قضى

وَقلَّ مِمَّن جَلَّ أَنْ يَفْدِيكَ

Abdullah's son has ransomed you, though few

Of high rank would ransom you, as he did.

كَانَ لَكَ ابْناً ثُمَّ أضْحَى أَخاً

يُوشِك بِالأَوْصَافِ أَنْ يَحْكِيكَ

He was your son, but now he is your brother,

Soon in qualities to be your peer.

فَمَا لَهُ هَانَ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ

أَسْعَدْتَهُ مَا عَاشَ أَنْ يَبْكِيكَ

Why did he not think it base to ransom you,

When in life you gave him all joy could give?

وَلَوْ قَضى الدَّهْرُ لَهُ مَا اشْتَهَى

لَسَامَ مَا تَشْكُوهُ أَنْ يَشْكِيكَ

Had fate allowed him all he wished, be sure

He would have shared all grief that you now bear.

لِكن إلى اللهِ مَضَى عَنْ رِضَى

وَكان مَا أَغْناهُ أَنْ يَرْضِيكَ

But he departed, satisfied with God,

And what enriched him was to enrich you.

سَأَلتُ مَنْ عَاجَلَ فَرْعَ النَّدَى

أَنْ يُبْقِيَ الأَصْلَ وأَنْ يُبْقِيكَ

I asked the fresh young branch of glory to

Preserve its root, and to preserve you too.