أُلقُوا الحِجَابَ وَأَبْرُزُوا التِّمْثَالاَ

أَتَرُونَ سَعْداً أَمْ تَرُوْنَ خَيَالاَ

Cast off the veil and bring forth the statue

Do you see Sa'd or just an apparition?

أَمَّا أَنَافَ بِطَيْفِهِ بَعْدَ الرَّدَى

فَكَمَا أَنَافَ مَدَى الحَيَاةِ وَطَالاَ

With his spirit, after demise he lived on

As he endured throughout his life's prolong

أَثْرٌ مِنَ العَيْنِ اسْتَعَادَ حَيَاتَهُ

وَأَعَادَ فَضْلَ حَيَاتِهَا الأَجْيَالاَ

A trace of the eye its life did regain

And restored the excess of its life for generations

أَنْ تَرْتَعُوا فِي نِعْمَةِ اسْتِقْلاَلِكُمْ

فَتَذَكَّرُوا مَنْ شَادَ الاسْتِقْلاَلاَ

To graze in the blessing of your independence

Remember who erected independence

وَتَحَملَتْ آلامُهُ آمَالَكمْ

هَلْ حَقَّقتْ آلاَمُهُ الآمالاَ

And whose suffering bore your hopes

Did his suffering realize the hopes?

أَبْدَتْ لَكُمْ فِي بَارِزَاتِ غُضُونِهِ

كَرَباً تَحَمَّلهَا وَكُنَّ ثِقَالاَ

In the blooms of his youth he showed you

Sorrows he suffered while you were burdens

تِلْكَ السُّنونُ وَمُضْنِياتُ هُمُومِهَا

أَلْقَينَ حَوْلَ المُقْلَتَيْنِ ظِلاَلاَ

Those years and the woes of their concerns

Cast shadows upon the two eyelids