قَصَصْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ عِبْرِ اللَّيَالِي

غَرَائِبَ لا تُدَانِيهَا الظُّنُونُ

You told me tales through the nights,

Of wonders not to be grasped by supposition.

فَمَا بَلَغَتْ شِغَافَ القَلْبِ إِلاَّ

وَقَدْ فَاضَتْ مِنَ الحُزْنِ العُيُونُ

Yet they did not reach the heart's longing,

Except that tears flowed from the eyes.

لَحَى اللهُ الَّذِينَ بِهِمْ وَثَقْنَا

فَأَلْفَيْنَا وَفَيَّهُمُ يَخُونُ

May God destroy those whom we trusted,

We befriended them yet they betray.

تَرَابَطْنَا بِعَهْدٍ ضَيَّعُوهُ

أَيَنْقَضِي هَكَذَا السَّبَبُ المَتِينُ

We were bound by a pact they wasted,

Can a firm rope be thus undone?

لَقَدْ بُتْنَا وَنَحْنُ عَلَى يَقِينٍ

فَأَصْبَحْنَا وَلَيْسَ لَنَا يَقِينُ

We slept in certainty, yet awoke

Finding our certain faith was gone.

خَلِيلُ قَضَيْتُ أَيَّاماً شِدَاداً

وَلَمْ يُمْسُسْكَ فِيهَا مَا يَهِينُ

My friend, I’ve spent such arduous days

Yet nothing could bring you disgrace.

لَقَدْ شَفَعَتْ بِكَ الحَسَنَاتُ فِيهَا

فَشَفَّعَهَا لَكَ اللهُ المُعِينُ

Good deeds interceded for you,

So God, the Helper, interceded for you.

أَرَيْتَ القَوْمَ كَيْفَ الحَقُّ يَعْلُو

وَكَيْفَ نِهَتيَةُ البَاغِي تَكُونُ

You saw how truth prevails,

And the end of the aggressor comes to pass.