بَكَيْتُ عَلى شَحَادَةَ يَوْمَ وَلَّى

فَيَا لِلْخُطَبِ فِي الحُرِّ الأَرِيبِ

I wept for Shaddad the day he turned away

Oh, for the eloquence of the free and noble Arab!

وَفِي الذَهْنِ الأَدِيبِ إِذَا اسْتُمِدَّتْ

مَعَارِفُهُ وَفِي اللَّسُنِ الخَطيبِ

And for the cultured mind when it draws

Upon its knowledge, and upon the eloquent tongue!

مِنْ النَّفَرِ الأُلَى عَاشَوا كِرَاماً

وَبَرُّوا فِي الشَّهَادَةِ وَالمَغِيبِ

Of that excellent band who lived honorably

And excelled in valor and in the unseen future,

وَرَبُّوا مَنْ نَمَوْهُ عَلَى خَصَالِ

غُوَالٍ فِي النَّجِيبَةِ وَالنَّجيبِ

And nurtured in themselves such traits

Of perfection, nobility and excellence.