ماذا عليه إذا عصاه لسانُه
الدمعُ أفصَحَ حين عيَّ بيانُه
What can his tongue do if it disobeys him?
Tears are more eloquent when his speech fails.
هذي الدموعُ قصيدةٌ جادتْ بها
للباذلين دماءَهم أجفانه
These tears are a poem that flows
From the eyelids of those who shed their blood.
فصدورُها جاشَتْ بها حُرَقُ الأسى
في صدرِه وَرويُّها أرنانه
Their breasts surged with the burning anguish
In his heart, and its streams are their melodies.
اليوم ذكّرنا (الحسينَ) بكربلا
تبكي عليه مجندلاً نسوانه
Today (Al-Hussein) at Karbala reminded us
Of women wailing over him bitterly.
وَأعاد (عثمان) الشهيدَ مضرجاً
بدمائِه يبكي له قرآنه
And (Uthman) the martyr returned
Drenched in his blood, with the Quran crying for him.
بأبي وَأمي الباذلين نفوسَهمْ
من كلِّ ثبْتٍ من الخطوب جنانه
By my father and mother who sacrificed their souls
From every steadfast pillar of calamities, their heavens.
أفديهمُ بدمي وَقلَّ لهم دمي
لكنّه لجميلِهم عرفانه
I ransom them with my blood though my blood falls short
Of their merit, it is but a small gratitude.
سفرُ القضيةِ لم يزلْ غفْلا إلى
أنْ خطَّ بالدم منهمُ عنوانه
The journey of the cause has long been oblivious
Until their blood inscribed its title.
إنَّ الشهيدَ عَلَى الجذوعِ أجلّ من
(كسرى) إذا ما ضَمَّه إيوانه
Indeed, the martyr atop the trunks is nobler than
Khosrow when his palace embraced him.
وَطني تَقَدَّسَ في الورى استقلالُه
شهداؤنا وَدماؤهم قربانه
My homeland, its independence sanctified in existence
Our martyrs and their blood are its sacrifice.
فتعطَّرتْ بنفوسِهم أجواؤه
وَتخضَّبتْ بنجيعهم قيعانه
Its atmosphere was fragrant with their souls
And its plains were stained with their blood.
دمعُ الثكالى كان لؤلؤَ تاجِه
وَدماءُ من نبكيهمُ مرجانه
The tears of the bereaved were pearls in its crown
And the blood of those we mourn, its coral.
ولقد عجبتُ لمنْ يحاولُ هَدْمَه
وَعَلَى الجماجمِ وُطِّدَتْ أركانه
And I wondered at those who attempt to demolish it
When its pillars were built on skulls.
إنْ زلّ بعضُ الشيب من قطّانِه
فلسوف يغسل عارَهم شبانه
If some gray hair falls from its locks
Then its youth will wash away their disgrace.
وَطنٌ (أبو الحفص) أقام عماده
كم نال أسباب السما بنيانه
A homeland whose pillars (Abu Al-Hafs) erected
However much the means to heaven built its structure.
قد كان (سيف الله) من أسيافِه
(وأبو عبيدة) الأمينُ أمانه
(Saifullah) was one of its swords,
And (Abu Ubaidah) the trustee was its safety.
رَيانةٌ بدمِ الكرامِ أصولُه
لِمْ لا تكون بواسقاً أغصانه
Watered with the blood of the honorable, its roots
Why should its branches not flourish?
أَفَتى الشآمِ وَهَلْ سواك لها إذا
شمسَ الزمانُ بنا وَعزّ ليانه
O sham, did you give fatwas, and who but you
When the sun of time shone on us and strengthened its flags?
بيديْك تحريرُ البلادِ أَمانةً
فعليكَ ليس عَلَى سِواكَ ضمانه
In your hands, the liberation of countries is a trust,
Upon you and none other lies its guarantee.
