قُضِيَ الأُمورُ وَأُنجِزَ المَوعودُ

وَاللَهُ رَبّي ماجِدٌ مَحمودُ

The matters have been decided and the promises fulfilled,

And Allah, my Lord, is glorious and praiseworthy,

وَلَهُ الفَواضِلُ وَالنَوافِلُ وَالعُلا

وَلَهُ أَثيثُ الخَيرِ وَالمَعدودُ

To Him belong the merits and the voluntary deeds and the highness,

And to Him belong the furniture of goodness and abundance,

وَلَقَد بَلَت إِرَمٌ وَعادٌ كَيدَهُ

وَلَقَد بَلَتهُ بَعدَ ذاكَ ثَمودُ

Indeed the people of Aram and Aad were ruined by their plots,

And the people of Thamud were ruined after that,

خَلّوا ثِيابَهُمُ عَلى عَوراتِهِ

فَهُمُ بِأَفنِيَةِ البُيوتِ هُمودُ

They left their clothes over their defects,

So they became still in the courtyards of houses,

وَلَقَد سَئِمتُ مِنَ الحَياةِ وَطولِها

وَسُؤالِ هَذا الناسِ كَيفَ لَبيدُ

And indeed I became weary of life and its length,

And the questioning of these people, "How is Labeed?"

وَغَنَيتُ سَبتاً قَبلَ مُجرى داحِسٍ

لَو كانَ لِلنَفسِ اللَجوجِ خُلودُ

And I sang the day before the path of Dahis,

If the obstinate soul had eternity,

وَشَهِدتُ أَنجِيَةَ الأَفاقَةِ عالِياً

كَعبي وَأَردافُ المُلوكِ شُهودُ

And I witnessed the summit of glory high,

Like the ankles of kings are witnesses.

وَأَبوكِ بُسرٌ لا يُفَنَّدُ عَمرَهُ

وَإِلى بِلىً ما يُرجَعَنَّ جَديدُ

And your father is Busr who has an age that cannot be refuted,

And will not return to renewed youth.

غَلَبَ العَزاءَ وَكُنتُ غَيرَ مُغَلَّبٍ

دَهرٌ طَويلٌ دائِمٌ مَمدودُ

I overcame grief though I was not overcome,

A long, endless, extended lifetime.

يَومٌ إِذا يَأتي عَلَيَّ وَلَيلَةٌ

وَكِلاهُما بَعدَ المَضاءِ يَعودُ

A day that will come upon me and a night,

And both of them after passing will return.

وَأَراهُ يَأتي مِثلَ يَومِ لَقيتُهُ

لَم يَنصَرِم وَضَعُفتُ وَهوَ شَديدُ

And I see it coming like the day I met it,

It did not pass and I weakened while it was strong,

وَحَمَيتُ قَومي إِذ دَعَتني عامِرٌ

وَتَقَدَّمَت يَومَ الغَبيطِ وُفودُ

And I protected my people when Aamir called me

And the delegations advanced on the day of victory.

وَتَداكَأَت أَركانُ كُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ

وَفَوارِسُ المَلِكِ الهُمامِ تَذودُ

And the pillars of every tribe wavered,

And the brave horsemen of the honorable king repelled.

أَكرَمتُ عِرضي أَن يُنالَ بِنَجوَةٍ

إِنَّ البَريءَ مِنَ الهَناتِ سَعيدُ

I honored my dignity so that it would not be harmed by cowardice,

Indeed the innocent one free of disgrace is fortunate.

ما إِن أَهابُ إِذا السُرادِقُ غَمَّهُ

قَرعُ القِسيِّ وَأُرعِشَ الرِعديدُ

No sooner do I become downcast than

The striking of the strong and the trembling of thunder cheer me up.