لا تخشَ شيئًا على طودٍ وإن وقفَا

بينَ الهضابِ وحيدًا حائرًا أسِفا

Do not fear anything on a hill, even if

You stand alone between the slopes, lost and grieving

أما بدا لكَ بينهُنّ مُختلِفا؟

كأنّهُ من جوارهنّ قد أنِفا؟

Does it not appear different among them?

As if he was too proud for their company

سيكتبُ الخلقُ والتّاريخُ أنّهمُ

مرُّوا ولم يجِدوا من حولِهِ شُرَفا

History and mankind will write that they

Passed by and did not find any nobleness around him

أوْ أنّ من ضارعوهُ قد فنَوا سلَفا

أو أنّ كلَّ الّذي من حولِه نُسِفا

Or that those who competed with him had perished before

Or that everything around him was destroyed

وأنّهُ فقدَ الأحبابَ والخلَفا

لكنّه عن قبابِ القدْسِ ما انحَرفا

And that he lost his loved ones and successors

But he did not deviate from the domes of Jerusalem

وأنّه حوصِرَ العُمرَ فما لطُفا

ولا اسْتغاثَ ولا اسْتعطَىْ ولا اسْتلَفا

And that he was besieged by time but did not bend

He did not cry out or beg or borrow

وأنّه بهروبِ العُمرِ ما ضعُفا

ولا ألانَ ولا انْحنىْ ولا خرِفا

And that with the fleeing of time he did not weaken

He did not soften or bow or senile

سيختِمونَ بأنّه قدِ انتصَرا

وأنّ ما حولَهُ مِنْها قدِ انْجَرفا

They will conclude that he was victorious

And that what surrounded him was swept away