لِعاصِمٍ سَماءٌ

عارِضُها تَهتانُ

For Asim there is a sky

To Asim belongs a sky,

Whose clouds wander

Its horizon pouring with rain,

أَمطارُها اللُجَينُ

وَالدُرُّ وَالعِقيانُ

Its rains are copious

Its showers are of silver,

Pearls and running streams

Of pearls and pure gold.

وَنارُهُ تُنادي

إِذ خَبَتِ النيرانُ

And his fire calls out

And his fire calls out,

When the flames kindle

When other fires die down.

الجودُ في قَحطانٍ

ما بَقِيَت غَسّانُ

Generosity in dearth

Generosity belongs to Qahtan,

After the Ghassanids none remained

So long as Ghassan remains.

اِسلَم وَلا أُبالي

ما فَعَلَ الإِخوانُ

Submit I care not

Be safe, and I care not

What the brethren did

What the brethren have done.

صَلَّت لَهُ المَعالي

وَالسَيفُ وَالسِنانُ

Excellencies prayed for him

High glories have prayed for him,

As did the sword and teeth

As have the sword and the spearhead.

ما ضَرَّ مُرتَجيهِ

مِن عَثرَةٍ زَمانُ

Time’s stumbling never harmed

Time has not harmed the one who seeks him

Those hopeful of him

With any stumble of fortune.

مَن غالَهُ مَخوفٌ

فَعاصِمٌ أَمانُ

Whoever he defends, frightened

He whom a terror has seized,

Asim is safety

Finds in Asim his security.