وسِر إلى بحرٍ خِضَمٍّ له

من عَزمِه سيفُ وغَىً مِخذَمُ

Spread your wings toward a turbulent sea

With determination, its sword and tumult are damascened

حتّى إذا أنطقَكَ العدلُ في

جلالِه والخلُقُ الأكرمُ

Until justice speaks through you

In its majesty and most noble morals

قل لأَميرِ المسلمينَ الّذي

به استَنَار الزَّمنُ المُظلِمُ

Say to the Commander of the Muslims, he by whom

The darkened times were illuminated

أنتَ الّذي ما جُرتَ يوماً ولا

جَرى على سيفِكَ ظُلماً دَمُ

You who never acted unjustly, nor

Did injustice flow upon your sword, blood

ساويتَ في عدلِكَ بين الورَى

حتّى تَساوَى الزُّجُّ واللَّهذمُ

You equalized in your justice between mankind

Until the glorious and the damned were made equal

وقُمْتَ في اللهِ احتساباً فقد

وَقَمْتَ من يطغَى ومن يُجرِمُ

And you stood for God seeking reward so indeed

You stand against those who tyrannize and commit crimes

وكلُّ أهلِ الشامِ أوسعْتَهُم

عدلاً فمالِي دونَهم أُحرَمُ

And all the people of Syria you have treated

With justice, so why should I be deprived?

أطعْتَ في حكمِكَ فيَّ الهَوَى

وما كذا يفعَلُ مَن يحكُمُ

You judged me according to passion’s demand

And that is not what one who rules should do

من يُنصِفُ المظلومَ مِنَّا إذَا

كنتَ وحاشَاك الذي يَظلِمُ

Who will do justice for the oppressed among us

When you are—God forbid—the one who oppresses?

وأنت ظِلُّ اللهِ في أرضِه

تردَعُ من يظلِمُ أو يَغشِمُ

You are God’s shade on earth

Restraining those who oppress or are impudent

فلا يشُبْ أجرَ الجهادِ الذي

فُزتَ به دونَ الورَى مأْثَمُ

So none should impugn the reward of jihad

To which, before all mankind, you rose unblemished