خَليلَيَّ صَبراً راحَةُ الحرّ في الصَّبرِ

خَليلَيَّ صَبراً راحَةُ الحرّ في الصَّبرِ

وَلا شَيء مِثل الصَّبرِ في الكَربِ لِلحُرِّ

وَلا شَيء مِثل الصَّبرِ في الكَربِ لِلحُرِّ

My two friends, be patient: a free man's solace lies in patience.

My dear ones, patience brings comfort in hardship

And nothing matches patience for a free man in distress.

Nothing is like patience in distress for the free

فَلا تَيأَسا مِن فَرحَةٍ بَعدَ ترحة

فَلا تَيأَسا مِن فَرحَةٍ بَعدَ ترحة

وَأَن تَبأيا بِاليُسرِ مِن بَعد ما عُسرِ

وَأَن تَبأيا بِاليُسرِ مِن بَعد ما عُسرِ

So do not despair of joy after sorrow,

So do not despair of joy after sadness

Nor of exulting in ease after hardship.

And that you find ease after hardship

فَكَم مِن أَسيرٍ كانَ في القِدِّ موثِقاً

فَكَم مِن أَسيرٍ كانَ في القِدِّ موثِقاً

فَأَطلَقَهُ الرَّحمَنُ مِن حَلَقِ الأَسرِ

فَأَطلَقَهُ الرَّحمَنُ مِن حَلَقِ الأَسرِ

For many a captive lay bound in leather thongs,

For many a prisoner was bound in chains

Then the All-Merciful freed him from the rings of captivity.

Yet released by the Merciful from the shackles

لَئِن كُنتُ مَأخوذاً أَسيراً وَكُنتُما

لَئِن كُنتُ مَأخوذاً أَسيراً وَكُنتُما

فَلَيسَ عَلى حَربٍ وَلَكِن عَلى غَدرِ

فَلَيسَ عَلى حَربٍ وَلَكِن عَلى غَدرِ

Though I was taken captive, as were you two,

If I'm captured prisoner while you are

It was not in battle, but through treachery.

It is not war but treason that binds us

وَلَو كُنتُ أَخشى بَعضَ ما قَد أَصابَني

وَلَو كُنتُ أَخشى بَعضَ ما قَد أَصابَني

حَمَتني أَطرافُ الرُّدَينِيةِ السُّمرِ

حَمَتني أَطرافُ الرُّدَينِيةِ السُّمرِ

And had I feared some of what has befallen me,

If I feared what has befallen me

The points of the brown Rudayni spears would have shielded me.

I would be protected by the wings of the honorable knights

فَقَد علمَ الفتيانُ أَنّي كَمِيُّها

فَقَد علمَ الفتيانُ أَنّي كَمِيُّها

وَفارِسُها المِقدامُ في ساعَةِ الذُّعرِ

وَفارِسُها المِقدامُ في ساعَةِ الذُّعرِ

For the young men know that I am war's armored champion,

For the youth know I am their defender

And its daring horseman in the hour of terror.

And their valiant horseman in the hour of panic

فَيا ظاعِناً أَبلغ سلامي تحيّةً

فَيا ظاعِناً أَبلغ سلامي تحيّةً

إلى والديَّ الهائِمين لدى ذِكري

إلى والديَّ الهائِمين لدى ذِكري

So, departing traveler, convey my greeting of peace

So messenger inform my anxious parents

To my parents, distraught at the mention of me.

I send regards and greetings in my memory

وأدِّ إلى عِرسي السَّلام وقل لَها

وأدِّ إلى عِرسي السَّلام وقل لَها

عَلَيكِ تَحِيّاتي إِلى مَوقِفِ الحَشرِ

عَلَيكِ تَحِيّاتي إِلى مَوقِفِ الحَشرِ

And convey greetings of peace to my wife, and tell her:

And convey to my bride peace

My salutations be upon you until the gathering for Judgment.

And say to her my greetings until the day we meet before the Divine

بِهَمّكِ ألقى خالِقي يَومَ مَوقِفي

بِهَمّكِ ألقى خالِقي يَومَ مَوقِفي

وَكَربُكِ أَقضى لي مِنَ القَتلِ وَالأَسرِ

وَكَربُكِ أَقضى لي مِنَ القَتلِ وَالأَسرِ

With concern for you, I shall meet my Creator on the day I stand before Him,

For my sake may my Creator on the day I meet Him

And your anguish is deadlier to me than death and captivity.

Replace your anxiety with reward for my death and capture

وَإِن لَم يَكُن قبرٌ فَأَحسَنُ مَوطِناً

وَإِن لَم يَكُن قبرٌ فَأَحسَنُ مَوطِناً

مِنَ القَبرِ لِلفِتيانِ حَوصَلَةُ النَّسرِ

مِنَ القَبرِ لِلفِتيانِ حَوصَلَةُ النَّسرِ

And if there is no grave, then a better resting place

If there be no tomb, the nest of eagles is best

Than the grave for young men is the vulture's crop.

For the youth than any grave or burial place