أَنّى تَأَوَّبَني الأَحزانُ وَالسَهَرُ

أَنّى تَأَوَّبَني الأَحزانُ وَالسَهَرُ

فَالعَينُ مِنّي هُدوءً دَمعُها دُرَرُ

فَالعَينُ مِنّي هُدوءً دَمعُها دُرَرُ

How have sorrows and sleeplessness returned to me by night?

How sorrows and sleeplessness have laid me low,

So, in the still of night, the tears of my eye are pearls.

My eyes shedding tears like glistening pearls.

تَبكي لِصَخرٍ وَقَد رابَ الزَمانُ بِهِ

تَبكي لِصَخرٍ وَقَد رابَ الزَمانُ بِهِ

إِذ غالَهُ حَدَثُ الأَيّامِ وَالقَدَرُ

إِذ غالَهُ حَدَثُ الأَيّامِ وَالقَدَرُ

It weeps for Sakhr, and time has dealt treacherously with him,

They weep for a rock worn away by time,

When the calamity of days and fate struck him down.

When the tide of days and fate swept it away.

سَمحٌ خَلائِقُهُ جَزلٌ مَواهِبُهُ

سَمحٌ خَلائِقُهُ جَزلٌ مَواهِبُهُ

وافي الذِمامِ إِذا ما مَعشَرٌ غَدَروا

وافي الذِمامِ إِذا ما مَعشَرٌ غَدَروا

Generous in character, lavish in his gifts,

He is magnanimous, generous are his gifts,

Faithful to his pledges when others broke faith;

Faithful protector if comrades betray.

مَأوى الضَريكِ وَمَأوى كُلِّ أَرمَلَةٍ

مَأوى الضَريكِ وَمَأوى كُلِّ أَرمَلَةٍ

عِندَ المُحولِ إِذا ما هَبَّتِ القُرَرُ

عِندَ المُحولِ إِذا ما هَبَّتِ القُرَرُ

A refuge for the destitute and a refuge for every widow,

Refuge of the destitute, every widow's shelter

In times of drought, when the cold winds blew.

In his care when misfortunes descend.

ما بارَزَ القِرنَ يَوماً عِندَ مَعرَكَةٍ

ما بارَزَ القِرنَ يَوماً عِندَ مَعرَكَةٍ

إِلّا لَهُ يَومَ تَسمو الكَرَّةُ الظَفَرُ

إِلّا لَهُ يَومَ تَسمو الكَرَّةُ الظَفَرُ

He never once faced an opponent in single combat on a battlefield

Never has he rode forth on day of battle,

Without victory being his on the day the charge rose.

Except for him the glorious victory won.