أَمِن ذِكرِ صَخرٍ دَمعُ عَينِكِ يَسجُمُ

أَمِن ذِكرِ صَخرٍ دَمعُ عَينِكِ يَسجُمُ

بِدَمعٍ حَثيثٍ كَالجُمانِ المُنَظَّمِ

بِدَمعٍ حَثيثٍ كَالجُمانِ المُنَظَّمِ

Is it at the memory of Sakhr that your eye's tears stream,

Does the memory of Sakhr cause your eyes to shed tears

in swift drops, like pearls strung together?

With plentiful tears like pearls threaded together?

فَتىً كانَ فينا لَم يَرَ الناسُ مِثلَهُ

فَتىً كانَ فينا لَم يَرَ الناسُ مِثلَهُ

كَفالاً لِأُمٍّ أَو وَكيلاً لِمَحرَمِ

كَفالاً لِأُمٍّ أَو وَكيلاً لِمَحرَمِ

A young man among us, whose like no one had seen,

Among us there was a youth unlike any other,

a guardian for a mother, or a protector of a close relative.

A protector of his mother or guardian of the forbidden.

حَسيبٌ يُنالُ المَجدُ مِنهُ بِبَسطَةٍ

حَسيبٌ يُنالُ المَجدُ مِنهُ بِبَسطَةٍ

وَيَعجُزُ عَن إِفضالِهِ كُلُّ شَيظَمِ

وَيَعجُزُ عَن إِفضالِهِ كُلُّ شَيظَمِ

Noble-born, from whom glory is gained through openhandedness,

A lord from whom glory is easily attained,

and every towering man falls short of his generosity.

Yet all the firm mountains cannot match his generosity.

فَفَرَّقتَ فَرعَيها وَكُنتَ سَدادَها

فَفَرَّقتَ فَرعَيها وَكُنتَ سَدادَها

إِذا كانَ يَومٌ بالِغاً كُلَّ مُعظَمِ

إِذا كانَ يَومٌ بالِغاً كُلَّ مُعظَمِ

So you sundered its two branches, though you were its mainstay,

You separated her branches and were her support

whenever a day brought every grievous trial.

On a momentous day against all formidable foes.

وَما ضاعَتِ الأَرحامُ عِندَكَ وَالَّذي

وَما ضاعَتِ الأَرحامُ عِندَكَ وَالَّذي

وَليتَ وَما اِستُحفِظتَ فيها لِمُجرِمِ

وَليتَ وَما اِستُحفِظتَ فيها لِمُجرِمِ

Kinship ties were never neglected in your care, nor what

Relationships were never lost with you, by the one

you undertook, nor what you were entrusted to guard among them for an offender.

Whom you protected and did not fail as a guardian.

كَأَنَّ بُغاةَ الخَيرِ عِندَكَ أَصبَحوا

كَأَنَّ بُغاةَ الخَيرِ عِندَكَ أَصبَحوا

عَلى نَهَجٍ مِن طافِحِ البَحرِ خِضرِمِ

عَلى نَهَجٍ مِن طافِحِ البَحرِ خِضرِمِ

It was as though those seeking bounty in your presence found themselves

As if the recalcitrant enemies became with you

on an open path from an overflowing, boundless sea.

On a path overflowing from the green, foaming sea.

تَوَسَّعتَ لِلحاجاتِ يا صَخرُ كُلِّها

تَوَسَّعتَ لِلحاجاتِ يا صَخرُ كُلِّها

فَحامَ إِلى مَعروفِكَ المُتَنَسَّمِ

فَحامَ إِلى مَعروفِكَ المُتَنَسَّمِ

You made room for every need, O Sakhr,

You were generous, O Sakhr, for all needs,

so the seeker, catching its scent, circled toward your bounty.

So the scent of your kindness diffused to the delighted.

وَأَنتَ اِبنُ فَرعِ القَومِ يا صَخرُ كُلِّها

وَأَنتَ اِبنُ فَرعِ القَومِ يا صَخرُ كُلِّها

إِذا قالَ فُرسانُ اللُقا صَخرُ أَقدِمِ

إِذا قالَ فُرسانُ اللُقا صَخرُ أَقدِمِ

And you are born of the whole tribe's highest branch, O Sakhr,

You are the son of your people’s lineage, O Sakhr,

when the horsemen of battle said, 'Sakhr, advance!'

If the horsemen of eloquence said Sakhr is the eldest.

إِذا ذَكَرَت نَفسي نَداهُ وَبَأسَهُ

إِذا ذَكَرَت نَفسي نَداهُ وَبَأسَهُ

تَحَسَّرَ عَنها كُلُّ عَيشٍ وَأَنعُمِ

تَحَسَّرَ عَنها كُلُّ عَيشٍ وَأَنعُمِ

When my soul remembers his generosity and his might,

When my soul recalls his voice and strength,

all life's pleasures and blessings fall away from it.

All life and bliss will regret the loss of him.