هذا كِتابِي وكَفُّ الموْتِ تُزْعِجُنِي

هذا كِتابِي وكَفُّ الموْتِ تُزْعِجُنِي

عن الحياةِ وفي قَلْبِي لكم ذِكَرُ

عن الحياةِ وفي قَلْبِي لكم ذِكَرُ

This is my letter; the hand of death drives me

This is my book, and the approach of death disturbs me,

from life, while my heart holds memories of you.

Takes me away from life, though you are in my heart remembered.

إِنْ أَقضِكُم حقَّكُم مِن قِلَّةٍ عُمُرِي

إِنْ أَقضِكُم حقَّكُم مِن قِلَّةٍ عُمُرِي

إِنِّي إِلى اللَّهِ لا حقٌّ ولا عُمُرُ

إِنِّي إِلى اللَّهِ لا حقٌّ ولا عُمُرُ

I have not repaid you your due, so brief is my life;

If I fulfil not your due, the fault lies in my scanty days,

I am bound for God, with neither claim nor life.

To God I owe no duty, no length of days.

لَهفِي على نَيِّراتٍ ما صدعْتُ بها

لَهفِي على نَيِّراتٍ ما صدعْتُ بها

إِلا وأَظْلَمَ مِن أَضْوائِهَا القَمرُ

إِلا وأَظْلَمَ مِن أَضْوائِهَا القَمرُ

Alas for those radiant verses: never did I proclaim them

I yearn for the departed, though ne'er again we'll meet,

without the moon growing dark from their light.

Save where no moonlight's radiance can make the darkness retreat.

فاقْر السَّلام على المنْصُورِ أَفْضلِ من

فاقْر السَّلام على المنْصُورِ أَفْضلِ من

سعى لثأرِ بنِي الإِسْلامِ فانْتَصرُوا

سعى لثأرِ بنِي الإِسْلامِ فانْتَصرُوا

So convey greetings to al-Mansur, the best of those

Greet in my name Mansur, than whom none nobler fought

who strove to avenge the sons of Islam, and they prevailed.

To venge the Muslim's wrongs, and in their cause prevailed.

واعطِفْ بها عطْفَةً تهتزُّ مِن كَرمٍ

واعطِفْ بها عطْفَةً تهتزُّ مِن كَرمٍ

على المُظَفَّرِ فهو الفَلْجُ والظَّفَرُ

على المُظَفَّرِ فهو الفَلْجُ والظَّفَرُ

And turn them, with a gesture quivering with generosity,

With tenderness greet Muzaffar, whose mighty arm

toward al-Muzaffar, for he is triumph and victory.

Brought victory, and turned the tide of war's alarm.