أُنظر لِماَ فعل المظفَّر إنه

أُنظر لِماَ فعل المظفَّر إنه

نَفَعَ القضيَّةَ غائباً لم يحضرِ

نَفَعَ القضيَّةَ غائباً لم يحضرِ

Look at what al-Muzaffar has done: indeed, he

I look at what Al-Muzaffar did, how

helped the cause while absent, without being present.

He benefited the cause while absent, did not attend

أحيى القلوب ودونهنَّ ودونَه

أحيى القلوب ودونهنَّ ودونَه

غرفُ الحديد وحامياتُ العسكرِ

غرفُ الحديد وحامياتُ العسكرِ

He revived the hearts, though between them and him stood

He revived hearts, held them dear and held him dear

iron cells and army garrisons.

The iron bars and armies of soldiers

عرضوا الكفالةَ والكرامةَ عندَه

عرضوا الكفالةَ والكرامةَ عندَه

عبثاً وهل عَرَضٌ يُقاس بجوهر

عبثاً وهل عَرَضٌ يُقاس بجوهر

They set bail and dignity before him,

They offered bail and dignity to him

in vain—can an incidental quality be compared with an essence?

In vain, can any offer match his valor?

ورأى التحُّير في التخيُّرِ سُبَّةً

ورأى التحُّير في التخيُّرِ سُبَّةً

فَفَدى كرامته بستَّة أشهرِ

فَفَدى كرامته بستَّة أشهرِ

And he deemed hesitation in choosing a disgrace,

And he saw the hesitation in choosing as disgrace

so he ransomed his dignity with six months.

So he ransomed his dignity with six months

لم يخْل ميدانُ الجهاد بسَجْنه

لم يخْل ميدانُ الجهاد بسَجْنه

فلقد رماه بقلبه المتسعّرِ

فلقد رماه بقلبه المتسعّرِ

The field of struggle was not emptied by his imprisonment,

His imprisonment did not leave the field of jihad empty

for indeed he cast his blazing heart into it.

For he threw his flaming heart into it

ولكم خلا بوجود جيشٍ زاخرٍ

ولكم خلا بوجود جيشٍ زاخرٍ

يمشي إليه بِخَطْوِهِ المتعثّرِ

يمشي إليه بِخَطْوِهِ المتعثّرِ

And how often it stood empty despite a teeming army

And how devoid was the presence of a thriving army

walking toward it with its faltering gait.

That walks to it with its faltering steps

إنَّ المظفّر من حديدٍ جسمُه

إنَّ المظفّر من حديدٍ جسمُه

فيما أرى وجسومُهم من سُكّرِ

فيما أرى وجسومُهم من سُكّرِ

Indeed, al-Muzaffar's body is of iron,

Indeed, Al-Muzaffar's body is of iron

as I see it, while their bodies are of sugar.

While theirs, I see, are of sugar