مُحْمُودُ أَنْتَ العَزَاءُ بَعْدَهُمُ

مُحْمُودُ أَنْتَ العَزَاءُ بَعْدَهُمُ

حَفَظَتُ أَحْسَابَهُمْ وَعَهْدَهُمُ

حَفَظَتُ أَحْسَابَهُمْ وَعَهْدَهُمُ

Mahmoud, you are the consolation after them.

Mahmoud, you are the consolation after them

You have preserved their ancestral honor and their covenant.

I have kept their account and covenant

جَارَ عَلَيْكَ الزَّمَانُ وَاحَرَبَات

جَارَ عَلَيْكَ الزَّمَانُ وَاحَرَبَات

فَكَانَ ثُكْلٌ وَقَبْلَهُ يُتَمُ

فَكَانَ ثُكْلٌ وَقَبْلَهُ يُتَمُ

Time wronged you—alas for the calamities!

Time has been harsh on you and wars

So came the loss of a child, and before it, orphanhood.

So it became bereavement, and before it, orphanhood

أبٌ تَوَلَّى وَإِخْوَةٌ دَرَجُوا

أبٌ تَوَلَّى وَإِخْوَةٌ دَرَجُوا

لَوْ شَفَّعَ المَجْدُ فِيهِمْ سَلِّمُوا

لَوْ شَفَّعَ المَجْدُ فِيهِمْ سَلِّمُوا

A father passed away, and brothers departed.

A father passed away, and brothers buried

Had glory interceded for them, they would have been spared.

If glory interceded for them, they would have been forgiven

وَمَاتَ شَبْلٌ رَزْئَتُهُ أَعْلَى

وَمَاتَ شَبْلٌ رَزْئَتُهُ أَعْلَى

قَدْرِ الهِبَاتِ الجَّلائِلِ النِّقِمُ

قَدْرِ الهِبَاتِ الجَّلائِلِ النِّقِمُ

And a lion cub died, whom you lost; heightened

And Shibl died, his dignity the highest

by calamities is the worth of splendid gifts.

Of the rank of great misfortunes and retributions