لا تجزَعوا يا بني الضَبَّاطِ واصطبِروا

لا تجزَعوا يا بني الضَبَّاطِ واصطبِروا

لفَقْدِ شخصٍ جميلِ القولِ والعَملِ

لفَقْدِ شخصٍ جميلِ القولِ والعَملِ

Do not be distraught, O sons of al-Ḍabbāṭ, and endure patiently

Do not despair, O officers' sons, but be patient

At the loss of a man beautiful in speech and deed.

For the loss of one so fair in word and deed.

قد كانَ غُصناً نضيراً في شَبيبَتِهِ

قد كانَ غُصناً نضيراً في شَبيبَتِهِ

فخانَهُ البينُ في قصفٍ على عجَلِ

فخانَهُ البينُ في قصفٍ على عجَلِ

He was a verdant branch in his youth,

In his youth he was a fresh branch among peers,

But parting betrayed him, snapping him in haste.

Yet fate betrayed him in haste, it took no heed.

مضَى إلى ربِّهِ الغفَّار مُبتهِجاً

مضَى إلى ربِّهِ الغفَّار مُبتهِجاً

فنالَ ما كانَ يرجوهُ مِن الأمَلِ

فنالَ ما كانَ يرجوهُ مِن الأمَلِ

He departed joyfully to his Lord, the All-Forgiving,

To his Lord the All-Forgiving he's gone with joy,

And attained what he had hoped for.

And attained what hope he cherished and all he'd need.

هُناكَ أقلامُ ذي التَّاريخِ قد رَقَمتْ

هُناكَ أقلامُ ذي التَّاريخِ قد رَقَمتْ

إنَّ اُنْدَراوُسَ قد أُحصِي مَعَ الرُسُلِ

إنَّ اُنْدَراوُسَ قد أُحصِي مَعَ الرُسُلِ

There, the chronicler's pens have inscribed:

There history's pens have inscribed as they ought-

Indeed, Andrew has been numbered among the apostles.

Lieutenant Andrawus is counted with martyrs indeed.