قَد وَجدنَا الدَّمعَ أشفَى لِلكَمَد

قَد وَجدنَا الدَّمعَ أشفَى لِلكَمَد

وَرَأَينَا الغَيَّ أدنَى لِلرَّشَد

وَرَأَينَا الغَيَّ أدنَى لِلرَّشَد

We have found tears the best cure for grief,

We have found tears more healing than poultice for inflammation,

And we have seen error as nearer to right guidance.

And we have seen abandonment closer than guidance to integrity.

والَّذي أَعطَى أَبَا عَامِرٍ ال

والَّذي أَعطَى أَبَا عَامِرٍ ال

مُلكَ والدِّينَ ونَصرَ المُضطَهَد

مُلكَ والدِّينَ ونَصرَ المُضطَهَد

By Him who granted Abu Amir the

He who gave Abu Amir authority,

kingship, faith, and succor for the oppressed,

Kingdom, religion and victory over the oppressed,

مَا رَأَت عَينَايَ شَمساً قَبلَهُ

مَا رَأَت عَينَايَ شَمساً قَبلَهُ

طَلَعَت في الأُفقِ مِن وَجهِ أَسَد

طَلَعَت في الأُفقِ مِن وَجهِ أَسَد

My eyes had never seen, before him, a sun

My eyes had never seen a sun before it

That rose on the horizon from a lion's face.

Rose in the horizon with the face of a lion.

يَجمَعُ الدُّنيَا بِكَفَّي رأيِهِ

يَجمَعُ الدُّنيَا بِكَفَّي رأيِهِ

جَمعَكَ الآلاَفَ في عَقدِ العَدَد

جَمعَكَ الآلاَفَ في عَقدِ العَدَد

He gathers the world in the two palms of his judgment,

He gathers the world in the palms of his opinion,

As you gather thousands when counting on your fingers.

He gathered you in thousands in the necklace of number.

يَسأَلُ العَانيَ أَن يَسأَلَهُ

يَسأَلُ العَانيَ أَن يَسأَلَهُ

فَإِذَا أَولاَهُ مَعرُوفاً جَحَد

فَإِذَا أَولاَهُ مَعرُوفاً جَحَد

He asks the captive to ask of him;

He asks the supplicant to ask him,

Then, when he grants him a kindness, he denies it.

But when he grants him a kindness, he denies it.