1. قَلبي عَلى فَقد المُحبين وَلهان

    وَاحر كَبدي من العُلوم التَوالي

    My heart is distraught at the loss of loved ones.

    Oh, how my liver burns from the news that keeps coming!

  2. وَهَمي سمك مِن يُوم فرقاي حوران

    وَعَيني بديران الرفاقة الخَوالي

    And my sorrow has mounted since the day I left Hauran.

    And my gaze is on my companions’ deserted dwellings.

  3. دَمعي دفق من مقلة العين غدران

    يا ويل من جارت عليه اللَيالي

    My tears gush from my eye, forming pools.

    Woe to whoever is wronged by the nights!

  4. علمي بهم يُوم أَنا كُنت طربان

    يا حيف أَيام الهَنا وَالدَلالي

    I remember them from when I was full of joy.

    Alas for the days of bliss and indulgence!

  5. علمي بهم من نمرة الحيص لمتان

    لا دامَت العَليا بركن الشَمالي

    I remember them from Nimra al-Hays to Mitan,

    To Damat al-Ulya, in the northern corner,

  6. من بَرد لاذيبين لشبيح سكان

    حَتّى رشياض بلادنا وَالمَفالي

    From Bard to Dhibin, to the people of Shubayh,

    As far as Rashiyad—our lands and grazing grounds.

  7. وَأَنا اتحرى العلم وَالقَلب حَزنان

    أَرجي الفَرَج من رَب خَلاق عالي

    And I watch for news, my heart sorrowful.

    I hope for relief from the Lord, the exalted Creator.

  8. جانا خبر من يم صَلخد وَعرمان

    نَعمين يا وُجوه الذِياب المَشالي

    News reached us from the direction of Salkhad and Arman.

    Double praise to you, faces of bold, raiding wolves!

  9. عَبدو أَفندي شارب الخَمر سَكران

    جاهم يهادر مثل فَحل الجمالي

    Abdu Effendi had drunk wine and was drunk;

    He came to them bellowing like a camel bull,

  10. يَطلُب من سباع البَر بنا وَدخان

    وَيريدهم مثل الغجر للحوالي

    Demanding coffee and tobacco from the lions of the wild.

    And he wanted them like Gypsies in the outlying lands.

  11. جوه النَشاما وَبَعد لليوم ما بان

    هدوا عليه قُصور شمخ عَوالي

    The gallant men came upon him; to this day he has not been seen.

    They brought towering, lofty palaces down upon him.

  12. وَللحين تحت الرَدم من غير دفان

    مَع مشرف آغا لا جهنم يُوالي

    And still he lies beneath the rubble, without burial.

    Alongside Mushrif Agha, he heads toward Hell.

  13. من عقبها صارَت معاريك وَكوان

    تَشيب الولد الرَضيع الموالي

    After that came battles and clashes,

    That would turn a newborn suckling gray.

  14. وَتضعضعت حوران من كُل الأَركان

    عافت لحاها وَالدبش وَالحَلالي

    And Hauran was shaken in every corner.

    It forsook its bearded elders, its livestock and possessions.

  15. وتولموا للهوش طليقين الإِيمان

    وَتعاون الصبيان من كُل جالي

    They readied themselves for battle, their right hands unbound,

    And the young men joined forces from every quarter.

  16. صاحوا عليهم وانطرب كُل سَكران

    وَاقفوا مثل غيم حداه الشمالي

    They raised a cry against them, rousing every drunken man,

    And they fled like clouds driven by the north wind.

  17. الفين من حمر الطَرابيش سقمان

    بعيون ذبحوا من القروم العيالي

    Two thousand infantrymen in red fezzes,

    Slaughtered at Uyun by the exalted champions.

  18. ضبع الكويرس عاز موضبع حبران

    وصار اللحم بعيون مثل التلالي

    The hyena of al-Kuwayris went hungry, not the hyena of Hibran,

    And flesh at Uyun lay piled like hills.

  19. جرد عيالك وَالثَعالب وويوان

    وافلح هداك الله عما يوالي

    Muster your young, the foxes and the jackals,

    And set out—may God guide you—toward what lies ahead,

  20. من فعل ربع ينطحوا الضد بطعان

    صلفين يوم الهوش يوم القتالي

    From the deeds of comrades who meet the foe head-on with spear-thrusts,

    Unyielding on the day of battle, the day of combat.

  21. ببلاد سُوريا بلا شك فُرسان

    من غيرهم إياك تحسب رجالي

    In Syria’s lands, they are horsemen beyond doubt;

    Beware of counting anyone but them as men.

  22. اللَه يعز بلادنا بجاه سلمان

    وَيفكنا من اشوار شقا وَسالي

    May God exalt our land through Salman’s honor,

    And free us from the counsels of Shaqqa and Sali.