عماد الدين أنت لكل داع

عماد الدين أنت لكل داع

دعاك لعونه خير العماد

دعاك لعونه خير العماد

Imad al-Din, you are, for every supplicant

O Imād al-Dīn, you are there for all who call upon you,

Who calls upon you for aid, the finest support.

Whoever calls on you for aid, you are the best pillar of support,

تقوم لنصره كرما إذا ما

تقوم لنصره كرما إذا ما

تقاعد ذو القرابة والوداد

تقاعد ذو القرابة والوداد

You rise generously to help him whenever

You rise to give him victory out of generosity whenever

Those bound by kinship and affection hang back.

His kin and loved ones hold back.

قضى لك بالعلى كرم السجايا

قضى لك بالعلى كرم السجايا

وما أوتيت من كرم الولاد

وما أوتيت من كرم الولاد

Nobility of character has decreed eminence for you,

Your sublime character has destined you for greatness

As has the nobility of birth with which you were endowed.

And for the generosity you inherited from your forefathers.

أبئك وحشتي لك واشتياقي

أبئك وحشتي لك واشتياقي

إليك وما لقيت من البعاد

إليك وما لقيت من البعاد

I tell you of my loneliness without you and my longing

My longing for you does not leave me in my solitude,

For you, and what I have suffered from separation.

My yearning and separation from you is difficult to bear.

وإني في دمشق ومن حوته

وإني في دمشق ومن حوته

لبعدك ذو اغتراب وانفراد

لبعدك ذو اغتراب وانفراد

And I, in Damascus and among those it holds,

For in Damascus, where you now reside,

Am estranged and alone because you are far away.

I remain distraught and isolated without you near.

ومثلك إن تطلبه خبير

ومثلك إن تطلبه خبير

بهذا الخلق ليس بمستفاد

بهذا الخلق ليس بمستفاد

And one like you, even if sought by someone versed

One like yourself, if sought, would not be found

In humankind, is not to be found.

Among people today, of that there is no doubt.

أنار بك الزمان فلا علته

أنار بك الزمان فلا علته

لفقد علاك أثواب الحداد

لفقد علاك أثواب الحداد

The age has shone through you; may it never be clad

The times were brightened by your presence, and now

In robes of mourning at the loss of your eminence.

Without you here, grief's dark clothes abound.