1. The light of the two eyes has dimmed,
And dread and panic is upon the dwellings,

2. Sorrow was created in the heart of him who was ignorant of sorrow,
The words of the informant - Rafa'il has died,

3. So from the insides among the ribs - thunderbolts,
And from the tears - streams flowing down the cheeks,

4. The one who found sorrow said more than crying,
And the one who cannot speak - cried,

5. O companion of the dead in their burial places,
After you - the land is desolate and still,

6. Neither does the traveling sun have a state,
Nor the face of the earth a shade, nor the shade of life is dim,

7. This universe after you is still the same,
But the light of insights is little,

8. Our torch in the night of every adversity,
The night after you is dark and long,

9. Inspire me with your eloquence, my mind is heedless,
My vigilance is diminished and the knitting of my poetry is undone,

10. Despair has enervated the shoulder of poetry and destroyed it,
The horror of affliction - so its knot is untied,

11. Why do I see the world as if I see no one,
As if both worlds are redundant?

12. I weep when melody passes my hearing,
So the wailing of the bereaved is a shriek,

13. My soul that blamed me for meeting him,
Today there is no hope or reasoning,

14. Melt away! For knowledge - its pillars have collapsed,
And religion - its drawn sword is sheathed,

15. This is a position - neither is wailing seemly in it,
Nor is graceful patience - graceful,

16. I did not know before the news of his death flew,
That souls flow from eyes,

17. How foolish is man residing resigned to fate,
And death wanders around him and roams,

18. He loves life as if he will live forever,
And he knows he will perish,

19. And of the wonders is that he longs for tomorrow,
While tomorrow and what it brings is unknown,

20. Do not incline towards life, for it is,
A vanishing world that kills men,

21. The one who was satisfied with speech and led it,
Fell silent - as if his tongue is tied,

22. O speaker of the excellent sermons, as if
they are by divine inspiration and revelation!

23. If that face has been veiled by earth,
For the star in the liver of heaven there is a setting,

24. The dove is no critic, but verily,
The worth of the great on the great is proof,

25. Do the angels guard your grave? It has in it,
Dignity, and around it - veneration,

26. How often you spent the night, its star apprehensive,
Exerting yourself - while the awake were few,

27. Seeking the forgiveness of God for mankind,
As if you alone are the questioned,

28. Souls desire pleasures and crave them,
Yet God does not desire them, nor the Bible,

29. Were it not for schools whose discipline is harsh,
and churches - there would only be ignorance and paralysis,

30. You spent your life struggling in God,
The reward of one who struggles in God is plentiful.