1. Do you have from excessive passion what I have
So my inner feelings are made known by my outward expressions

2. I express a passion that has straitened me intensely
And patience has made me surrender to my limit

3. And I was a man in whom worries did not cross his mind
Nor did a misfortune ever bend me a day in my prime

4. I indulged for a time while temptation was my vehicle
And the path of desire was my necklace and the passion of youth was my cloak

5. So neither the outline of the sand dunes provoked me, nor fever
Nor did the sound of drums or lutes alarm me

6. And how often my peers sang while I turned away
If one of them approached me, I inclined to aloofness

7. And if I faced hardships, I would counter them
With the hardness of a heart as solid as stone

8. Then time loosened my resolve
And alarmed me among the loved ones with loss

9. And it abandoned me to lament those who died when they saw
After them the harshness of relatives that increases

10. It's as if I am the one lost when it's said he's perished
Or as if I alone felt anguish over him

11. Is it right, my brother, that when anyone dies
His gatherings are deprived of mention among friends

12. Except the brethren have lied, there is no pact between us
If the pact of life and passion does not last

13. It's enough of sorrow that I fear a slip
And I know there is no escape from it

14. I say this and I have a lesson for one who lived long
Whose strength of heart and endurance was touched

15. He was afflicted with half a heart that was divided
His resolve torn between endurance and passion

16. And he was anguished by the lion cub he valued more
Than the fevered forest of spears and roses

17. O Abu Umar may Allah not take a loved one far
You felt anguish over him yet the grave is an abode and the distance an honor

18. It is hard for us to console you, for your affliction is the essence of misery in our easy life
And O resident of the grave, O son of one who lived long

19. To you belong purity from the niche and sanctity from the burial
You were solace for hearts that had

20. A burning and malady - you were the cure for clouded eyes
You reached your purpose and wisdom as a child, as though

21. You were born with the ethics of glory and integrity
And we cry for you buried as if you were leaning

22. Towards us in what was of that pact
You are visited without knowing and greeted

23. By a righteous father, though you know not what he expresses
And you were the coolness of his heart, and yet

24. The heat of this passion came from that coolness
He sees a glow of intense sorrow whenever

25. The grieving soul sighs over its kindling
He consoles you for remembering him with your abode in the dust

26. You remember his abode in the Garden of Eternity
And unto Allah belongs his patient soul's endurance

27. Though it was equipped to face the intensity of passion
Hardships had made him sharp as the blade of a sword drawn from its sheath

28. Yet they did not push him to blame or prevent him from ways of praise
They struck a lad whom sorrow did not divert

29. From generosity and bringing good news to visitors
And it anguished him with the loss of the noble one by whom

30. It saw the loss of a life that does not return
The fate of the lofty flowed as usual with the death of Abu Bakr, and no helper can repel it

31. The generous noble of pure descent is clouded
Inclining to the heights in lineage and harvest

32. His eyes shine when he remembers his uncle
The venerable Mudar or his aunt Ghurra of Azd

33. They are the kings of the land, the masters of Arabi
The builders of glory with courage, wisdom and plenty

34. When asked for something they would give generously as though
They shook the anklets or staffs of India

35. For each lad of them in any circumstance
The wisdom of old age combined with the intensity of youth

36. They prepared vengeance for the enemies of their glory
And they cured souls of hatred and malice

37. With each buried arrowhead penetrating the insides of women
Smooth, uncovered, swaying, following

38. Dark skinned like the sprout of basil, learned
Tall, long-stroked, with shoes gathered

39. With a gait barely restrained as if
The thread moved gently in woven garments and armor

40. And they have signs when they rise for peace
They are all amid compromise without an adversary

41. Open handed with whatever they give to each visitor
As rain poured towards fertile plains and desert

42. Wisdom when war drums blare yet the next day
He is above your expectations at the peak

43. The chastity of character and manners of souls
Justice and fairness for the free and slave

44. And his assets increased in further growth
Authorized for might and wealthy with treasures

45. High minded in wealth, lofty in glory
And the glory of Qureysh - that is a sweet glory

46. They are the lords of the sublime, they established its pillars
With the anklets of glory, silver buckles, and leather shields

47. They ruled the land, courage, wisdom and prosperity
And built greatness with resolve and struggle

48. Abu Umar, may Allah grant you patience so seize
What you hope from its excellent promise

49. May it suffice you from anguish over Ahmed and Mohammed
And may its rising moon bring you joy

50. You both have lived in bounty and attained
The fruits of wishes with fortune and endeavor