1. I remembered you in the moments of solitude
That brought me immense joy

2. You were like the radiant morning
In the meadows full of fragrance

3. The plains became constricted around me
And their spaciousness turned difficult

4. Darkness fell between me and people
Though before I was quite perceptive

5. Time became long though it was short
And the long now turned short

6. So here I am, hands empty of you
Lost in sorrow and futile wishes

7. Losing you was like losing my beloved time
And losing my flourishing youth

8. Belittle your loss, one who does not know
That I face the unendurable because of it

9. They thought, without knowing, it was small
While it was, in fact, enormous

10. Say to one on the path of pigeons
Herding the young and raising palaces

11. Neglecting the suddenness of death
Leave lamenting and pour light

12. How long will you remain free
Yet a slave in greedy hands?

13. If I walk, I walk slowly
And if I come close, I near illusion

14. If you attain all you seek
You attain nothing but the insignificant

15. Time takes only what it gives back
So why blame the borrower?

16. How many lowly ones beneath the soil
Once sat atop thrones?

17. How many we knew who ate dust
Wore silk when buried?

18. How many tombs covered
Sharp swords and ferocious lions?

19. Oh Hussain, who can make
Me answer the call and bare my conscience?

20. I knew you dispelled my worries
And reminded me of important matters

21. A loving brother, I took loyalty from you
And when called, hastened like an echo

22. How many nights were you my companion
Consoling me in its darkness?

23. May Allah water your grave among graves
With clouds and surround it with rain

24. Imagining it accumulating in the sky
A slow moving caravan competing with one

25. As if its thundering lightning
Were the loud cries of stallions

26. Its flashes of lightning dress it
You'd think it an impending rain

27. Neighboring a people the ravages of time
Tore apart as they anticipate resurrection

28. While your grave remains illuminated
Lighting up tombs in the darkness of night

29. You are still fully at peace
In bounty, having met a Forgiving Lord