1. Why must I bid farewell each morn
When we no longer meet after long separation

2. And sever ties with friends - not out of disdain
On my part, nor seeking out conflict

3. I left them, my tears flowing
My heart aflame with separation

4. I left them and returned, patient
Though I am filled with longing

5. I buried them in a low valley
Pure white, like slender swords

6. I'm weary of life after their loss
And have cut off all my hopes in them

7. How can life be sweet when I cannot see
My companions, family and friends?

8. I see my loved ones ravaged by time
Falling like leaves amongst us

9. I left the smartest man alive
Noblest of all in his excellence

10. I lost the pillar men relied upon
Whose virtues were related by trusted men

11. He was my refuge, watering place
The source of my pride and will to compete

12. His hands would embrace me
Gifts that adorned my neck

13. I say to him, as I walked in his funeral
My tears flowing in sorrow

14. Where to go with him gone?
The pearls of speech and wise days are lost

15. You lived nobly amongst men, and dead
O purest of chiefs and protectors

16. You who heavens poured drink each night
With rumbling thunder and lightning

17. I've exhausted my patience with this tragedy
Grieving endlessly though I must move on

18. I must drink the cups of sorrow
Brought by the hands of destiny

19. An affliction that befell Iraq - unveil
Iraq's grief at Abd al-Baqi's death