1. He was the weft of the fabric until it lacked thread,
And it lacked the fringe in the wing of generosity,

2. And he blinded the eye of glory until it was lost,
And made blind the hearts from necessary duties,

3. And demolished the house of generosity and honor,
And fate, the destroyer of any destroyer, ruled,

4. And he affected the meteors in the sky, and on the pebbles,
And on the earth, the effect of piercing winds,

5. With my soul dead but not dead though he is gone
Nostalgically shedding copious tears

6. So no eyelid was stingy with its tears for him,
Nor did any heart live except in sadness for him,

7. His sorrow seared livers however much, and did not cease
To be a conflagration in the thickets and yards,

8. And no loss among all the kings was like losing him
For in losing him they were like losing cattle,

9. O Abu Malik, who will rebuild the glories
After you established them on pillars?

10. Since I owned camels I never lost like losing you -
Except you - praise at the seasons,

11. O Arabs’ harvest, pure son of Bal'arab the noble lad
Son who joined lives, whose eras mingled!

12. And O you pure of honor, and tents, and munificence,
And sincere of nature, and boon companion at the wine!

13. And O leader of the honored horses of his delegation,
And O you who sings with his money to every guest!

14. And O you whom obedience serves in judgment,
And under whom is judicious Qays ibn 'Asim in wisdom!

15. Your scheme scatters the enemy’s army,
So he lived and met no hostility,

16. Just so do the swords of opinion pay a poll tax
And decide more decisively than sharpened swords,

17. O Abu Malik, I will weep for you as long as I live
The weeping of glories or lofty peaks,

18. And maidens of the highlands will weep you
In sadness, and every fasting monk,

19. And the guest will weep you at the end of night knocking
Having folded the cloak seeking delicious food,

20. And the lords of sorrow and tribes will weep you
And every horse with a smooth, beautiful tail,

21. For who can restrain tears on the dish of his cheek
And who spare his pocket for you and reproach himself?

22. If only weeping could avail you, O Waez,
We would weep and bite regretful fingers,

23. God decreed sadness for us in you after
He so decreed in you - such is the decree of the Omnipotent,

24. We are content, content with the decree though it be
Through coercion, if you do not accept justice, imposed,

25. This is the path of doom, O garlanded King,
And the bier of a folk, or clans with snub noses,

26. We saw the great one hastened in it
To his tremendous, momentous grave,

27. O Abu Malik, if you died, you died honored,
And after you, you left the Lord of Honors,

28. For no one dies whose caliph was Muhammad
From whom clouds drizzle when he makes them rain,

29. And if his age be young, yet he is
Grown when imagination matures in a dreamer,

30. A child manages the kingdom’s affairs sagely
With the management of a steadfast elder who grasps firmness,

31. O horseman, hope in you is true
That you made steadfast like the crags of highlands,

32. And more patient than wolves listening to bowstrings
And steadier in resolution than Omani lions!

33. Consolation - you have become for us in succession
So veil our shameful deeds from us,

34. And be our deputy when a deputy succeeds,
And bear from us the heavy trusts,

35. For no free man’s honor is debased if his neighbor is honored
Nor is glorified one brought down to pasture on blame,

36. And none gain mastery who do not give generously
Or extend a hand in wisdom to the offender, gently covering,

37. For us and for you, O family of Sult, is consolation
For the deceased, arrows shared from quivers,

38. For we and you are the spirit of a body forever and ever
Through the subtleties of the Protected Lord and service of servants

39. So do not oblige yourselves in grief for a deceased
Soul, as long as it remains unnecessary,

40. For every son of woman dies, and son of deceased,
And you will meet no peace, nor son of peace,

41. His grave was watered every night with
Cascades cascading from the clouds.