1. Neither veils nor armor can prevent death,
Nor meadows, nor barren plains,

2. Nor the armies that filled the space,
Nor brother from brother, or son from father.

3. What we built for the life is an experiment,
As we are for death like the fathers - we do not last.

4. And death is a door, and all people enter it,
And the resurrection is a path, to which all creation is led.

5. Every living being has a time,
If it passes, its days will not remain.

6. How many who wished to live comfortably
Yet death shortened the comfortable living.

7. And it was absent from their thoughts before its reason,
And when the decree came, the decree bore witness.

8. Solomon’s schemes failed him,
And what remained of his life, he escaped like a lion.

9. That is from our ancestor, so for whoever remains of us
After what has passed before us, it is a lesson.

10. O sea, you drowned an ocean that never
Ceased being fresh, while you are bitter and turbid.

11. Your waves are useless waves,
While its waves are youthful and sturdy.

12. It forgave you after you drowned it,
So ships and rafts did not matter to you.

13. And from its glory is that you did not attempt preserving it
From you - the obligations - when it flowed terrified.

14. You drowned it by fate imposed upon you,
And you moaned, and the armies of death weep.

15. Know that you could not guarantee it,
So you chose to distance yourself from its decay.

16. Until through it, its companions succeeded, and through it
The light of return shone like the sun.

17. On the shore God decreed glory for it,
So it settled there, steady.

18. The best place is where Solomon stayed
Alive and dead - and in what I see, nothing matches it.

19. For it is in God's land a gem
That shines brightly while the rest of the world is dark.

20. Alas, no grave can equal it,
Nor a place like Nuzwah you will find.

21. When I passed by the house where he lived
And enjoyed his blessings, while people came and went.

22. And people were chaotic like birds in the sky, thirsty
To him - you could not tell who aims and who rations.

23. Voices were mixed with sorrow
This one wails, that cries, and another moans.

24. I held back my flooding tears until I choked on them
And were it not for him, I would not have been patient and steadfast.

25. It was as if I died between the two blasts - so I have
No permanence - when he told me patience and no more.

26. As if this world and its inhabitants
Were all in his grave when he passed away.

27. I called, after regaining my awareness, where is its star?
They said it disappears while the world - so who can bring it back?

28. If you seek its brilliance, it died out,
Or if you seek its lights, you will not find them.

29. Oman through him was radiant, but now without him
It lost its splendor, and its eyes are clouded with no clarity.

30. Its singer, the caller of its free women,
The guide of its massacres, bearing what flows.

31. It is as if the delegation after his death
Were confused, examining the people’s faces.

32. They said we lost Solomon, and they knew
That charm, wisdom and knowledge were lost.

33. It is as if the world where he went
Became, after him, counterfeit.

34. Their hearts died when their guide died
So today no guide remains, nor guidance.

35. Woe and shame to the world and its people
After Solomon - neither world remains nor anyone.

36. It is as if people and the world, though great,
Were in his grip, a blade he wipes or forges.

37. It is as if from the intellect's wisdom in gentleness
Moses' lights shine on Sinai.

38. Through his day, he sees what the past brought
His vision with the intellect - what comes to him tomorrow.

39. He does not sleep at night but facing
God's face - so in awe, observant.

40. It is as if the night was made for his vigil
Inclining to Him - so tears and wakefulness.

41. It is as if hell was created only for him
He remains distant from it, drawing near to God.

42. It is as if to him the world is a crow's nest,
And all its decor in his eyes is rubble.

43. You will not find anyone but for him
From his knowledge, guidance or help, has a hand.

44. Today after you, pillar of the faith, you left
No pillar for people but your hand marked it.

45. It is as if the grief within hearts burns
Tears flow over them and they blaze.

46. It is as if your remembrance between worlds is fragrance
A garden he poured rain upon.

47. We attempt to forget you, but you left
Traits of you that make us remember and strive.

48. Your tomb was watered by the dissolved shackles -
Wailing - like my tears for you pouring down.

49. May God immortalize a spirit you wearied
To a Paradise whose people are immortal.

50. If there remains for who remains, my sorrow
For your brother's children - excellent leaders and aid.

51. If they endure what the noble endure,
Then in patience since you left them, they succeeded.

52. If you were distinguished by a merit and singled out with it
Then through it, above all people they were singled out.

53. May God not join between you and them that conjunction
If I lost, they lived and did not lose.