1. The vicissitudes of fate turned a deaf ear to reproach,
Lying in ambush with calamities and disasters.

2. The freshness of life has faded away and so our souls are snatched
Without any regard or calculation.

3. Had she appeared unveiled she would have been disgraced, but
The beauty of her face was enhanced by the veil.

4. Indeed the vicissitudes of time know how to guide
Misfortunes to those of intellect and reason.

5. That is why freshness withers after flourishing
Before gardens bloom, deserts do.

6. His eyes did not turn away from attending to serious matters until
The power of the lords was shaken.

7. With them perished the pearl of the false dawn,
Beauty and the darling of the prayer niche.

8. With the plain spoken and the most eloquent,
And the most reasonable of reasonable men.

9. O Muhammad, the outstanding qualities
Of your clear days have certainly gone.

10. The tomb and the earth frowned upon your face
Which was neither frowning nor sullen.

11. The tomb and the earth extinguished the light
Of your shining lamp in the darkness of confused minds.

12. You moved to a known abode that is called
The severer of causes.

13. A lonely abode, even though thronged
By the coming of the trustworthy and loved ones.

14. O shooting star that descended on the family of Ubaydullah
He is sore distressed by the loss of this shooting star.

15. A fresh flower whose glory
Blossomed in a delicate and gentle court.

16. A manner like wine or the drizzle of a water-skin,
Or like perfume or dissolving snow.

17. Vigorously alive beyond any blemish,
Radiantly youthful beyond any artifice.

18. The days brought him down from their backs
After he had established himself in the saddle.

19. When he had reached the prime of youth and life
Had opened its doors to him.

20. And related the warrior girt with his polished sword except that
His adornment was the jewels of high principles.

21. He was most resolute in his opinions and wisdom, a rending
Of veils, then most resolute in granting gifts, a rending of youth.

22. Death approached him until
It bestowed the beauty of his face upon the dust.