1. Their homes are watered by my copious tears
Though my morn returns after them destroyed

2. And though I rose early amid their resting places and tombs
The places of our loved ones are adorned

3. It watered their meadows, nay it watered their last abode
With latter rains from the clouds bursting with showers

4. And clothed them in the finery of spring and adorned them
With the soft drops of dew dripping from the meadows

5. When the meadows court the roe-deer, they are bedecked
With carpets amidst their resting places and circling streams

6. When the rain dons its garment, you would think
That an epoch has passed, keeping watch over it while it weaves

7. Guide me to the quarters of the lovely sparrow
For from that bird of good omen lucky stars are guided

8. Consume patience while still fresh and drink it in
For you have saddled the camel of darkness and darkness is blessed

9. The lion cub of the thicket has come to you with his sword
Its sharp edge ready in the darkness of night to attack

10. When the torrent is unleashed the excuses dry up
And when resolved, the roads are not closed off to him

11. You persisted and fate brought together
Two disputants in passionate debate, one stubborn the other persistent

12. He who weeps for Bujair even if brought near
Is like Zuhair and Malik in his compassion

13. A battle-hardened warrior who has often seen
The battalions wavering on a day of clamor as they surge

14. And one who extracts every day from the rich
Booty watered by the spear and arrows

15. One who gazes at fate until it seems he
Shares in dispensing doom among souls

16. For time does not spare one who takes
Nor does time vanquish one who desists

17. Clement, when clemency does not soften his sternness
And one who wards off death blows with a splitting coat of mail

18. A lord's foster-son nurtured at her breast
And one whose hearing was trained by mighty warriors

19. Else their horses beneath the riders' weights
Would have shredded the hides of war

20. And were it not for Him protecting their flank
They would have returned ripped to pieces

21. By the white feathers of the whizzing arrows
And the choice herds would have been left neglected

22. Else you would have worn the shame of an age as though
Its nights amongst nights were disgraceful

23. And furnishings of safety would have been pulled out from beneath you
The example of soft furnishings and couches

24. But He refused to allow your authority in your people to be violated
While it remains intact and perfect

25. And that you wake under shade while you
Are the protectors of my quarters and environs

26. Then relationships would split though clinging together
And kinship ties would snap though intertwined

27. Do not then deny favors to the Silent One Muhammad
Whose hands will compensate with intercession

28. He brought you the sweet breezes as tailwinds
And ease, while they were headwinds causing adversity

29. So he turned away the thirst of the spear points from you and sheathed
The sharp blades of the swords

30. And time moved into the realm of auspicious destiny
The freedman of good fortune and the intimate friend of blessings

31. As though the morn emerged today from his beautiful face
Gleaming between white and white, smiling

32. While you live life is short
And when you go loss for life is imminent

33. Whenever fate comes to you, leave not as one perished
But time itself will pass as one destroyed in your stead