1. The bereft one has no guardian
Except the tattoo of weeping and sorrow

2. Among the short-statured folk, between a people
Who think the sea is like a pond

3. And who see the dawn like the nightfall
While meanings are hidden from the ignorant

4. The viciousness of fate has captured me like a lion
So every free man took flight

5. How many have I taught to the utmost limit
Yet they rewarded blessing with the ingratitude of rebellion

6. And I repaid their treachery with treachery
I only fulfill the covenant of the loyal

7. My soul is bitter so it refuses
To see me doing good to the wicked

8. And the reward of evil is evil, and whoever
Does not defend himself will perish in humiliation

9. O you who attack the moon, be rational
You have come with nothing true, so turn back

10. You are from the dead lands, so how can you
Have a say regarding the living lands

11. Only the words of enemies
Tear down a nobility not built by the noble

12. How many times my assault stirred ambushes
And how many times my hand captured the concealed

13. Except that tribulations deterred me
Over a dutiful father and a virtuous son

14. The loss of my father tore me apart when he passed away
Then the existence of my namesake healed my heart

15. Then when the wound had healed
With the passing of a crescent moon, it festered again

16. Shall I not weep over a noble son
Like my father, mighty in purpose, my role model?

17. I am destitute, and even if I were Chosroes
I would have no wealth except through The All-Sufficient

18. After him I neglected this world
That he had adorned with the finest jewelry

19. In him was a marvel for the lofty ideals
The ways of the old and the tooth of the young

20. When he recited, he who was seen
Was the most eloquent of reciters, like a foreigner

21. He would turn the singers away from lyrics
If he sang the lyrics of revelation

22. The understanding he possessed enriched
His heart beyond any satiation or quenching of thirst

23. So may God give life to the land that contained him
With life, and may it love him with an encompassing love

24. I am not disturbed by the croaking of the raven
For this wailing alone is sufficient disturbance

25. Did fate conceal from me other than
A predecessor in mirth and ornament of bliss?

26. The caravan wept for the tribulation of glory
And the camels wept for the caravan

27. If careful attention had grazed him
The death of the benevolent one would not have torn me

28. They asked, “Was he stabbed by war?”
I said, “By God, He is his preserver! Nay,

29. Death felled him with a subtle stab.”
It matters not to the days if they had assisted me

30. Against the slaying of the exalted one
My star set, so God blinded an eye

31. That had dazzled me in the intelligent, the holy one
Do not describe him with the attributes of a child, but look

32. Where every adult wise man stands in relation to him
If death had been gentle with him a little

33. He may have surpassed the Knowing, the Exalted
He guided me to the sweet Straight Path

34. And guided me to the even Way
If lives were ransomed, they would have profited

35. A tribe defeated by a Conqueror and Master
They came down from every side and cast down

36. Their weapons, camels, and bows
Then they said, after Abd al-Ghani

37. The noble branch was severed so it withered
And the heart was split, so woe to the broken one

38. When he grew well and completed his growth they said
Blessings in the age of this one with teeth

39. Envy begrudged him until
It reaped the core of his happiness

40. In him my qualities were cloven through
Making his memory the preoccupation of every bosom friend

41. I have not ceased taking refuge in his pillar
And in the upright, sturdy pillar

42. O my heart, pay his ransom and visit him
And fulfill to him the right of the sufficient guarantor

43. And for three moments show anguish
In the morn, noon, or evening

44. He would go to the school morning and evening
From it, in the finest appearance and satisfaction

45. His own self disciplined him, so it spared him
The lash of a whipper and rod of a rod bearer

46. So he has honor with the tutor
The voice of a vocalizer and bequest of a trustee

47. While he was near, from him
And his sons were far away

48. So he is the martyr amongst all
And he is the successor amongst all the departed

49. O noble one, in whom my clansetMaximumLength exceeded.