1. O light of my eyes that I have lost
Yet found him in my heart

2. O planet that they called me
The full moon the day I begot him

3. His death did not calm my riding camel
Until it wept, so I buried him

4. O sweetness that seemed good to me
Nothing equals it when I lost it

5. The beloved who has rejected me
Unjustly I have rejected him

6. I could not bear to see him
In my house so I dismissed him

7. I blamed him, by my Lord
If not for piety I would have destroyed him

8. How can I bequeath my money
To one who has broken a pact I tied

9. He is not my son, one who does not
Love me when I loved him

10. You are noble but fate refused
What I wanted from you

11. The hand of fate has broken a pact
I had tightly tied before

12. You borrowed a connection from me
Then demanded its return

13. But my Lord has pleased me with you
And saddened me so I praised Him

14. Today, people fall short
Of the pride in you I have extended

15. I stayed up after you, my night
Is long whenever I put it to bed

16. And how often my tears have flowed
Hotly over the gravel, cooling it

17. You are sweet but
You were hostile when I visited you

18. Tomorrow, let Bunayy call
When I head towards him

19. O Lord, fulfill to Al-Mirza
What I promised his son

20. So God forgives a sin
I initiated and repeated

21. God did not waste my reward
Which delight have I found?

22. The day of his death or the
Day of Reckoning I witnessed it

23. He was nine years old but
I counted him among the elders

24. Had I stoned Thubair
With his reason I would have destroyed him

25. I gained pride in him
But could not attain it through him

26. He is the sword, woe to me!
Is it in the tomb I have sheathed it?

27. Living is not good, I envy
Him for death that he attained

28. I aspired until he turned away
So which asceticism have I asceticized?

29. My diligence did not avail me
For him, so how did I strive for him?

30. It would suffice me if I alone
Excelled in good deeds for him

31. The loved ones became lowly to me
Whoever I reconciled, I cut off

32. Abdul Ghani, my beneficial one
From prosperity what have I benefited?

33. With his auspice I would boldly
Confront lions and repel them

34. I planted my hopes in resolute men
But none yielded fruit except him

35. O my son who used to build for me
Glory even when I pulled him back

36. You have lowered me the day you climbed
The minaret and ascended it

37. My enduring shirt was ripped
When I leaned over you and folded it

38. And in your neighborhood I would love
To make my resting place if I spread it out

39. Perhaps your proximity would heal
My worries as it used to do for me

40. I, by the Lord who has guided me
To His light so I worshiped Him

41. After you, my bereavement does not
Subside unless I weep and increase it