1. They pitched tents upon the plains
And settled until the Day of Reckoning

2. They became still, though all things move
One day all shall rest in dust

3. They descended upon the wolf of decay
Thus the worst of wolves they guested

4. As though felled by wine
In the lowlands or by drink ensnared

5. When they wake and become aware
God knows best what their state shall be

6. Of all whose glory is fleeting
There the shunned of mantle shall be

7. Inheritor of every tribulation
Save the store of rewards

8. O you who weep for Muhammad
Veiling him, sadness enshrouded

9. In a funeral where the noble
Were not bereft of selection

10. You weep for the generous unto eve
And for the beloved among comrades

11. The tears of you doves suffice
As blame poured forth in profusion

12. So turn back to wisdom therein
Or come to acceptance serene

13. In the transient world the fate
Of world's dwellers is to pass

14. Who travelled chided not fortune
And who stayed to his ruins drawn near

15. O inheritor of honor pure
Seeker of manners refined

16. Son of him who taught men
Modesty from all reproach aloof

17. In his books he is as though
Uthman in Quran's shade enwrapped

18. What indignity have you seen
While in youth's bounty engulfed?

19. Bestowed the gift of genius
Adorned with wishes granted

20. Why roam from a life
Where you stand in its stirrups?

21. Its coast you frequent not
Nor its billows' depths attain

22. Gently, upon the sorrowful verses
Desolate, mantled in grief

23. I lost you in tender years
And in life's prime, forlorn

24. It weeps and wails for its intimates
Amidst mortals fleet and brief

25. Look upon your father, his mourning
And his misery beneath the blow

26. If he could command your return
He would redden your set sun

27. Did you notify others than him
Of representing the new attire?

28. And don the curios of his ancestors
In garb of wit and wonder arrayed

29. Distinguished, when distinction
Comes not by the common herd

30. The peak of glory you were
No sin upon you the shooting stars hurled

31. Oh Lord of a day narrowed
By envy and malice for you

32. Vast for them, while you combined them
Carrion the feast of flies

33. Take from them payment of pardon
And leave them payment of curses

34. Below brilliance, their paths
Are not reckoned arduous climbs

35. For when you reach the summit
You are the sun ridiculing clouds

36. Draw not away, for here
Are your people's hopes nearing

37. Ascend with your spirit angelic
Fluttering lofty in sky

38. And see, due to your charm, a nation
Who clothed homelands in awe

39. A lion prowling without anger
Or roaring without vicious bite

40. As their steadfastness their weapon
Fine weapon with what is right

41. While matters have come
To decisive statement's domain

42. If you hold orientation to God
In sanctum of shrine sublime

43. Ask the Opener of Gates to open
For retreat the best of gates