1. Time has taken the son of Yemen's Imam,
And destroyed the beauty of the age's youth.

2. In Sanaa, swords weep for him,
As does the reed-pipe in Aden.

3. Nejd wails, and the Hejaz cries out,
Al-Husayn leans, so Al-Hasan is honored.

4. His tents are crowded with mourners,
And his cities fill with grief.

5. If the dead could walk to condole,
He of grandeur would walk amidst the mourners.

6. A noble whose name matched his being,
Sword of God, the Messenger, and the Nation.

7. Called "Full Moon" for his beauty,
Yet the moon cannot equal him, son of the eminent.

8. Consolation, O noble guardian,
Lessen this great affliction, it is arduous.

9. You are steadfast in his faith,
Your view of God is goodly.

10. But when did the heart of fate soften?
When did death's reasoning weigh and assess?

11. The Arabs who have left appeal to you,
Yet only Yemen was their homeland.

12. They would unite your people with the Muslims,
Of immense duties and easy traditions.

13. Their prophet being one,
The prophet of right, the prophet of tongues.

14. Egypt which unites the Muslims,
As they united in the shadows of the Holy House,

15. Consoles the Yemenis for their sword,
And takes its share in grief,

16. Sits in the memorial of the Imam's son,
Weeping for him with intense tears.

17. Spreading the fragrance of two bunches of lilies,
In the poetry of Yemen's hills,

18. Waving above the departed one’s tomb,
The gentle breeze at the top of the branch.

19. He fulfilled his duty, so he passed,
A lad of pure heart and public candor.

20. He plunged into deep seas like mountains,
The lofty dunes, the tall waves.

21. He walked with a lion’s stride, neither in arms,
Nor armor, nor madness.

22. When did you become, O sea, sheath of swords,
When we knew you as sheath of ships?

23. You were protector of the bountiful pearls,
So how were you stripped, and why were you not guarded?

24. You won a rare and unique pearl,
Of glorious and ingenious Yemeni nobility.

25. A lad who gave his soul for his comrades to you
And gave his body to the earth.

26. The joys of youth meant little to him,
Were it not for the rights of the sublime, he would not have bowed.

27. He entered you to save his companions,
And fate lay in wait for him.

28. You betrayed a lad not of traitors,
And betrayed a loyal man who never betrayed.

29. In courage there is no death for the courageous,
Nor did cowardice prolong the coward’s life.

30. Rather, when the time of the lad is due,
He dies, though he lives if not due.

31. O noble agreeable one,
Father of long spears and shining blades.

32. Martyr of manliness, the Baqee’
Was worthier of him than Yemen’s soil.

33. Did they wash him in the tears of the chaste?
Did he settle in every grieving heart?

34. The caprice of time has drowned your son,
And you have drowned his sons in kindness.

35. Do you remember as he spent the months,
As he was sweet as a bud, most melodious?

36. As around you he was the beauty of palaces,
Pleasant gardens and the prime of time?

37. His cheerfulness was a delight to behold,
His voice a delight to hear.

38. He would tease his forelock in your hands,
As the skilled horseman teased the horse’s forelock.

39. As a cub he would mimic the lions,
Lowering his claw, utterly charming.

40. He grew up, and stood behind the den,
Growing ferocious, extinguishing afflictions.

41. Why did he end up among the fallen?
And become hidden, as if never having been?

42. I have strung tears in elegy for him,
And elaborated them with anguish and sadness.