1. My brother walked the path to death
My brother passed away, my brother perished

2. Fate turned against him bitterly
The heavens ground him down

3. My brother turned from the light
Departing to the grave

4. No path of hope remained
For the path my brother took

5. The light of dawn did not guide him
Rather, my brother guided himself

6. My brother, my brother, it is I
Calling you, with no reply from you

7. My brother, my brother, what could have
Distracted you from me?

8. If only medicine's power
Could have cured your paralysis

9. I visited your grave, which
Dirt has enveloped you

10. With this sorrowful talk
My brother, you have made me

11. With this movement in
This dug pit, you have shackled me

12. I studied, O grave, when
I visited you, crying for your beauty

13. Nothing remains except sorrow
As for my tears, they are for you

14. How did you find, O my brother
A home in the belly of a grave?

15. And when you entered
Through its door, who welcomed you?

16. Who removed your white garments? Who pampered you?
Who of the dead gave you life? Who kissed you?

17. It is best to remain ignorant of
Your dreaded future

18. Do not fear the eternal
Who will meet your prime

19. Why do I see you mute, unmoving your limbs?
Your miserable end belies your beginning

20. I weep for you whenever
My imagination conjures you

21. I weep recalling you
As I wept the day you died

22. I weep for your traces that
Were beautiful, and your perfect form

23. O day that in your dawn revealed
To my eyes your child self

24. O death that unfurled over
The chest of my brother your path

25. O night of my sorrows after
My brother, how long you are

26. And O day, you were poison
So who could replace you?

27. O eyes, shed your remaining, ceaseless tears
O grief, what has happened

28. From my tears could not wash you away
O heart, none returns from

29. Those loved, so sever your hopes
O poetry, chronicle

30. Abdul Ghani has perished