1. Life is but sleep, and death is a dream
What can continue to remain?

2. When we become sure of something at first
It will end as minds require

3. And the soul ambitiously rushes
Galloping, though time refuses that

4. He whose loss does not pain his own soul
The laws have been carried out for his beloved

5. After youth comes aging, and after it
Decrepitude, and after life a tomb

6. By some wisdom, the gleams of darkness shone
And dawn and dusk alternated

7. Your world, O you, is a stopping place for travelers
An abode of journey where there is no stay

8. This is the Prince of the Believers, by whom
Leniency was found and executing abolished

9. The secret of trusteeship and caliphate is Yusuf
A rain for kings and their roaring lion

10. The vicissitudes of time attacked him, so it transgressed
And glory is high and the Fifth is vanquished

11. The world was anguished by him and its drink was bitter
And Iraq lamented its affliction and Syria

12. Alas! For the beautiful manners, as if
The full moon of darkness was eclipsed completely

13. Alas! For the young age, as if it is
The garden flower whose bloom is plucked

14. Alas! For the pleasing disposition, as if it is
The flower of gardens smothered by clouds

15. Alas for the face that however it appeared
Minds were bewildered by the light of its beauty

16. O defender of the strange border and its people
While the earth trembles and the sky is dark

17. O owner of charity in the darkness of night
While people are sleeping in beds of bliss

18. O protector of the sanctuary, in whose shade
Widows were veiled and orphans clothed

19. My Master, do you have a visit to the palaces
After the house was emptied, or any knowledge?

20. My Master, do you have any remembrance of servants?
You are far above forgetting promises

21. O Unique of the unique, and the banner
Whose glory the banners shook

22. The command of God befell you when
Asceticism, generosity, and courage were perfected in you

23. And you journeyed from us, the best successor
God and Islam praised you

24. Good is the path you walked, whose companion was silence
And provision was night vigil and fasting

25. You veiled, O sun of beauty, at dawn
So today is night and light is darkness

26. And Eid al-Fitr quenched you with a cup of martyrdom
In which was perpetual inspiration from fate

27. And you ended your life with prayers, so excellent
Is the noble deed whose effort is an end

28. My Master, how long will this slumber be
Between the planks and soil you sleep?

29. Offer greetings and count it as devotion
If you can speak in the morning

30. Structures you erected weep for you
White like pigeons weeping

31. Mosques you renovated weep for you
So people in them bow and stand

32. Creatures you secured weep for you
With peace while they are like cattle

33. You dealt with the sake of God in what you intended
So your goal was not far from you

34. Had you been ransomed or rescued from harm
Noble souls would have been sacrificed for you

35. Had you been protected with swords and spears
Your army would not have been defeated

36. But it is the command of God, and we have
Only consent to the decree and submission

37. And God has written extinction on creation
And His ordainment, pens have run dry

38. Sleep content near God for what
You forwarded on the day when feet stumble

39. And know that the scion of your kingdom has become
In the seat of your height, and he is the Imam

40. A protection enveloping those you left behind
A shady shadow, so he does not oppress

41. You were the sword, so you became in the scabbard of soil
And for the victory of your kingdom, swords are drawn from it

42. You left the nation of Ahmad for Muhammad
So by the nation's prosperity, matters were decided

43. For he is the Caliph of the world in his era
Covenants are kept and kinships connected

44. All your conventions are preserved
No system of yours was scattered about you

45. Justice, noble traits, piety
The house, titles and servants

46. It suffices me to cover your tomb kissing
And say, with tears flowing,

47. O burial ground of piety, O abode of guidance
Greetings and peace be upon you from me

48. I have hidden from my grief for you, and in solitude
A fire, blazing between ribs

49. Had I fulfilled your due, there would have been
No stay for me in existence after you

50. When a young man does what he can
And makes effort, no blame is upon him