1. How did death wrap you, my son,
And how did I bury you with my own hands,

2. If only after you, O Ali, my liver
Could still secrete bile, if only after you.

3. Losing you sapped the bones right out of me
And peeled all patience off of my backbone,

4. How many nights for you with no morning
Have I spent awake weeping without respite,

5. Tears and wakefulness, and which onlooker
Remains over the tearful, sleepless ones?

6. My craving for a glimpse of your charm, if only
It lasted until you attained your aim,

7. I did not know, when I feared for you,
The evil eye, that the fates with malice

8. Would ambush me, from where I know not,
And fate is like a lion in its pit.

9. If it weren’t for fear of shame, I would have screamed
With wise restraint that would rip at the flesh,

10. But my noble soul refused
To stain the extent of grief with suppressed rage.

11. So let my heart weep for you, for the eye cannot
Reach, with tears, the realm of eternity.

12. If the delusion of loss comes over you,
Then the painful delusion comes over my body.

13. From me to you, greetings of farewell - no
Words, but the farewell of the anguished one.