هوى الكوكبُ الدُرّيّ من أفُقِ المجدِ

هوى الكوكبُ الدُرّيّ من أفُقِ المجدِ

فتبّاً لقلبٍ لا يذوبُ من الوجدِ

فتبّاً لقلبٍ لا يذوبُ من الوجدِ

The pearl-bright star has fallen from the horizon of glory.

The brilliant star has set on the horizon of glory

So ruin to a heart that does not melt with grief!

Alas for a heart that does not melt from passion

وتَعْساً لعَينٍ لا تَفيضُ دموعُها

وتَعْساً لعَينٍ لا تَفيضُ دموعُها

فقد غاضَ بحرٌ من مُلوك بَني المَهدي

فقد غاضَ بحرٌ من مُلوك بَني المَهدي

And woe to an eye whose tears do not overflow!

And woe to eyes that do not overflow with tears

For an ocean among the kings of the sons of al-Mahdi has ebbed away.

For a sea of kings from the Banu Mahdi has gone low

تداركَهُ كسْفُ الرّدى بعد تمِّه

تداركَهُ كسْفُ الرّدى بعد تمِّه

فحالَ وحالَتْ دونَه ظُلمَةُ اللّحْدِ

فحالَ وحالَتْ دونَه ظُلمَةُ اللّحْدِ

Death's eclipse overtook him after his fullness,

The veil of dusk overtook him after excellence

So he faded, and the darkness of the grave stood between us and him.

So it came between him and the darkness of the grave

مضى فالنُّهى من بعدِه واجِدُ الحَشا

مضى فالنُّهى من بعدِه واجِدُ الحَشا

وصدرُ العُلى من بعدِه فاقِدُ الخَلْدِ

وصدرُ العُلى من بعدِه فاقِدُ الخَلْدِ

He is gone; after him, Reason is stricken with grief at heart,

He passed away so prohibition came after him

And Glory's breast, after him, is bereft of its heart.

And the breast of nobility after him lost eternity

برَتْهُ المَنايا وهْوَ عُضْوٌ من النّدى

برَتْهُ المَنايا وهْوَ عُضْوٌ من النّدى

فأصبحَ كفّ المَكرُماتِ بلا زَنْدِ

فأصبحَ كفّ المَكرُماتِ بلا زَنْدِ

The fates of death cut him off, though he was a limb of generosity,

Death annihilated him while he was a part of brilliance

So the hand of noble deeds was left without a forearm.

So the palm of favors became without adornment

ألا فاِندُبوا يا وافِدونَ اِبنَ مُحسنٍ

ألا فاِندُبوا يا وافِدونَ اِبنَ مُحسنٍ

فقد هُدّ رُكْنُ الجودِ من كعبةِ الوفدِ

فقد هُدّ رُكْنُ الجودِ من كعبةِ الوفدِ

Lo, mourn Ibn Muhsin, O visitors!

Oh you who come to visit, mourn the son of the benefactor

For generosity's pillar has been brought down from the Kaaba of visitors.

For the pillar of generosity from the Kaaba of wayfarers fell

وعزّوا بني السّاداتِ فيهِ فإنّما

وعزّوا بني السّاداتِ فيهِ فإنّما

بهِ رُفِعَتْ من ذِكرِهم سورةُ الحَمدِ

بهِ رُفِعَتْ من ذِكرِهم سورةُ الحَمدِ

And console the sons of the noble lords for his loss, for only

And console the chiefs for indeed

Through him was the Chapter of Praise raised from their renown.

Through him the chapter of their mention was raised

تَوارَى فأورى في القُلوبِ صَبابةً

تَوارَى فأورى في القُلوبِ صَبابةً

فحيّاً ومَيْتاً لم يزَلْ واريَ الزَّنْدِ

فحيّاً ومَيْتاً لم يزَلْ واريَ الزَّنْدِ

He vanished, and so kindled yearning in hearts;

He withdrew so he showed in hearts youthfulness

So, living and dead, his firestick never ceased to spark.

So alive and dead he never ceased to be clothed in splendor

هو اِبنُ رسولِ اللّهِ والجوهرُ الّذي

هو اِبنُ رسولِ اللّهِ والجوهرُ الّذي

تكوّن من نورِ النّبوّةِ والرُّشْدِ

تكوّن من نورِ النّبوّةِ والرُّشْدِ

He is the son of God's Messenger, and the jewel that

He is the son of Allah's Messenger and the jewel

Was formed from the light of prophethood and right guidance.

That formed from the light of prophethood and guidance

لقد وهَبَ الدّنيا لأكرَمِ والِدٍ

لقد وهَبَ الدّنيا لأكرَمِ والِدٍ

وآثرَ في طوبى القُدوم على الجَدِّ

وآثرَ في طوبى القُدوم على الجَدِّ

Indeed, he bestowed the world on the noblest of fathers,

He granted the world to a most generous father

And chose to come to his grandfather in Tuba.

And preferred arrival in blessedness over ancestors

تنازعُ فيه الحورُ حُبّاً وغيرةً

تنازعُ فيه الحورُ حُبّاً وغيرةً

وتَغبِطُهُ الوُلدانُ في جنّةِ الخُلْدِ

وتَغبِطُهُ الوُلدانُ في جنّةِ الخُلْدِ

The houris vie over him in love and jealousy,

The houris vie for his love and jealousy

And the youths envy him in the Garden of Eternity.

And the youths envy him in the Garden of Immortality

لوَ اِنّ بناتِ النّعْشِ في سَمْكِ نعشِه

لوَ اِنّ بناتِ النّعْشِ في سَمْكِ نعشِه

لَصارَتْ لبَدْر التّمِّ من أكرَمِ الوُلْدِ

لَصارَتْ لبَدْر التّمِّ من أكرَمِ الوُلْدِ

Had the Daughters of the Bier been at his bier's height,

If the daughters of biers knew his bier

They would have been among the full moon's noblest children.

They would wish to be for the full moon the finest sons

فحقّاً لمَلْكِ الحوْزِ يَشكو فِراقَهُ

فحقّاً لمَلْكِ الحوْزِ يَشكو فِراقَهُ

فعَنْ غابه قد غابَ خيرُ بني الأُسْدِ

فعَنْ غابه قد غابَ خيرُ بني الأُسْدِ

So the king of the realm rightly laments parting from him,

So the king of power rightly laments his loss

For the finest of the sons of lions has vanished from his thicket.

For with his absence the best of lions was lost

وحقّاً لِعَيْنِ الحربِ تبكي له دَماً

وحقّاً لِعَيْنِ الحربِ تبكي له دَماً

فقد فقدَتْ في فَقْدِه سَيفَها الهِنْدي

فقد فقدَتْ في فَقْدِه سَيفَها الهِنْدي

And war's eye rightly weeps blood for him,

And the eye of war rightly sheds blood in tears for him

For in losing him, it has lost its Indian sword.

For with his loss it lost its Indian sword

وحقُّ العُلى أن تنبُشَ الأرضَ بعدَهُ

وحقُّ العُلى أن تنبُشَ الأرضَ بعدَهُ

فقد ضيّعَتْ في التُّرْبِ واسطةَ العِقْدِ

فقد ضيّعَتْ في التُّرْبِ واسطةَ العِقْدِ

And Glory has the right to dig up the earth after him,

And it is the right of the exalted to dig the earth after him

For in the dust it has lost the necklace's central jewel.

For it lost in the dust the necklace's link

سرى طيبُه في الأرض حتّى كأنّما

سرى طيبُه في الأرض حتّى كأنّما

تبدّلَ منها الطيبُ بالعَنبَرِ الوَردي

تبدّلَ منها الطيبُ بالعَنبَرِ الوَردي

His fragrance spread through the earth, until it seemed that

His perfume has spread in the earth until

Its perfume had been exchanged for rose-colored ambergris.

The perfume in it changed to rose musk

فحسبُكِ يا أكفانَهُ فيهِ مَفْخَراً

فحسبُكِ يا أكفانَهُ فيهِ مَفْخَراً

فإنّكِ من نصلِ العُلا موضعُ الغِمدِ

فإنّكِ من نصلِ العُلا موضعُ الغِمدِ

So, O his shrouds, he is glory enough for you,

His shrouds suffice you pride in him

For you serve as the sheath of Glory's blade.

For you are from the swords of the eminent their sheaths

ويا نَعشَهُ باللّهِ كيفَ حملْتَهُ

ويا نَعشَهُ باللّهِ كيفَ حملْتَهُ

ويا لحدَهُ كيف اِنطوَيْتَ على أحْدِ

ويا لحدَهُ كيف اِنطوَيْتَ على أحْدِ

And O his bier, by God, how did you bear him?

And his bier - by God - how did you carry him?

And O his grave, how did you close around Uhud?

And his grave - how did you contain the unique one?

جَوادٌ على آثارِ آبائِه جرى

جَوادٌ على آثارِ آبائِه جرى

وأجدادِه الغُرِّ الغطارِفةِ اللُّدِّ

وأجدادِه الغُرِّ الغطارِفةِ اللُّدِّ

A noble steed, he ran in the tracks of his fathers,

A thoroughbred in the tracks of his fathers he raced

And his illustrious forefathers, those noble, unyielding lords.

And his noble, glorious, perfect forefathers

ولو لم تعُقْهُ الحادثاتُ عن المَدى

ولو لم تعُقْهُ الحادثاتُ عن المَدى

لأدركَ من غاياتِهم غايةَ القَصْدِ

لأدركَ من غاياتِهم غايةَ القَصْدِ

And had misfortunes not held him back from the goal,

Had mishaps not prevented him from the course

He would have attained, among their goals, the ultimate aim.

He would have attained the furthest of their goals

ولو أنّ شقَّ الجيبِ قد ردّ فائِتاً

ولو أنّ شقَّ الجيبِ قد ردّ فائِتاً

لقلّ وإنّي قد شقَقْتُ لهُم كِبْدي

لقلّ وإنّي قد شقَقْتُ لهُم كِبْدي

And if tearing the collar could bring back the departed,

Had the rending of pockets brought back what was lost

It would be too little—and I have indeed torn my liver for them.

Few would say: I have rent my heart for them

ولو قبِلَ الموتُ الفِداءَ فديتُه

ولو قبِلَ الموتُ الفِداءَ فديتُه

ولكنّهُ لن يُعطيَ الحُرَّ بالعَبْدِ

ولكنّهُ لن يُعطيَ الحُرَّ بالعَبْدِ

And if Death accepted ransom, I would ransom him,

Had death accepted ransom, I would ransom him

But it will not yield the free man in exchange for the slave.

But it does not give the free man for the slave

بَنو المجدِ لا أصمَتْكُمُ أسهُمُ الرّدى

بَنو المجدِ لا أصمَتْكُمُ أسهُمُ الرّدى

ولا شلّتِ الأيامُ منكُم يَدَ الرِّفدِ

ولا شلّتِ الأيامُ منكُم يَدَ الرِّفدِ

Sons of Glory, may death's arrows never strike you dead,

O people of glory, the arrows of misfortune do not silence you

Nor may the days cripple your hand of bounty,

Nor have the days crippled your hands from giving

ولا اِمتحَنَتْ بالبَينِ يوماً عُيونكُم

ولا اِمتحَنَتْ بالبَينِ يوماً عُيونكُم

ولا أحرقَتْ أحشاءَكُم لوعةُ البُعدِ

ولا أحرقَتْ أحشاءَكُم لوعةُ البُعدِ

Nor may your eyes ever be tried by parting,

Nor have your eyes ever been tested by separation

Nor may the anguish of distance burn your entrails.

Nor have yearnings burned your hearts from distance

ولا برِحَتْ آراءُكم وأكفُّكُم

ولا برِحَتْ آراءُكم وأكفُّكُم

مصابيحُها تَهدي وراحاتُها تُجدي

مصابيحُها تَهدي وراحاتُها تُجدي

And may your counsels and your hands ever endure,

Nor have your views and your palms ceased to be

Their lamps guiding, and their palms bestowing bounty.

Lamps guiding and hands benefiting