أمسَيتَ بالأنبَارِ يا ابنَ مُحمَّدٍ

أمسَيتَ بالأنبَارِ يا ابنَ مُحمَّدٍ

لم تَستَطِع عَن غَيرِها تَحويلا

لم تَستَطِع عَن غَيرِها تَحويلا

Evening found you at al-Anbar, O son of Muhammad,

Evening has found you in al-Anbar, O son of Muhammad,

unable to make your way anywhere else.

You could not move away to any other place.

وَيلِي عَلَيكَ وَوَيلَ أهلي كُلِّهِم

وَيلِي عَلَيكَ وَوَيلَ أهلي كُلِّهِم

ويلاً وعَولاً في الحَيَاةِ طَويلا

ويلاً وعَولاً في الحَيَاةِ طَويلا

Woe is me for you, and woe to all my family—

Woe is mine over you, and woe to all my family,

woe and long lamentation throughout our lives.

Woe and wailing, lasting long throughout life.

فَلتَبكِيَنَّ لَكَ النِّسَاءُ بِعَبرَةٍ

فَلتَبكِيَنَّ لَكَ النِّسَاءُ بِعَبرَةٍ

وليَبكِيَنَّ لك الرِّجالُ عَوِيلا

وليَبكِيَنَّ لك الرِّجالُ عَوِيلا

Let the women weep for you, shedding tears,

So let the women surely weep tears for you,

and let the men weep for you with loud wailing.

And let the men surely weep for you with loud wailing.

من مُجمِلٍ في الصَّبرِ عَنكَ فَلَم يَكُن

من مُجمِلٍ في الصَّبرِ عَنكَ فَلَم يَكُن

صَبري عَلَيكَ غَدَاةَ بِنتَ جَميلا

صَبري عَلَيكَ غَدَاةَ بِنتَ جَميلا

Who can show seemly patience at your loss? For mine was not

Who can bear your absence with grace? For there was no

seemly—my patience in grieving you the morning you departed.

Grace in my patience at your loss the morning you departed.

يَجِدُون أبدَالاً بهِ وأنا امرُؤٌ

يَجِدُون أبدَالاً بهِ وأنا امرُؤٌ

لَو متُّ وَجداً ما وَجَدتُ بَدِيلا

لَو متُّ وَجداً ما وَجَدتُ بَدِيلا

Others find substitutes for him, but I am a man

They find replacements for him, while I am a man

who, were I to die of grief, would find no substitute.

Who, even if I died of grief, would find no substitute.

هَلَكَ النَّدى إذ بِنتَ لابن مُحَمَّدٍ

هَلَكَ النَّدى إذ بِنتَ لابن مُحَمَّدٍ

فَجَعَلتُهُ لَكَ في التُّرابِ عَدِيلا

فَجَعَلتُهُ لَكَ في التُّرابِ عَدِيلا

Generosity perished when you departed—for the son of Muhammad

The son of Muhammad's generosity perished when you departed,

I made it your equal and counterpart there in the dust.

So I made it your companion in the dust.

إنّي سألتُ النَّاسَ بَعدَكَ كُلَّهُم

إنّي سألتُ النَّاسَ بَعدَكَ كُلَّهُم

فَوَجَدتُ أسمَحَ مَن سَألتُ بَخيلا

فَوَجَدتُ أسمَحَ مَن سَألتُ بَخيلا

I asked all the people after you,

Indeed, I asked all the people after you,

and found even the most generous of those I asked a miser.

And found the most generous of those I asked miserly.

ألِشقوَتي أُخِّرتُ بَعدَكَ للّتي

ألِشقوَتي أُخِّرتُ بَعدَكَ للّتي

تَدَعُ العَزيزَ منَ الرِّجال ذَليلا

تَدَعُ العَزيزَ منَ الرِّجال ذَليلا

Was I left behind after you only for my misery—for that which

Was I, to my misfortune, left behind after you for that which

leaves even the mighty among men abased?

Leaves the mighty among men abased?

ألِشقوَتي أُخِّرتُ بَعدَكَ لِلَّذي

ألِشقوَتي أُخِّرتُ بَعدَكَ لِلَّذي

يَدَعُ السمينَ مِنَ العِيال هَزيلا

يَدَعُ السمينَ مِنَ العِيال هَزيلا

Was I left behind after you only for my misery—for that which

Was I, to my misfortune, left behind after you for that which

leaves the well-fed among the dependents gaunt?

Leaves the stout among the household gaunt?

فَلأَحلِفَنَّ يَمينَ حَقٍّ بَرَّةً

فَلأَحلِفَنَّ يَمينَ حَقٍّ بَرَّةً

باللهِ ما أُعطيتُ بَعدَكَ سُولا

باللهِ ما أُعطيتُ بَعدَكَ سُولا

I shall swear a true and righteous oath:

So I shall surely swear a true and righteous oath:

by God, no request of mine has been granted since you.

By God, after you I have received nothing I asked for.