لَعَمرُكَ لَم تُبَقَّ لَنا سُكوناً

لَعَمرُكَ لَم تُبَقَّ لَنا سُكوناً

شُكاةٌ ما اِستَطَعتَ بِها حِراكا

شُكاةٌ ما اِستَطَعتَ بِها حِراكا

By your life, it has left us no repose—

By your life, no peace was left to us

an illness through which you could not stir.

by an ailment that left you unable to move.

رَماكَ الدَهرُ عَن عَرضٍ وَلَكِن

رَماكَ الدَهرُ عَن عَرضٍ وَلَكِن

أَصابَ حَشا المَكارِمَ إِذ رَماكا

أَصابَ حَشا المَكارِمَ إِذ رَماكا

Time shot at you almost in passing; yet

Time struck you by chance, but

when it shot, it struck the very heart of noble virtues.

it struck the heart of noble virtues when it struck you.

وَلَمّا أَن بَلاكَ بُليتُ حُزناً

وَلَمّا أَن بَلاكَ بُليتُ حُزناً

فَما يُدرى بَلائي مِن بَلاكا

فَما يُدرى بَلائي مِن بَلاكا

And when it afflicted you, I too was afflicted with grief,

And when it afflicted you, I was afflicted with grief,

so no one can distinguish my affliction from yours.

so my affliction cannot be distinguished from yours.

مُنيتُ بِها فَما أَشفَقتَ مِنها

مُنيتُ بِها فَما أَشفَقتَ مِنها

وَأَشفَقَتِ العُلا مِما مَناكا

وَأَشفَقَتِ العُلا مِما مَناكا

You were stricken with it, yet you showed it no fear,

I was afflicted with it, yet you did not fear it,

while high glory feared for you when it afflicted you.

and Glory feared what afflicted you.

صَبَرتَ لَها وَلَم تُخلَق جَزوعاً

صَبَرتَ لَها وَلَم تُخلَق جَزوعاً

فَتَبكي في الشَدائِدِ أَو تَباكى

فَتَبكي في الشَدائِدِ أَو تَباكى

You bore it patiently, and were not created fainthearted,

You bore it patiently; you were not made fainthearted,

to weep in adversity, even to make a show of weeping.

so as to weep amid hardships or feign weeping.

وَإِنَّكَ إِن أُذيتَ بِكُلِّ سوءٍ

وَإِنَّكَ إِن أُذيتَ بِكُلِّ سوءٍ

فَلَيسَ بِمُنقَضٍ أَبَداً أَذاكا

فَلَيسَ بِمُنقَضٍ أَبَداً أَذاكا

And even if you are made to suffer every kind of evil,

And indeed, if you are afflicted with every ill,

your suffering will never, ever come to an end.

then your suffering will never come to an end.