غابَ وَاللَهِ أَحمَدٌ فَأَصابَت

غابَ وَاللَهِ أَحمَدٌ فَأَصابَت

ني لَهُ قِطعَةٌ مِنَ الأَحزانِ

ني لَهُ قِطعَةٌ مِنَ الأَحزانِ

Ahmad is gone, by God, and there befell

Ahmad left, by God, so a piece of sorrows befell me

me, for his sake, a portion of sorrows.

I was left among people after him, who clothed me with patience over the loss

وَتَخَلَّفتُ بَعدَهُ في أُناسٍ

وَتَخَلَّفتُ بَعدَهُ في أُناسٍ

أَلبَسوني صَبراً عَلى الحَدَثانِ

أَلبَسوني صَبراً عَلى الحَدَثانِ

And I remained after him among people

The light of spring has no beauty in others

who clothed me in patience against time's calamities.

They have no variety of colors

ما لِنَورِ الرَبيعِ في غَيرِ حُسنٍ

ما لِنَورِ الرَبيعِ في غَيرِ حُسنٍ

ما لَهُم مِن تَغَيُّرِ الأَلوانِ

ما لَهُم مِن تَغَيُّرِ الأَلوانِ

Only in beauty do the blossoms of spring display

My soul denied them, and that denial

the changes of color that these people show.

Is only from the intensity of familiarity

أَنكَرَتهُم نَفسي وَما ذَلِكَ الإِن

أَنكَرَتهُم نَفسي وَما ذَلِكَ الإِن

كارُ إِلّا مِن شِدَّةِ العِرفانِ

كارُ إِلّا مِن شِدَّةِ العِرفانِ

My soul rejected them, and that rejection

The offenses of the offender remind you one day

was only from knowing them so well.

Of the good deed of the good-doer

وَإِساءاتُ ذي الإِساءَةِ يُذكِر

وَإِساءاتُ ذي الإِساءَةِ يُذكِر

نَكَ يَوماً إِحسانَ ذي الإِحسانِ

نَكَ يَوماً إِحسانَ ذي الإِحسانِ

And the wrongdoer's misdeeds will remind

The abundant yellowness, right and left

you one day of the kindness of the kind.

Weakened the elegance of the eagles

كَثرَةُ الصُفرِ يَمنَةً وَشِمالاً

كَثرَةُ الصُفرِ يَمنَةً وَشِمالاً

أَضعَفَت في نَفاسَةِ العُقبانِ

أَضعَفَت في نَفاسَةِ العُقبانِ

The abundance of brass, to right and left,

has diminished the preciousness of pure gold.