1. The anguish I hide bursts forth,
Who can conceal my tears and lament?

2. Do not forbid my turmoil, for patience
Is contrary to my loyalty for him who caused me pain.

3. How can I be patient when sorrows pierce
Between my ribs and lungs?

4. How can I see clearly when the calamity of him
Whose calamity I concealed is greater than all calamities?

5. The days pursue their course deceiving his hopes,
Like their pursuit into the abyss of annihilation.

6. They filled the world with tales of virtues
That fluctuated between travel and ascension.

7. Of the youth of benevolence, valor and utmost satisfaction
On a day of glorification and day of meeting.

8. Of the father of excellence - and what an honorable agnomen -
Time has passed, and what lofty glory!

9. He who constantly foiled the schemes of the enemies
With his might and wise counsel against the cowards.

10. Many adversaries gathered against him but he repelled them,
Shackled by the sharp blades of opinions.

11. Strategies shrank before him but he overcame them,
By sincerity and salvation from ruin.

12. When the news of his death reached me I had no hearing
To listen to the terrifying, horrible message.

13. So I began to speak of it like any other
News and reports I hear.

14. But suddenly betrayal seized him
And he departed without delay.

15. Without Abu Al-Agharr no situation retains
Its splendor and beauty, even if adorned.

16. With his death, ambitions and wishes fell.
People everywhere now lack hope.

17. He left the troops neglected after him,
Wandering for sustenance confusedly.

18. He always gave them [sustenance], and to those from whom he withheld,
He made giving obligatory upon the enemies.

19. So let the shining swords, the spears
And the galloping steeds traversing the desert weep for him.

20. And let the fateful day of battle's din weep for him
When every angry battalion attacks.

21. And let the pleasant morning whose freshness he restored
Weep for him, like the darkest night.

22. And let the kindness that neither wine augmented
Nor was sustained by the purest water, weep for him.

23. And let the wayward heart be gladdened by eloquence
That enriched its speaker, beyond giving.

24. When suburbs were violated and homes' covers torn
By a tumultuous attack,

25. When the killing of the beloved interceded by its severity,
Though stones of the goat-hair tent consoled it,

26. And the belongings of the genius were like
The furnishings of homes placed in howdahs.

27. And the lofty standard set out to pursue its course
Like the nocturnal fire that obtained no illumination.

28. At the time of the living's prosperity, the destitute
Were equal to the wealthy in successive misfortunes and calamities.

29. The poverty of Dubais was, in his chastity,
A treasure beyond mounds of riches.

30. And the poverty of Armarram was like a stirred-up sea
Whose waves surpassed those of the ocean.

31. A clamor such that if thunder produced it near him
No lightning bolt would sleep from the commotion.

32. His lances covered it, though they did not stir
The banner of the sky nor the horizon's expanse.

33. The gathering of swords and reserve forces delighted him,
As well as the roses, the narcissi and the lilies.

34. He was always resolute in the thick of battle,
So as not to be shaken by the threat of cowards.

35. If he did not fortify his secret on the day of battle,
It would have flowed openly in the wilderness.

36. The prince cursed them as dawn broke clearly,
Cursing them like the bitter desert winds.

37. Oh God, how I bade farewell on the day of Maragha,
As tears flowed unpretentiously!

38. Grieving the distant shrine - how can I endure
The remoteness of a land that harbors my survival?

39. I prepared it for my woes, but its loss struck me
With deafening adversity.

40. It abandoned the armies and came between brigades
Submitting to fate and destiny.

41. An impregnable stronghold, never weakening, whose vanguards
Were always distinguished with glory.

42. Amidst a people who overlooked the injustice of enemies
Out of spite towards them, however much they overlooked.

43. They slept heedlessly, resting their heads
On feather pillows after pitching tents.

44. They were smeared by the discharge of pus, and they have often
Bound every festering wound.

45. Decrepitude disfigured their faces with ugliness
And diseased every eyelid with inflammation.

46. After you, sleep is forbidden to my eyes
Except drowsing and dozing off unawares.

47. A son was born who delighted my soul and eased its pain -
Your remainder and the rest of the generous ones.

48. Whenever our eyes look at him,
They count you among the living.

49. He has reached the furthest extent in glory while still a youth,
And attained the ways of his forefathers.

50. The fine manners befitting rule are his abode -
Shelter of the chaste and courtyard of the destitute.

51. So you remained the Sword of the State among its swords
For the duration of time, for aid and giving.

52. So if sorrows have surrounded my wings
In sadness, you are the dispeller of gloom.

53. The steeds of horses pranced under you, and every
Banner leaned over, twittering with joy.

54. You left your people ahead in all merits
And possessed all might and bounty.

55. And there is the pride of the faith, Fakhr Al-Din,
The intrepid lion and horseman of valor.

56. He who has always been loyal in his affection for you,
The essence of love, untainted by any blemish.

57. He never was absent nor severed his loyalty
Amidst the schemes of enemies.

58. I am one of you, so fulfill your pledges of affection,
For you deserve my praises and panegyric.

59. I am obligated to a father whose due I have not paid,
And I hope for reward from his sons.