أعزّي وزير الأمتين وأشتكي

أعزّي وزير الأمتين وأشتكي

إليه من الأقدار موت أبيهِ

إليه من الأقدار موت أبيهِ

I offer condolences to the minister of the two nations, and complain

I console the minister of the two nations,

To him against fate over his father's death.

And complain to him of fate, the death of his father.

مضى خاتم الجيل الممهد سبله

مضى خاتم الجيل الممهد سبله

إلى المجد للجيل الذي سيليه

إلى المجد للجيل الذي سيليه

Gone is the last of the generation that paved its paths

The seal of the pioneering generation has passed away,

To glory for the generation that will follow it.

He who paved the way to glory for the next generation.

أبوك أبو الأحرار في الأرض كلها

أبوك أبو الأحرار في الأرض كلها

فخطبهمُ فيه كخطبك فيه

فخطبهمُ فيه كخطبك فيه

Your father is the father of free men throughout the earth,

Your father, the father of the free in all the land,

So his loss is as grievous to them as it is to you.

His speech about you resembles your speech about him.

وإن الذي أعطى بنيه خلاله

وإن الذي أعطى بنيه خلاله

لباق على الدنيا بقاء بنيه

لباق على الدنيا بقاء بنيه

And he who bestowed his virtues on his sons

He who gave his children his merits,

Surely lives on in this world as long as his sons live.

Remains eternal in this world through his children.

وإن لم نجد عنه من الأمر شاغلاً

وإن لم نجد عنه من الأمر شاغلاً

ففيك الغنى عنه لمفتقديه

ففيك الغنى عنه لمفتقديه

And though we find no concern to distract us from him,

Even if we do not find a replacement for him,

In you, those who miss him find his place filled.

You are sufficient to replace him for those who miss him.

وقد كان أولى أن يعيش إلى المدى

وقد كان أولى أن يعيش إلى المدى

ترى فيه ما أمّلته وتريه

ترى فيه ما أمّلته وتريه

And it would have been more fitting for him to live until the time

He deserved to have lived forever,

When you would see what you had hoped for, and show it to him.

So you could see in him what you hoped for and wished.