يا ابن عثمان إن خطبك خطبي

يا ابن عثمان إن خطبك خطبي

في أبيك الموصي بقلبك قلبي

في أبيك الموصي بقلبك قلبي

O son of Uthman, your affliction is indeed mine,

O son of Uthman, your sorrows are my sorrows

over your father, who entrusted your heart to mine.

For your father who entrusted you with my heart

فلئن صرتُ منذ مات شريكاً

فلئن صرتُ منذ مات شريكاً

لك في حسرة عليه وكرب

لك في حسرة عليه وكرب

For if, since he died, I have become a partner

So if since he died I've been your partner

with you in grief for him and anguish,

In grief for him and anguish

فكم اعتدَّني شريكك فيما

فكم اعتدَّني شريكك فيما

كان يوليك من سماح وحب

كان يوليك من سماح وحب

he had so often counted me your partner in

How your partner would console me

the generosity and love he bestowed on you.

With his generosity and love

بِنْتَ عني فأصبح الرزء رزئي

بِنْتَ عني فأصبح الرزء رزئي

ن وكان العزاء لو كنت قربي

ن وكان العزاء لو كنت قربي

You parted from me, and one bereavement became two;

You went away so sorrow became mine

there would have been solace had you been near me.

If only you were near to comfort me

أصديقي ألم يكن حسبك اليو

أصديقي ألم يكن حسبك اليو

م عناء هذا المصاب وحسبي

م عناء هذا المصاب وحسبي

My friend, was it not enough for you today—

My friend, was not the pain of this tragedy enough

this calamity’s anguish—and enough for me?

And my own grief sufficient?

أنا شرقاً أبكي وغرباً تَرَحَّل

أنا شرقاً أبكي وغرباً تَرَحَّل

تَ وشتان بين شرق وغرب

تَ وشتان بين شرق وغرب

I weep in the east, while you have journeyed west;

I weep in the east while you travel west

and how far apart are east and west!

So different, east and west!

أنا في قرية أرى ماءها بع

أنا في قرية أرى ماءها بع

دك مراً وظلها غير خصب

دك مراً وظلها غير خصب

I am in a village; since you left, I find its water

I am in a village where, without you,

bitter, and its shade barren.

Its waters are bitter and its shade barren

يا ابن عثمان كيف أسلو وقد بت

يا ابن عثمان كيف أسلو وقد بت

تُ وحيداً وضاق بي كل رحب

تُ وحيداً وضاق بي كل رحب

O son of Uthman, how can I find solace, now that I have become

O son of Uthman, how can I find solace

alone, and every open space has closed in on me?

When you left me alone and every space feels confined?

وإلى من أشكو وقد مات من كن

وإلى من أشكو وقد مات من كن

تُ أنادي فكان خير مُلَبِّ

تُ أنادي فكان خير مُلَبِّ

And to whom shall I complain, now that he is dead whom I used to

To whom can I complain when the one

call upon, and who was the best to answer?

I would call on was the best of men?

انقضى بعدك اختيالي وعجبي

انقضى بعدك اختيالي وعجبي

بعلومي وسيرتي بين صحبي

بعلومي وسيرتي بين صحبي

Gone, since you left, are my swagger and my pride

After you were gone my pride and wonder

in my learning and my conduct among my friends.

In my learning and conduct vanished among my companions