مُصابٌ أَطارَ النَومَ عَن ساحَة الجَفنِ

مُصابٌ أَطارَ النَومَ عَن ساحَة الجَفنِ

فَجادَ بِما يُغني عَلى صَيِّبِ المُزنِ

فَجادَ بِما يُغني عَلى صَيِّبِ المُزنِ

A calamity drove sleep from the precinct of the eyelid,

Stricken with sleeplessness, he dispelled drowsiness from the plains of his eyelids,

so it poured forth enough to outdo the clouds’ downpour.

So he was generous with enough to entertain the lovesick lad.

أَفاقَ بِهِ مَن كانَ مِن قَبلُ غافِلاً

أَفاقَ بِهِ مَن كانَ مِن قَبلُ غافِلاً

وَحَيَّرَ مِنّا ذا سنانٍ وَذا سِنِّ

وَحَيَّرَ مِنّا ذا سنانٍ وَذا سِنِّ

Through it, whoever had been heedless before awoke,

He awakened those who were formerly heedless,

and it bewildered among us the spear-bearer and the man of years.

And perplexed those with fangs and those with teeth.

وَلِم لا وَفي فَقدِ الأَحِبَّةِ واعِظٌ

وَلِم لا وَفي فَقدِ الأَحِبَّةِ واعِظٌ

لشمَن كانَ ذا قَلبٍ وَمَن كانَ ذا أُذنِ

لشمَن كانَ ذا قَلبٍ وَمَن كانَ ذا أُذنِ

And why not? In the loss of loved ones there is an admonisher

Why is there no preacher for the loss of loved ones

for whoever has a heart, and whoever has an ear.

For those with a heart or those with ears?

فَبُشراكَ يا مضن قَدَّمَ الزادَ لِلسرى

فَبُشراكَ يا مضن قَدَّمَ الزادَ لِلسرى

وَزادَ عَلى تَقديمِهِ حَسَنَ الظَنِّ

وَزادَ عَلى تَقديمِهِ حَسَنَ الظَنِّ

So glad tidings to you, O one who sent provisions ahead for the night journey,

Good tidings to you, O Mudhn, you who provided provisions for the journey

and supplemented his sending them ahead with good hope,

And increased, over your provisions, good assumptions.

كَهَذا ضَجيعِ اللَحدِ حَمّودَةَ الرضى

كَهَذا ضَجيعِ اللَحدِ حَمّودَةَ الرضى

كَبيرِ السَجايا اللَوذَعي أَبي سِنِّ

كَبيرِ السَجايا اللَوذَعي أَبي سِنِّ

like this bedfellow of the grave, Hammuda al-Rida,

Just like this resident of the grave, pleased and content,

great in virtues, the keen-witted Abu Sinn.

The elderly, glorious, dignified Abu Sinn.

لَقَد كانَ أَيمُ اللَهِ بَرّا وَخَيِّراً

لَقَد كانَ أَيمُ اللَهِ بَرّا وَخَيِّراً

وَذا خُلُقٍ أَبهى مِنَ الزَهرِ في الغُصنِ

وَذا خُلُقٍ أَبهى مِنَ الزَهرِ في الغُصنِ

He was indeed—by God—righteous and benevolent,

He was, by God, righteous and benevolent,

and possessed a character more radiant than blossoms on the branch.

With a character more beautiful than the flowers on a branch.

كَأَنّي بِهِ يا قَدسَ اللَهُ روحَهُ

كَأَنّي بِهِ يا قَدسَ اللَهُ روحَهُ

يَروحُ بِها مِن رَوضِ فَنٍ إِلىَ فَنِّ

يَروحُ بِها مِن رَوضِ فَنٍ إِلىَ فَنِّ

I seem to see him—ah, may God sanctify his soul—

It was as if, O may God sanctify his soul,

roaming with it from the garden of one art to another.

It migrated with it from a meadow to a meadow.

وَكانَ مِنَ الكُتّابِ شَطراً يَوَدّهُم

وَكانَ مِنَ الكُتّابِ شَطراً يَوَدّهُم

وَصَدراً وَجيهاً ناسِكاً مُشعِرَ البُدنِ

وَصَدراً وَجيهاً ناسِكاً مُشعِرَ البُدنِ

And he was one of the scribes, a member who cherished them,

He was among the writers, a section they loved,

and an eminent leader, devout, marking the sacrificial camels.

An honorable, ascetic, and eloquent man.

إِلَهي تَقَبَّل سَعيَهُ وَأَجزِ بِما

إِلَهي تَقَبَّل سَعيَهُ وَأَجزِ بِما

وَعَدتَ بِهِ يا واسِعَ الفَضلِ وَالمَنِ

وَعَدتَ بِهِ يا واسِعَ الفَضلِ وَالمَنِ

My God, accept his striving and reward him with what

My God, accept his efforts and reward him with what

You promised, O You of boundless grace and bounty.

You have promised, O Most Generous and Bestower.

وَحَقِّق إِلَهي قَولَ خِلٍّ مُؤَرِّخٍ

وَحَقِّق إِلَهي قَولَ خِلٍّ مُؤَرِّخٍ

إِلى جَنَّةِ الفِردَوسِ مَرّ أَبو سِنِّ

إِلى جَنَّةِ الفِردَوسِ مَرّ أَبو سِنِّ

And make true, my God, the words of a friend recording the date:

And make true, my God, the words of a departed chronicler,

“To the Garden of Paradise Abu Sinn has passed.”

"To the Gardens of Paradise passed Abu Sinn."