ما بعدَ يومكَ للمعنَّى المُدْنفِ

ما بعدَ يومكَ للمعنَّى المُدْنفِ

غيرُ العويلِ وحسرةِ المتأسّفِ

غيرُ العويلِ وحسرةِ المتأسّفِ

After your day, the tormented, ailing one has nothing

After your day, meaning has no substance,

but wailing and the mourner's anguish.

Only lamentations and the regret of the remorseful.

ما أَجرأَ الحدثانِ كيف سطا على ال

ما أَجرأَ الحدثانِ كيف سطا على ال

أَسدِ المخوفِ سطا ولم يتخوَّفِ

أَسدِ المخوفِ سطا ولم يتخوَّفِ

How audacious is fate! How it assailed the

How bold are the events! How they advanced

feared lion: it assailed him and felt no fear.

Upon the formidable lion without fear!

من ذا رأَى الأسَدَ الهصورَ فريسةً

من ذا رأَى الأسَدَ الهصورَ فريسةً

أَم أَبصرَ الصبحَ المنيرَ وقد خَفي

أَم أَبصرَ الصبحَ المنيرَ وقد خَفي

Who has ever seen the fierce lion as prey,

Who has seen the lion as prey?

or beheld the radiant dawn hidden from sight?

Or seen the brilliant dawn and it had vanished?

من ثابتُ دون الكُماةِ سواه إنْ

من ثابتُ دون الكُماةِ سواه إنْ

زلّتْ بهم أَقدامُهم في الموقفِ

زلّتْ بهم أَقدامُهم في الموقفِ

Who but he stands firm before the armored warriors, if

None stands firm at times of tribulation except

their feet slip beneath them on the battlefield?

Those whose feet do not slip at the final reckoning.

ما كان أَسنى البدءَ لو لم يستتر

ما كان أَسنى البدءَ لو لم يستتر

ما كان أَبهى الشمسَ لو لم تكسفِ

ما كان أَبهى الشمسَ لو لم تكسفِ

How radiant the beginning would have been, had it not been veiled!

It would not have been best for beginnings had glory not faded,

How resplendent the sun would have been, had it not been eclipsed!

Nor would the sun be most radiant had it not been eclipsed.

ما كنتُ أَخشى أَن تُلم ملمةٌ

ما كنتُ أَخشى أَن تُلم ملمةٌ

يوماًن وأَنتَ لكربها لم تكشفِ

يوماًن وأَنتَ لكربها لم تكشفِ

I never feared that a calamity might strike

Never did I fear reproach would blame you,

one day without you dispelling its anguish.

For you did not shy from its burden.

أيامُ عمرِكَ لم تزلْ مقسومةً

أيامُ عمرِكَ لم تزلْ مقسومةً

للّهِ بينَ تعبُّدٍ وتعرُّفِ

للّهِ بينَ تعبُّدٍ وتعرُّفِ

The days of your life were always apportioned

The days of your life were divided

to God, between devotion and seeking knowledge:

By God between worship and knowing Him.

مُتهجِّداً لعبادةٍ أَو تالياً

مُتهجِّداً لعبادةٍ أَو تالياً

من آيةٍ أَو ناظراً في مصحفِ

من آيةٍ أَو ناظراً في مصحفِ

keeping night vigil in worship, or reciting

Devoted to acts of worship or reciting

from a verse, or looking into a copy of the Qur'an.

Verses or looking into the Holy Book.

فُجِعَ النَّدا والبأسُ منك بحاتمٍ

فُجِعَ النَّدا والبأسُ منك بحاتمٍ

وبحيدرٍ والحلمُ منك بأَحنفِ

وبحيدرٍ والحلمُ منك بأَحنفِ

Generosity and valor were bereaved, in you, of a Hatim,

Generosity and valor have been lost in you

and a Haydar; and forbearance, of an Ahnaf in you.

As in Hatim and Heydar, and forbearance as in Ahnaf.

بالملكِ فُزتَ وحُزْنَهُ عن قُدرةٍ

بالملكِ فُزتَ وحُزْنَهُ عن قُدرةٍ

ومضيتَ عنه بسيرةِ المتعفِّفِ

ومضيتَ عنه بسيرةِ المتعفِّفِ

You won kingship, with its sorrow, through power,

You triumphed with sovereignty but grieved

and departed from it with the conduct of the self-restrained.

Over weakness, and withdrew with the grace of the high-minded.

ووُصفتَ يا أَسداً لدين محمدٍ

ووُصفتَ يا أَسداً لدين محمدٍ

مدحاً بما مَلكٌ بهِ لم يُوصَفِ

مدحاً بما مَلكٌ بهِ لم يُوصَفِ

And you, O lion of Muhammad's faith, were described

You were described, O lion in the faith of Muhammad,

in praise that no king had ever received.

With a eulogy no ruler has been described.

وقفوتَ آثارَ الشّريعةِ كلّها

وقفوتَ آثارَ الشّريعةِ كلّها

وقد اهتدى من للشريعةِ يقتفي

وقد اهتدى من للشريعةِ يقتفي

And you followed all the traces of the sacred law;

You embodied all the maxims of Holy Law,

and whoever follows the sacred law has indeed found guidance.

And one who yearns for the Law followed your guidance.

أأنِفْتَ من دنياكَ حين عَرَفْتَها

أأنِفْتَ من دنياكَ حين عَرَفْتَها

فلويتَ وجهَ العارفِ المتنكفِ

فلويتَ وجهَ العارفِ المتنكفِ

Did you disdain your world when you came to know it,

Did you disdain your world when you recognized it?

then turn your face away as one who knows and disdains?

Would that you had turned toward the aloof gnostic!

يا ناصرَ الدِّين استعذْ بتصَبُّرٍ

يا ناصرَ الدِّين استعذْ بتصَبُّرٍ

مُدْنٍ إلى مرضاةِ ربٍ مزلفِ

مُدْنٍ إلى مرضاةِ ربٍ مزلفِ

O Nasir al-Din, seek refuge in patient endurance,

O defender of the faith, seek refuge in patience

which brings you near the good pleasure of the Lord who draws you close.

Until you attain the pleasure of a Lord brought near.

وتَعَزّ نجمَ الدِّين عنه مُهنّأً

وتَعَزّ نجمَ الدِّين عنه مُهنّأً

أَبدَ الزَّمانِ بمُلْكِ مصرَ ويوسفِ

أَبدَ الزَّمانِ بمُلْكِ مصرَ ويوسفِ

And take solace for his loss, Najm al-Din, receiving congratulations

May the star of faith be honored through you, triumphing

for all time on Egypt's kingship and on Yusuf.

Forever with the rule of Egypt and Joseph.

لا تستطيعُ سوى الدَّعاءِ فكلُّنا

لا تستطيعُ سوى الدَّعاءِ فكلُّنا

إلاّ بما في الوسعِ غيرُ مُكلّفِ

إلاّ بما في الوسعِ غيرُ مُكلّفِ

You can do nothing but pray, for all of us

None of us can do more than supplicate,

are charged only with what lies within our power.

Since none is burdened beyond their capacity.