Sol 6.1

  1. غُروبُ دَمعٍ مِنَ الأَجفانِ تَنهَمِلُ

    وَحُرقَةٌ بِغَليلِ الحُزنِ تَشتَعِلُ

    Streams of tears pour from the eyelids,

    and a burning ache blazes with the heat of grief.

  2. وَلَيسَ يُطفِئُ نارَ الحُزنِ إِذ وَقَدَت

    عَلى الجَوانِحِ إِلّا الواكِفُ الخَضِلُ

    And nothing quenches grief's fire, once it has flared

    within the ribs, except copious, dripping tears.

  3. إِن لَجَّ حُزنٌ فَلا بِدعٌ وَلا عَجَبٌ

    أَو قَلَّ صَبرٌ فَلا لَومٌ وَلا عَذَلُ

    If grief persists, it is no novelty, no wonder;

    or if patience wanes, there is no blame or reproach.

  4. عَمري لَقَد فَدَحَ الخَطبُ الَّذي طَرَقَت

    بِهِ اللَيالي وَجَلَّ الحادِثُ الجَلَلُ

    By my life, crushing indeed was the calamity that

    the nights brought; immense was that grievous disaster.

  5. لِلَّهِ أَيُّ يَدٍ بانَ الحِمامُ بِها

    مِنّا وَأَيَّةُ نَفسٍ غالَها الأَجَلُ

    God! What a hand death has borne away

    from us, and what a soul the appointed end has claimed!

  6. سَيِّدَةُ الناسِ حَقّاً بَعدَ سَيِّدِهِم

    وَمَن لَها المَأثُراتُ السُبَّقُ الأُوَلُ

    Truly the lady of the people, next after their lord,

    and she whose glorious deeds were foremost and first.

  7. جَرى لَها قَدَرٌ حَتمٌ فَحَلَّ بِها

    مَكروهُهُ وَقَضاءٌ موشِكٌ عَجِلُ

    An irrevocable fate ran its course for her, and upon her fell

    its affliction and a decree, imminent and swift.

  8. فَكُلُّ عَينٍ لَها مِن عَبرَةٍ دِرَرٌ

    وَكُلُّ قَلبٍ لَهُ مِن حَسرَةٍ شُغُلُ

    So every eye has streams of tears,

    and every heart has grief to occupy it.

  9. عَمَّ البُكاءُ عَلَيها وَالمُصابُ بِها

    كَما يَعُمُّ سَحابُ الديمَةِ الهَطِلُ

    Weeping for her and anguish at her loss have spread everywhere,

    as the pouring cloud of steady rain spreads everywhere.

  10. فَالشَرقُ وَالغَربُ مَغمورانِ مِن أَسَفٍ

    باقٍ لِفِقدانِها وَالسَهلُ وَالجَبَلُ

    So East and West are drowned in sorrow

    that endures because she is gone—as are plain and mountain.

  11. مَثوبَةُ اللَهِ مِمّا فارَقَت عِوَضٌ

    وَجَنَّةُ الخُلدِ مِما خَلَّفَت بَدَلُ

    God's reward compensates for what she parted from,

    and the Garden of Eternity replaces what she left behind.

  12. قُل لِلإِمامِ الَّذي آلاؤُهُ جُمَلٌ

    وَبِشرُهُ أَمَلٌ وَسُخطُهُ وَجَلُ

    Tell the Imam, whose favors are abundant,

    whose smiling face is hope, and whose displeasure is dread:

  13. لَكَ البَقاءُ عَلى الأَيّامِ يَقتَبِلُ

    وَالعُمرُ يَمتَدُّ بِالنُعمى وَيَتَّصِلُ

    May life endure for you, renewed with passing days,

    and may your years lengthen in bliss, unbroken.

  14. وَالناسُ كُلُّهُمُ في كُلِّ حادِثَةٍ

    فِداءُ نَعلِكَ أَن يَغتالَكَ الزَلَلُ

    And all the people, in every calamity,

    are ransom for your sandal, lest a misstep strike you down.

  15. إِذا بَقيتَ لِدينِ اللَهِ تَكلَؤُهُ

    فَكُلُّ رُزءٍ صَغيرُ القَدرِ مُحتَمَلُ

    If you live on to guard the faith of God,

    then every loss is slight in weight and bearable.

  16. لَئِن رُزِقتَ الَّتي ما مِثلُها اِمرَأَةٌ

    لَقَد أُتيتَ الَّذي لَم يُؤتَهُ رَجُلُ

    If indeed you were blessed with her whom no woman equals,

    you have surely been given what no man has been given:

  17. صَبراً وَمَعرِفَةً بِاللَهِ صادِقَةً

    وَالصَبرُ أَجمَلُ ثَوبٍ حينَ يُبتَذَلُ

    patience and true knowledge of God.

    And patience is the finest garment when worn.

  18. عَزَّيتَ نَفسَكَ عَنها بِالنَبِيِّ وَما

    في الخُلدِ بَعدَ النَبِيِّ المُصطَفى أَمَلُ

    You consoled yourself for her loss with the Prophet's example, and no

    hope of immortality remains after the chosen Prophet.

  19. وَكَيفَ نَرجو خُلوداً لَم يُخَصَّ بِهِ

    مِن قَبلِنا أَنبِياءُ اللَهِ وَالرُسُلُ

    And how can we hope for an immortality not granted

    to God's prophets and messengers before us?

  20. عَمَّرَكَ اللَهُ في النَعماءِ مُبتَهِجاً

    بِها وَأَعطاكَ مِنها فَوقَ ما تَسَلُ

    May God grant you long life in bliss, rejoicing

    in it, and give you more of it than you ask.