أتدري من تخرمت المنون — Alhbal

أتدْري مَنْ تخَرَّمتِ المنونُ

ومن أرِقَتْ لمصْرعهِ العيون

Do you know whom death has snatched away,

And for whose death the eyes have lain sleepless?

ومَنْ ذا أَثقل الأَعناقَ حملاً

وخفَّ لِحُزنِه العقلُ الرَّصين

And who has weighed so heavily upon the necks,

And whose loss has unsteadied the steadfast mind?

ومَنْ مَلأَ القلوبَ أسىً وحُزْناً

فكلُّ فتىً لِمَصْرعِهِ حزينُ

And who has filled hearts with sorrow and grief,

So every young man grieves at his death?

وَمَنْ في جنّةِ الفِردوسِ أضحَى

لديهِ الظلُّ والماء المعينُ

And who now dwells in the Garden of Paradise,

With shade and flowing water at his side?

وأيُّ هلالِ أفقٍ غَاب عَنهُ

وكان لأُفقهِ أبداً يزينُ

And which crescent has vanished from its horizon,

Though it had always adorned that horizon?

أتدري يا زمانُ بِمَنْ دَهتْنا

صروفُكَ أنّك الزّمنُ الخؤونُ

Do you know, O Time, through whose loss we were stricken

By your vicissitudes? Indeed, you are treacherous Time.

وأنكَ بالّذي أحدثتَ فينا

جديرٌ أن تُساءَ بِكَ الظّنونُ

And, for what you have brought upon us,

You deserve to be regarded with suspicion.

لَئِنْ كدّرتَ من عيش البرايا

فمبْدأ خلْقِهم مَاءٌ وطينُ

If indeed you have clouded the lives of mortals,

Their creation began with water and clay.

هوَى البدرُ الّذي قد كان حقّاً

به نورُ الهدايةِ مُستبينُ

The full moon has fallen—truly, it was he

Through whom the light of guidance shone clear.

هوىَ الجبلُ الّذي قد كان يأوي

إليه الملتجي والمسْتكِين

The mountain has fallen, to which there once turned

The seeker of refuge and the helpless.

مضى القرم الذي قد كان ذخْراً

تُناطُ بهِ الحوائجُ والشؤونُ

Gone is the noble lord who had been a treasure,

To whom needs and affairs were entrusted.

فأيّ سحاب دَمعٍ ليسَ يهمي

وأيّ حصاة قلبٍ لا تلينُ

What cloud of tears, then, does not pour down?

And what heart of stone does not soften?

وليسَ يردّ سهمَ الموتِ درعٌ

مُزَرّدةٌ ولا حصنٌ حصينُ

No coat of armor can ward off death's arrow,

Though wrought of mail; nor can an impregnable fortress.

سُقيتَ الغيث قبراً حلَّ فيه

تُقىً وعُلىً وإيمانٌ ودينُ

May rain water you, O grave in which have come to dwell

Piety, eminence, faith, and religion.

ثَوى فيكَ الّذي ما كان يُلْفَى

لَه في كلّ مكْرمةٍ قرينُ

Within you rests the one who never had

A peer in any noble virtue.

رجعْنا عَن ثراهُ بجيشِ حزنٍ

لَه في كلٍّ جارحةٍ كمينُ

We returned from his grave with an army of grief,

Lying in ambush in every limb.

وأجرينا جيادَ الصَّبر عنْه

ولكن شَوط مرزئِه بَطِينُ

We set the steeds of patience racing to bear his loss,

But the course of bereavement for him is long.

فيا لكَ ميّتاً قد بانَ عَنَّا

تكادُ لِبَيْنِه الأَحشا تَبينُ

Alas for you, now dead and parted from us,

At whose parting our very vitals almost tear apart.

وآهِ لِطولِ بُعدكَ من حبيبٍ

وهلْ يجدي التأَوّهُ والحنينُ

Ah, for your long absence from one who loves you!

But do sighing and longing avail?

وَوَا لَهفي عليكَ وقد تدانى

خروجُ الروح وانقطع الأنينُ

Alas, my anguish for you, when there drew near

The soul's departure, and the moaning ceased!

وأُسْكنتَ التراب برغْم قومٍ

مَحلكَ في قلوبهُم مكينُ

You were laid in the earth against the wishes of a people

In whose hearts your place is firmly fixed.

يكادُ النَّوم أَنْ يغشى الأَماقي

فَتَلْفظه لذكراك الجفونُ

Sleep almost settles over the corners of our eyes,

But at your memory the eyelids cast it off.

أَهَنَّا إِذْ دُفِنْتَ عقودَ دمعٍ

مخبّأةً لِغيركَ لا تَهونُ

At your burial, we lavished necklaces of tears,

Stored away, not lightly spent for anyone but you.

وكلّفنا الجوانحَ عنكَ صبراً

فقالَتْ لا قرار ولا سكونُ

We charged our inmost hearts to bear your loss with patience,

But they said, 'There is no rest, no stillness.'

وخانتنا بكَ الأيّام لكِنْ

بِحُسْنِ الصَّبر بعدَكَ نَسْتعينُ

The days betrayed us in taking you, yet

After you, we seek help in goodly patience.

وكيفَ الصبَّر عنكَ أَو التَسلّي

جميلُ الصبرِ بعدَكَ نَسْتعينُ

But how can we bear your loss, or find consolation?

After you, we seek help in gracious patience.

فَهلْ يدري سَريرُك مَنْ عَلاهُ

علاهُ العِلْمُ أَجمعُ واليقينُ

Does your bier know who lay upon it?

Upon it lay all knowledge and certainty.

وهل يدْري ضريحُكَ مَن تغشّى

ومن وهو تَحْتَ تُربته دَفينُ

And does your tomb know whom it enfolded,

And who lies buried beneath its earth?

قُرنتَ بصالح الأعمال فيه

وحسبْك أنّه نعم القرينُ

There you were joined with righteous deeds,

And enough for you that this is an excellent companion.

يعزُّ على العلوم نواكَ عنها

وأنتَ لبحرها الطّامي سفين

Your parting is grievous to the branches of learning,

And you are a fleet upon their surging sea.

هلالاً كنتَ غالَتْهُ اللّيالي

وليثاً كنت أَسْلَمهُ العرينُ

A crescent moon you were, whom the nights snatched away,

And a lion you were, whom the lair gave up.

جَعَلْتَ ودادَ أهلِ البَيتِ ديناً

لِعلمك أنَّه الحبلُ المتينُ

You made love for the Prophet's Household your religion,

Knowing it to be the firm rope.

ودِنتَ بدينهِم في كلِّ حالٍ

وذاكَ لعمرك الحقّ اليقين

And you followed their religion in every circumstance,

And that, by your life, is the certain truth.

وكنتَ من التشيّع في محلٍ

تُسافر دونَ غايتِه العيون

And in Shiʿism you held a station

Toward whose height the eyes journey, yet fall short.

فيهْنيكَ القدوم على كريم

خزائنُ مُلكِه كافٌ ونونُ

So may your arrival before the Generous One bring you joy,

Whose kingdom's treasuries are kāf and nūn.

ويهنيكَ ادّخاركَ خير كسْبٍ

إذا الجاني بمكسَبهِ رهينُ

And may your storing up the best of gains bring you joy,

When the wrongdoer is held in pledge for what he has earned,

وأخذك للِصَّحيفةِ يوم حشرٍ

إذا انتدبتْ لتَأخذَها اليَمينُ

And your receiving the scroll on the Day of Resurrection,

When the right hand comes forward to take it.

سأنظمُ فيكَ ما يعلو ويغلُو

ويرخُص عندَه الدرُّ الثمينُ

I shall compose for you verse lofty and precious,

Beside which precious pearls will seem cheap.

وأسقي تُربَ قبركَ غيثَ دمعٍ

يقصّر دونَه الغيث الهتونُ

And I shall water your grave's earth with a rain of tears,

Beside which the pouring rain falls short.

فمثلكَ ما سمعنا في البرايا

ولا قَد كان قَطَّ ولا يكونُ

For we have never heard of your like among mortals,

Nor has one ever existed, nor will one ever be.

عليكَ صلاةً ربّك بعد طه

وعترتِه فأنتَ بها قمينُ

May your Lord's blessing be upon you, after Taha

And his kindred, for you are worthy of it.