أَعزيكمو في ميت لم يزل عندي

أَعزيكمو في ميت لم يزل عندي

له الحزن حيا وهو في ظلمة اللحد

له الحزن حيا وهو في ظلمة اللحد

I console you for a dead man; within me there still remains

I console you for a dead man who has not stopped being with me

a living grief for him, while he lies in the tomb's darkness.

Grief for him is alive while he is in the darkness of the grave

وكيف العزا فيه ونيران حزنه

وكيف العزا فيه ونيران حزنه

على فقده ما بيننا أحرقت كبدي

على فقده ما بيننا أحرقت كبدي

And how can there be consolation for him, when the fires of grief

And how is there condolence for him, while the fires of his sorrow

at his loss from our midst have scorched my liver?

For his loss burned my liver between us

فإِني أَخذت السهم واف من الأَسى

فإِني أَخذت السهم واف من الأَسى

وقدر الأَسى عندي على قدر الود

وقدر الأَسى عندي على قدر الود

For I have taken a full share of sorrow,

For I have taken a piercing arrow of grief

and my sorrow is measured by the measure of my love.

And the extent of grief with me is equal to the extent of love

هو الميت المحزون فقداً على ابنه

هو الميت المحزون فقداً على ابنه

فيا رحمة المفقود من ذلك الفقد

فيا رحمة المفقود من ذلك الفقد

He is the dead man who grieved at the loss of his son;

He is the dead grieved over the loss of his son

ah, mercy on the departed for that bereavement!

So, O mercy of the one missed by that loss

تمنى يفدى إبنه من ردائه

تمنى يفدى إبنه من ردائه

فمات المفدّى راغم الأَنف والمفدي

فمات المفدّى راغم الأَنف والمفدي

He wished his son might be ransomed from his doom;

He wished he could ransom his son with his gown

yet the ransomed died, his nose in the dust—and the ransomer too.

So the ransomed one died, the nose and the ransomer being broken

ولو يقبل الموت الفدى من ذوي الفدى

ولو يقبل الموت الفدى من ذوي الفدى

لفدي أنوشروان بالملك والجند

لفدي أنوشروان بالملك والجند

And if death accepted ransom from those able to offer it,

And if death would accept ransom from ransom givers

Anushirwan would have been ransomed with his kingdom and troops.

Anushirwan would ransom the king and the army with the kingdom

وما مات مولانا النبي وحوله

وما مات مولانا النبي وحوله

يفدونه عدنانه وبنو الأزد

يفدونه عدنانه وبنو الأزد

Nor would our master the Prophet have died, while around him

And our Master the Prophet did not die, while around him

his Adnanites and the sons of Azd offered to ransom him.

They ransom him, the reins and the sons of Azd

ثوى في الثرى لم يقبل الموت فدية

ثوى في الثرى لم يقبل الموت فدية

يضاعف عنه من أولي السؤدد العد

يضاعف عنه من أولي السؤدد العد

He lay in the earth; death accepted no ransom,

He rested in the ground, death did not accept a ransom

however many men of eminence might be offered in his stead.

It doubles from him from the foremost benefactors

عليه صلاة اللَه حيا وميتاً

عليه صلاة اللَه حيا وميتاً

هو المجتبي المهدي به وله المهدي

هو المجتبي المهدي به وله المهدي

May God's blessings be upon him, living and dead.

Upon him, the prayers of God, alive and dead

He is the chosen guide; through him and for his sake the guided find their way.

He is the Chosen One, guided by him and the one who guides to him

عزاء بني عبد السلام فما البكا

عزاء بني عبد السلام فما البكا

على ناصر أَو إبنه لكم مجدي

على ناصر أَو إبنه لكم مجدي

Take comfort, sons of Abd al-Salam, for weeping

Condolences to the sons of Abdel Salam, so what is crying

over Nasir or his son will do you no good.

Over Nasser or his son bringing you glory

فما اعتصم الأَروى بأرعن شاهق

فما اعتصم الأَروى بأرعن شاهق

عن المَوت أَو في غيلها لبوة الأَسد

عن المَوت أَو في غيلها لبوة الأَسد

For mountain goats have found no refuge on a towering peak

So the lofty did not adhere to the high rooted tree

from death, nor a lioness within her thicket.

From death or the courage of the lion in its madness

وما هاب عزرائيل من ذي مهابة

وما هاب عزرائيل من ذي مهابة

ولم يرحم الطفل الممهد في المهد

ولم يرحم الطفل الممهد في المهد

Nor has Azrael feared anyone of awesome majesty,

And Azrael did not fear one with awe

nor shown mercy to the infant nestled in its cradle.

And did not have mercy on the infant cradled in the cradle

فحظ وضيع القدر في المَوت قسمة

فحظ وضيع القدر في المَوت قسمة

كحظ رفيع الشأن بالجد والجد

كحظ رفيع الشأن بالجد والجد

For the portion allotted in death to one of low estate

So the share of the lowly fate in death is a distribution

equals that of one raised high by fortune and striving.

Like the share of the high ranked in nobility and ancestry

مآل سعيد الجد في الأَرض حفرة

مآل سعيد الجد في الأَرض حفرة

يحل بها المحروم من طالع السعد

يحل بها المحروم من طالع السعد

The fortunate man's end is a pit in the earth,

The outcome of the happy ancestry on earth is a pit

where one denied a lucky star also comes to dwell.

In which the deprived of good fortune settles

ولو أَنكم يا ىل سوال عشتم

ولو أَنكم يا ىل سوال عشتم

مثاكيل حزن ما قدرتم على رد

مثاكيل حزن ما قدرتم على رد

Even if you, O house of Suwal, lived on,

And if you, O people of Sowal, lived

bereaved and grieving, you could not turn it back.

Like the length of this sorrow, you would not be able

فصبراً على ما قدر اللَه فالرضى

فصبراً على ما قدر اللَه فالرضى

بحكم القضا فرض على الحر والعبد

بحكم القضا فرض على الحر والعبد

So bear patiently what God has ordained, for acceptance

So, patience over what God has ordained, for contentment

of destiny's decree is a duty for free man and slave.

With the judgment of fate is a duty upon the free and the slave

وَأَنتُم بنخل كالكواكب إِن هفا

وَأَنتُم بنخل كالكواكب إِن هفا

لكم كوكب يبدو لكم كوكب يهدي

لكم كوكب يبدو لكم كوكب يهدي

And at Nakhl you are like the stars: should there fall

And you are date palms like stars, so if

a star of yours, another star appears to guide you.

A star of yours is eclipsed, a star appears to guide you

لئن عاش سمح فالسماح شعاره

لئن عاش سمح فالسماح شعاره

ومن مقبل الاقبال راشد بالرشد

ومن مقبل الاقبال راشد بالرشد

If Samh lives on, generosity is his emblem;

If the kind Samh lives, kindness is his banner

and from Muqbil comes good fortune; Rashid has sound judgment.

And of the coming future, Rashid guides with guidance

لكم خلف عن ناصر جاه يعرب

لكم خلف عن ناصر جاه يعرب

سلالة سلطان الفتى الصمد الفرد

سلالة سلطان الفتى الصمد الفرد

You have a successor to Nasir, the glory of Ya'rub,

For you is a successor to Nasser of glory that impresses

Sultan's scion, the peerless young lord to whom people turn.

A lineage of the sultan, the unique, matchless young man

فلا زالَ سداً دونكم عن نوازل

فلا زالَ سداً دونكم عن نوازل

وأَنتُم فلا زلتم له عيبة السد

وأَنتُم فلا زلتم له عيبة السد

So may he ever remain a bulwark shielding you from calamities,

So he remains a barrier protecting you from tribulations

and may you ever remain his storehouse of protection.

While you remain his mighty towering barrier