هذا هو الرزء الجن والبشرا

هذا هو الرزء الجن والبشرا

وأخسف النيرين الشمس والقمرا

وأخسف النيرين الشمس والقمرا

This is the calamity that struck jinn and humankind,

This is the calamity that befell jinn and humankind,

and eclipsed the two luminaries—the sun and the moon.

And eclipsed the two luminaries, the sun and the moon.

وحل في العالم النوري موقعه

وحل في العالم النوري موقعه

وحل في العالم العفري واشتهرا

وحل في العالم العفري واشتهرا

Its blow befell the radiant world,

And its blow fell upon the world of light,

and befell the dusty, earthly world; both became renowned through it.

And fell upon the dust-born world and became widely known.

أبكى السماء وأبكى الأَرض من حزن

أبكى السماء وأبكى الأَرض من حزن

وأعمأ العين دون العلم والأَثرا

وأعمأ العين دون العلم والأَثرا

It made heaven weep and made the earth weep with grief,

It made the sky and earth weep with grief,

and blinded the eye, bereft of knowledge and transmitted tradition.

And blinded the eye to learning and tradition.

به السما طويت والأرض قد كفتت

به السما طويت والأرض قد كفتت

والشم قد نسفت والبحر قد سجرا

والشم قد نسفت والبحر قد سجرا

Through it heaven was folded up and earth overturned;

Through it heaven was folded up and earth gathered in,

the sun was swept away and the sea set ablaze.

The lofty mountains scattered, and the sea set ablaze.

وهدم الأَرض من رأس إِلى قدم

وهدم الأَرض من رأس إِلى قدم

وعم لا خص قحطانا ولا مضرا

وعم لا خص قحطانا ولا مضرا

The earth was demolished from head to foot,

It shattered the earth from head to foot,

and all were engulfed, neither Qahtan nor Mudar spared.

And swept through all, not singling out Qahtan or Mudar.

من سره العلم مقبوراً ومفتقدا

من سره العلم مقبوراً ومفتقدا

فهكذا قبره مذ جمعة قبرا

فهكذا قبره مذ جمعة قبرا

Let whoever delights in seeing knowledge buried and lost—

Whoever delights in learning buried and lost—

here is its grave, now that Jum‘a has been entombed.

Such is its burial, now that Jum'a is buried.

يا ثلمة وقعت في الدين فاغرة

يا ثلمة وقعت في الدين فاغرة

وها هو الكسر في الاسلام ما جبرا

وها هو الكسر في الاسلام ما جبرا

O gaping breach opened in the faith!

O gaping breach that opened in the faith,

Here is the fracture in Islam, still unmended.

Here is the fracture in Islam, still unmended.

أمسى التقى والنهى والعلم قاطبة

أمسى التقى والنهى والعلم قاطبة

والحمد والمجد والمعروف رهن ثرى

والحمد والمجد والمعروف رهن ثرى

Piety, discernment, and learning have all passed into darkness,

Now piety, reason, and learning, all together,

while praise, glory, and goodness lie hostage to the soil.

And praise, glory, and goodness lie hostage to the dust.

ما خلت بحراً وطوداً أَن يضمهما

ما خلت بحراً وطوداً أَن يضمهما

شبر من الأَرض أَو باع إِذا شبرا

شبر من الأَرض أَو باع إِذا شبرا

Never did I imagine that a sea and a mountain could both be contained

I never imagined a sea and mountain could be held

within a span of earth, or an armspan when measured.

In a handspan of earth, or an armspan, when measured.

إِن العفاء على الدنيا وساكنها

إِن العفاء على الدنيا وساكنها

من بعد جمعة لا نفعاً ولا ضررا

من بعد جمعة لا نفعاً ولا ضررا

Oblivion now lies upon the world and all its inhabitants;

Indeed, let ruin fall on the world and its inhabitants;

after Jum‘a, neither benefit nor harm remains.

After Jum'a, neither benefit nor harm matters.

إِن كانَ أَصبح مأسوراً ببلقعة

إِن كانَ أَصبح مأسوراً ببلقعة

فالناس من حزنه من بعده أَسرا

فالناس من حزنه من بعده أَسرا

If he has become a captive in a barren waste,

If he has come to lie captive in a desolate waste,

then the people, grieving for him, are captives after him.

The people, grieving for him, are captives after his passing.

يا إبن أحمد يا با زاهر فلقد

يا إبن أحمد يا با زاهر فلقد

أَورثتنا الغم والأحزان والكدرا

أَورثتنا الغم والأحزان والكدرا

O son of Ahmad, O Abu Zahir, indeed

O son of Ahmad, O Abu Zahir, you have indeed

you have bequeathed us anguish, sorrows, and distress.

Bequeathed us anguish, sorrows, and distress.

من ذا خلافك يفتي الناس إِن عضلت

من ذا خلافك يفتي الناس إِن عضلت

مسائل أَشكلت إِسنادها ذخرا

مسائل أَشكلت إِسنادها ذخرا

Who after you will give the people rulings when problems become intractable—

Who besides you will give people rulings when faced with intractable

questions grown tangled, whose chains of transmission were a treasure?

Questions, obscure in transmission, held as a treasure

من جم علمك لو كنت الخضم لما ال

من جم علمك لو كنت الخضم لما ال

كليم والخضر في لجاته عبرا

كليم والخضر في لجاته عبرا

So abundant was your learning that, had you been the ocean, neither

From your abundant learning? Were you the ocean, neither

Moses, who spoke with God, nor al-Khidr could have crossed its depths.

Moses nor al-Khidr could cross its depths.

من للأصول وفرع الأَصل أو أَصل فر

من للأصول وفرع الأَصل أو أَصل فر

ع الفرع فيه ما لا سواك يرى

ع الفرع فيه ما لا سواك يرى

Who will tend the roots, the root’s branch, or the root of a bran—

Who will tend the roots, their branch, or the root of a branch—

ch—the branch in which none but you could see what lay within?

—Of a branch, seeing there what none but you can see?

كنت الأَمين على الدُنيا وساكنها

كنت الأَمين على الدُنيا وساكنها

من غاب عنك بك استغنى كمن حضرا

من غاب عنك بك استغنى كمن حضرا

You were the trusted guardian over the world and all its inhabitants;

You were the trusted guardian of the world and its inhabitants;

whoever was absent from you found through you the sufficiency of one present.

Those absent from you had all they needed through you, like those present.

أَظهخرت في الملة البيضاء معجزة

أَظهخرت في الملة البيضاء معجزة

من دق علمك واستبطنت ما ظهرا

من دق علمك واستبطنت ما ظهرا

Within the radiant faith you manifested a miracle,

You revealed a marvel within the radiant faith,

penetrating through the subtlety of your learning the inward meaning of what appeared outwardly.

Through your subtle learning, and fathomed the inner meaning of what was apparent.

أَحييت سنة من أحيا الظلام وكم

أَحييت سنة من أحيا الظلام وكم

سيرت بالعلم بين العالم السيرا

سيرت بالعلم بين العالم السيرا

You revived the practice of one who kept the night alive—and how often

You revived the practice of one who enlivened the dark; how often

you journeyed by night with knowledge among the learned world.

Through learning you spread ways of life throughout the world.

كانت عمان بك الخدراء ساترة

كانت عمان بك الخدراء ساترة

عنها تقارع خطب الدهر والغيرا

عنها تقارع خطب الدهر والغيرا

Oman was verdant through you, sheltered

Through you Oman was a sheltered maiden, screened

from the clashing calamities of time and all its changes.

From the battering of time's calamities and reversals.

واليوم بعدك للنوكيّ قد بهلت

واليوم بعدك للنوكيّ قد بهلت

تبغي خلافك سترا دونَها سترا

تبغي خلافك سترا دونَها سترا

Today, after you, it stands exposed before fools,

Today, after you, she is abandoned to fools,

seeking in your absence one shelter after another.

Seeking in your absence a veil, a veil to shield her.

يا مستلذ الظما في كل هاجرة

يا مستلذ الظما في كل هاجرة

صوما وملتذ من طاعاتك السهرا

صوما وملتذ من طاعاتك السهرا

O you who endured thirst through every blazing noon,

O you who savored thirst in every scorching noon,

fasting, and enjoyed wakeful nights spent in obedience;

Fasting, and delighting in wakeful nights among your acts of devotion.

يا بحر يا دهر يا غيث الأَنام ويا

يا بحر يا دهر يا غيث الأَنام ويا

بدر التمام الذي قد سر مذ بدرا

بدر التمام الذي قد سر مذ بدرا

O sea, O age, O raincloud of humankind, O

O sea, O age, O rain for humankind, and O

full moon of perfection, whose rising brought delight!

Full moon that brought delight from the moment it rose.

تبكي عليك أصول العلم فاقدة

تبكي عليك أصول العلم فاقدة

منك المطالع مذ أودعتها الأَثرا

منك المطالع مذ أودعتها الأَثرا

The foundations of learning weep for you, bereft

The foundations of learning weep for you, bereft

of you—the sources you entrusted with transmitted tradition.

Of your dawning lights, since you left tradition in their keeping.

تبكي عليك فروع الأصل طالبة

تبكي عليك فروع الأصل طالبة

من عنك بعدك يعطيها بك الخبرا

من عنك بعدك يعطيها بك الخبرا

The branches of those foundations weep for you, asking:

The branches of the root weep for you, seeking

Who after you will expound them with the knowledge received from you?

Someone in your stead, after you, to bring them news of you.

تبكي عليك نواد طال ما ملئت

تبكي عليك نواد طال ما ملئت

علماً وذكراً وإسناداً ومختبرا

علماً وذكراً وإسناداً ومختبرا

Assemblies weep for you, so long filled

Gathering places weep for you, so long filled

with learning, remembrance, chains of transmission, and tested insight.

With learning, remembrance, chains of transmission, and tested knowledge.

تبكي عليك جماعات مساجدها

تبكي عليك جماعات مساجدها

أَقوت فلا من قرى فيها القرى وقُرا

أَقوت فلا من قرى فيها القرى وقُرا

The congregations in their mosques weep for you,

Congregations weep for you; their mosques

left desolate, with none to offer hospitality there or receive it.

Stand deserted, with none there to offer hospitality or receive it.

تبكي عليك مساكين وأرملة

تبكي عليك مساكين وأرملة

وأيم ويتيم باعه قصرا

وأيم ويتيم باعه قصرا

The poor and every widow weep for you,

The destitute and a widow weep for you,

as do the widower and orphan whose means fell short.

And an unwed woman, and an orphan whose reach is short.

يبكي عليك قبيل أنت سيده

يبكي عليك قبيل أنت سيده

أوقيته الخطب والأعداء والخطرا

أوقيته الخطب والأعداء والخطرا

A whole people weep for you—a people whose master you were;

A tribe whose chief you were weeps for you;

you shielded them from calamities, enemies, and dangers.

You shielded it from calamity, enemies, and danger.

تبكي عليك ولاة العلم قاطعة

تبكي عليك ولاة العلم قاطعة

أكبادها وولاة الأمر والأمرا

أكبادها وولاة الأمر والأمرا

The guardians of learning weep for you, their hearts torn apart;

The guardians of learning weep for you, rending

governors and commanders weep as well.

Their livers, as do those in authority and the princes.

طوى بك اللَه أهل الأَرض يا ندس

طوى بك اللَه أهل الأَرض يا ندس

والأَرض طي سجل بعد ما نشرا

والأَرض طي سجل بعد ما نشرا

By God, what blessedness you brought the people of earth, O sage!

In you God folded away earth's people, O discerning one,

The earth itself is rolled up like a scroll after having been spread.

And earth itself, like a scroll rolled up after being spread.

وإنني بالعزا والحزن أحذر من

وإنني بالعزا والحزن أحذر من

أَبقيت بعدك في أَيامي العمرا

أَبقيت بعدك في أَيامي العمرا

Amid consolation and grief, I fear that

Amid consolation and sorrow, I am the most fearful of those

I have been left after you to live out my allotted days.

You left behind, throughout the days of my life.

لكنها حكمة في الخلق بالغة

لكنها حكمة في الخلق بالغة

من ذا يرد قضاء اللَه والقدرا

من ذا يرد قضاء اللَه والقدرا

Yet it is a consummate wisdom within creation:

But this is consummate wisdom in creation;

who can repel God’s decree or destiny?

Who can turn back God's decree and destiny?

فالموت نهج وكل الخلق سالكه

فالموت نهج وكل الخلق سالكه

هذا إِمام ومأموم يكون ورا

هذا إِمام ومأموم يكون ورا

Death is a path every creature must travel;

Death is a path, and every creature walks it:

one goes before as leader, and another follows behind.

This one leads, and a follower comes behind.

وإِنما هذه الدُنيا رياض منى

وإِنما هذه الدُنيا رياض منى

ونحن كالسرب نرعى النجم والزهرا

ونحن كالسرب نرعى النجم والزهرا

This world is nothing but meadows of desire,

This world is only meadows of wishes,

and we are like a flock grazing its low plants and blossoms.

And we, like a herd, graze on grass and flowers.

والموت كالحابل القناص أشرك من

والموت كالحابل القناص أشرك من

دون المزاد لنا أشراكه الغررا

دون المزاد لنا أشراكه الغررا

Death is like a snaring hunter who has caught whoever

And death is like a trapper, a hunter who has laid

he could before the Resurrection in his beguiling snares.

His beguiling snares for us, without waterskins [wording unclear].

لم ندر إلا وفي أشراكه حصلت

لم ندر إلا وفي أشراكه حصلت

أعمارنا ولمنها هد ما اعتمرا

أعمارنا ولمنها هد ما اعتمرا

We did not realize until, within his snares,

Before we knew it, caught within his snares were

our lifetimes were caught; his purpose is to demolish all that has been built.

Our lives; from them he demolished what had been built up.

نبني ونغرس في الدنيا ونأمل أن

نبني ونغرس في الدنيا ونأمل أن

نبقى ودون البقا نيل المنى عسرا

نبقى ودون البقا نيل المنى عسرا

We build and plant in this world, hoping that

We build and plant in this world, and hope

we shall remain, though lasting life and the attainment of hopes are difficult.

To endure, though even short of permanence our hopes are hard to attain.

يودع البعض منا البعض يرمسه

يودع البعض منا البعض يرمسه

في رمسه وعليه تلكد العفرا

في رمسه وعليه تلكد العفرا

Some of us bid others farewell and bury them

One of us bids another farewell, burying him

in their graves, while dust is heaped upon them.

In his grave, as the dust clings over him.

ومن بقى راجع في قسم تركته

ومن بقى راجع في قسم تركته

كأن لم يجر فيه ما رآه جرى

كأن لم يجر فيه ما رآه جرى

Whoever remains then turns back to divide his inheritance,

Whoever remains returns to dividing his estate,

as though what he saw befall another could never befall him.

As though what he saw happen to him had never occurred.

ان كان جمعة قد أودى فإن له

ان كان جمعة قد أودى فإن له

زلفى من اللَه لا أشرا ولا بطرا

زلفى من اللَه لا أشرا ولا بطرا

Though Jum‘a has departed, he indeed possesses

If Jum'a has perished, he surely has

nearness to God, free of insolent exultation and pride.

Nearness granted by God, without arrogance or vainglory.

وإِن بشير بقى من بعده خلفا

وإِن بشير بقى من بعده خلفا

وصنوه أحمد بيت العلا عمرا

وصنوه أحمد بيت العلا عمرا

And Bashir remains after him as a successor,

And indeed Bashir remains after him as successor,

with his brother Ahmad rebuilding the house of glory.

With his brother Ahmad: together they sustain the house of glory.

هذا كأن أبا بكر لصاحبه

هذا كأن أبا بكر لصاحبه

وذاك عاضده في أمره عمرا

وذاك عاضده في أمره عمرا

One is like Abu Bakr beside his Companion,

This one is like Abu Bakr to his companion,

and the other supports him in his cause like Umar.

And that one, his supporter in his affairs, is like Umar.

هما هما فهما يرجى المنى بهما

هما هما فهما يرجى المنى بهما

علماً وزهداً وإحساناً ومصطبرا

علماً وزهداً وإحساناً ومصطبرا

They are indeed those very two; through them both we place our hopes

These two are the very ones through whom hopes may be fulfilled,

in learning, renunciation, beneficence, and steadfast patience.

In learning, abstinence, benevolence, and patient endurance.

أبوكما ليس بدعا في الممات وإن

أبوكما ليس بدعا في الممات وإن

أَبقى لنا الحزن واللوعات والعبرا

أَبقى لنا الحزن واللوعات والعبرا

Your father was no exception to mortality, though

Your father is not the first to die, although

he has left us grief, burning pangs, and tears.

He has left us sorrow, anguish, and tears.

إِني أعزيكما فيه ولي مقل

إِني أعزيكما فيه ولي مقل

أخشى عليها لوقع الأدمع العورا

أخشى عليها لوقع الأدمع العورا

I console you both for him, though I have an eye

I offer you both consolation for him, though my eyes

I fear will be overwhelmed by the assault of copious tears.

I fear may be blinded by the onslaught of tears.

فكلما وكفت في الخد جارية

فكلما وكفت في الخد جارية

أبقت بقلبي جمر الحزن مستعرا

أبقت بقلبي جمر الحزن مستعرا

Whenever a flowing tear falls upon my cheek,

Whenever a running tear trickles down my cheek,

it leaves the blazing embers of grief burning in my heart.

It leaves grief's embers blazing in my heart.

من لي أخ بعده في الدين ينصح لا

من لي أخ بعده في الدين ينصح لا

ختلا وحقداً ولا لبساً ولا ضمرا

ختلا وحقداً ولا لبساً ولا ضمرا

Who after him will be my brother in faith, counseling me without

Who can give me a brother after him, counseling sincerely in faith, without

guile or rancor, disguise or hidden malice?

Deceit or rancor, without disguise or hidden malice?

صح الفراق أما طيف يزور بكم

صح الفراق أما طيف يزور بكم

بعد الهدو لألقاكم به سحرا

بعد الهدو لألقاكم به سحرا

Parting is certain. Will no dream-vision visit you both

Parting is real; will no dream-image of you visit me

after sleep, so that I might meet you through it at dawn?

After all grows still, so I may meet you through it before dawn?

عسى من القلب أن تطفا حرائقه

عسى من القلب أن تطفا حرائقه

أو يقطع الأدمع الوكافة الغررا

أو يقطع الأدمع الوكافة الغررا

Perhaps then the heart’s fires might be quenched,

Perhaps the fires within my heart may then be quenched,

or the copious, ever-streaming tears be stopped.

Or it may halt the gleaming, ever-streaming tears.

يا قبر جمعة حياك الحيا غدقا

يا قبر جمعة حياك الحيا غدقا

مزنان مندفقاً رزان منهمرا

مزنان مندفقاً رزان منهمرا

O grave of Jum‘a, may abundant rain greet you,

O grave of Jum'a, may the rain greet you in abundance,

from two pouring rainclouds, full and streaming,

Two rain clouds, gushing, heavy-laden, pouring down,

من السواري الغوادي الحور رائحة

من السواري الغوادي الحور رائحة

قد واصلت دهرها وبلا ضحى وسرى

قد واصلت دهرها وبلا ضحى وسرى

from night-traveling clouds and fair, departing clouds,

From white clouds traveling by night and morning, returning at evening,

whose rain continues through the ages, morning and night.

Unceasing in their downpours, by forenoon and by night,

عواكفا سقت الخيران حولك يا

عواكفا سقت الخيران حولك يا

من كفه يفضح التيار والمطرا

من كفه يفضح التيار والمطرا

May lingering clouds water the hollows around you, O

Lingering to water the channels around you, O

you whose open palm outdoes both torrent and rain.

You whose hand puts torrents and rain to shame.

وبالسعادة زارتك اللطائف من

وبالسعادة زارتك اللطائف من

فضل اللطيف فلا خوفا ولا حذرا

فضل اللطيف فلا خوفا ولا حذرا

May the gentle graces of felicity visit you from

And may gentle favors visit you with felicity,

the bounty of the Gentle One, leaving neither fear nor caution.

From the bounty of the Gentle One, with no fear or dread.

وفيك شفع مولانا النبي علي

وفيك شفع مولانا النبي علي

ه اللَه صلى مدى من حج واعتمرا

ه اللَه صلى مدى من حج واعتمرا

And may our master, the Prophet, intercede for you; upon

And may our master the Prophet intercede for you—upon

him may God bestow blessings as long as anyone performs Hajj and Umrah.

Him may God send blessings as long as anyone performs Hajj and Umrah.