1. حرائق حزن في فؤادي تجدد

    وواكف دمع في الخدود تخدد

    Fires of sorrow flare anew in my heart,

    and streaming tears carve furrows in the cheeks.

  2. ولي زفرة في إثر أخرى تصعدت

    تكاد بروحي للخياشيم تصعد

    And a sigh rises from me in another's wake,

    almost carrying my soul up to my nostrils.

  3. ولي مقلة شكري وجسم معذب

    كذاك فؤادي من لظى الحزن مفأد

    I have an eye brimming with tears and a tormented body;

    likewise, my heart is scorched by sorrow's blaze.

  4. وكادت ضلوعي أن تقد بزفرة

    وطرفي بأطراف النجوم مسهد

    My ribs nearly split with a sigh,

    and my gaze stays sleepless at the edges of the stars.

  5. لئن بكت الورقا هديلاً فإنني

    لأبكي أَبا الخرصين لا أتفند

    If the gray dove weeps in coos, then I

    shall surely weep for Abu al-Khursayn, without falling into folly.

  6. فما بعد درويش الأديب ابن سالم

    سلو ولا عنه عزا وتجلد

    For after Darwish, the man of letters, son of Salim,

    there is no solace, nor consolation or fortitude at his loss.

  7. ألا بعد درويش فشربي مكدر

    وصبري كطعم الصبر والعيش أنكد

    Indeed, after Darwish my drink is clouded,

    and my patience tastes like bitter aloe, and life is more wretched.

  8. ولولا تقى الرحمن ساعة دفنه

    تمنيت أني وهة في اللحد نلحد

    Were it not for reverence for the Most Merciful at his burial,

    I would have wished that he and I were buried in the grave's niche.

  9. بدمعي عليه من حفاظ غسلته

    فيا ليت قلبي قبره ليس يبعد

    Out of loyal devotion, I washed him with my tears for him.

    Oh, would that my heart were his grave, so it would not be distant!

  10. نعته نعاة الحي والليل أكهل

    فحاذرت أنعي فيه والصبح أمرد

    The clan's heralds announced his death while the night was middle-aged,

    so I feared my death would be announced on his account while dawn was still beardless.

  11. ومن لائمي فيه إِذا بحت بالأسى

    وراح جميل الصبر عنه يشرد

    And who would blame me for him when I voice my sorrow,

    and noble patience goes fleeing from him?

  12. وما حرقة إلا ويبرد حرها

    وحرقة قلبي بعده ليس تبرد

    There is no burning grief but its heat cools,

    yet my heart's burning after him does not cool.

  13. لئن صار مدفوناً وحيداً بقبره

    فإني بأحزاني عليه لأوحد

    Though he has come to lie buried alone in his grave,

    I am surely more alone in my sorrows for him.

  14. وينظره قلبي وتبكيه أعيني

    وينحل جسمي ذكره والتوجد

    My heart gazes upon him, and my eyes weep for him,

    and remembrance of him and anguished yearning waste my body away.

  15. تحملت حُزناً فوق ما هو فوقه

    عليه تراب قد أهيل وجلمد

    I have borne a sorrow heavier than what lies above him:

    upon him lie earth that has been heaped and solid rock.

  16. لقد عرف التوحيد وهو ابن ثديه

    رضاعا وهل أمثال هذا يوحّد

    He knew God's oneness while still a babe at the breast,

    suckling—do others like him profess God's oneness?

  17. ويسند أخباراً صحاحاً وأين من

    كأمثاله في سنه وهو يسند

    He transmits authentic reports with their chains—and where is anyone

    like him at his age, transmitting with chains of authority?

  18. نباهته كانت بعيسى ابن مريم

    وقد قال هزي الجذع ساعة يولد

    His precocity was like that of Jesus, son of Mary,

    who said, 'Shake the trunk,' at the moment of his birth.

  19. لئن بقيت عندي المصيبة بعده

    فإني بها لِلّه مولاي أصمد

    If the calamity remains with me after him,

    then through it I turn to God, my Lord.

  20. سأطلب فيه الأجر والصبر بعده

    هو الفرط المدحور تبديه لي غد

    I shall seek reward in his loss, and patience after him.

    He is the forerunner driven far away; tomorrow will reveal him to me.

  21. خلقنا وأوعدنا الفنا بعد خلقنا

    ونلقى على العقبى الَّذي نحن نوعد

    We were created and warned of perishing after our creation,

    and in the hereafter we shall meet what we are promised.

  22. فيا شر مغرور بدنيا دنية

    يحل بها ما لا يحل ويعقد

    O worst of those deluded by a lowly world,

    who makes lawful there what is unlawful, and ties knots!

  23. فيا قلب صبراً إِن أصلك قد مضى

    وفرعك قد أَودى أأنت مخلد

    So, heart, be patient: surely your root has passed away,

    and your branch has perished—are you immortal?

  24. فلو عاش في الدنيا عليها معمراً

    لعاش بها الطهر النبي محمد

    For if anyone could live on in this world, his life prolonged,

    the pure Prophet Muhammad would have lived on in it.

  25. عليه صلاة اللَه ما الركب أَيغلت

    لليلى وما ناح الحمام المغرد

    God's blessing be upon him as long as the caravan riders journey far

    toward Layla, and as long as the singing doves lament.