تَبكي المُروءَةُ شَمْساً كَمْ جَلا كُرَبَا

تَبكي المُروءَةُ شَمْساً كَمْ جَلا كُرَبَا

وَلَمْ يَزَل مَشْرِقاً بِالبِشْرِ أو غرَبَا

وَلَمْ يَزَل مَشْرِقاً بِالبِشْرِ أو غرَبَا

Nobility weeps for a sun that dispelled so many sorrows.

The dignity cries for a sun that has set after shining bright,

And he remained radiant with cheer, even as he set.

Yet it remains shining in good news or has set in the west,

وَقدْ بَكَيْنا دَماً نُبْدِي بهِ شَنَقاً

وَقدْ بَكَيْنا دَماً نُبْدِي بهِ شَنَقاً

بَعْدَ الغرُوبِ فَنَاعي الشَّمْسِ ما كَذَبَا

بَعْدَ الغرُوبِ فَنَاعي الشَّمْسِ ما كَذَبَا

And we have wept blood, revealing our yearning through it,

And we have cried blood with which we show a hanging robe,

after sunset; the herald of the sun's death did not lie.

After sunset, so we call to the sun that has not lied,

وَعُمْرُ نُوحٍ وَعُمْرُ الطِّفْلِ غَايتُهُ

وَعُمْرُ نُوحٍ وَعُمْرُ الطِّفْلِ غَايتُهُ

إلى نتِهاءٍ فَدَعْ عَن نَفسِكَ التَّعَبَا

إلى نتِهاءٍ فَدَعْ عَن نَفسِكَ التَّعَبَا

And Noah's lifespan and a child's have the same destination:

And the life of Noah and the life of a child, its end

an end; so spare yourself the weariness.

To an outcome, so leave off from yourself fatigue,

وَقَدْ كَفَانَا بِشَمْسٍ الدِّينِ مَوْعظَةً

وَقَدْ كَفَانَا بِشَمْسٍ الدِّينِ مَوْعظَةً

لَوْ كانَ يتَّعِظُ البَاقي بِمَن ذَهَبَا

لَوْ كانَ يتَّعِظُ البَاقي بِمَن ذَهَبَا

And Shams al-Din has been admonition enough for us,

And the sun of religion has sufficed us with advice,

if only those who remain took heed of those who have gone.

If only those remaining would take advice from those gone.