1. The cup of death circulates among people
It gives the old and the young alike to drink

2. This world is no abode to settle in
Except like a phantom of dreams in deep slumber

3. Everyone on this road is a traveller
Inevitably coming and going

4. Death spares no one completely safe and sound
Except for an affliction that renders one asunder

5. In his blessed tomb with limbs asunder
This was a polished sword struck down

6. By the sword of fate that was ordained
This one whose abode yesterday was

7. The pinnacle of palaces, how can he be content with soil?
Eloquence, skill, rhetoric and resolve in heated discourse lament him

8. If the shining sun knew of his loss
It would have eclipsed, or the shining moon would have wavered

9. If the deaf stone had been able to wail
Rivers of tears would have flowed from it

10. Virtues and merits wept bitterly over him
As did resolve in important affairs as they transpired

11. Gladness departed the throne due to his loss
And intimacy and secrets, as it flowed away

12. The intellects of men grieved in regret
On the day of intention, and it is right that they grieve

13. Their tears watering the sides of his grave
Like clouds arranged and scattered

14. A pillar has collapsed in the country so its
Lightning-like death throes churn the oceans

15. The earth envied him so the sky sent
Angels who took him to the highest sphere

16. This day of celebration has become gloomy
And lent its joy to the earth, and it became luminous

17. O you whose loss has orphaned the countries
And which has donned the garb of melancholy

18. Through the support of the trusted one it was safe
And time did not extend to it a victorious hand

19. O great pillar of Lebanon, upon you
The cedars of Lebanon almost burst asunder

20. O pearl wounding the cheeks, it has now become
A shell, and the tears of the eye a red sea

21. If you were absent from the eyes, still
An image of you remains engraved on hearts

22. Wait, let us bury him next to a dome
Is it fit to bury your like in common soil?

23. If his tomb appeared to the clouds
They would not have rained except over its surface

24. He went from the valley of tears seeking
A chaste cup to purify souls

25. The Lord of the Throne called him from His throne