1. My cousin died, so let's go
To my cousin's grave

2. Leave my worries, for I have now bidden
Farewell to my worries

3. Except for Majid, from death
That singled out my people

4. So it threw them and spared me, then left
However it wished to throw

5. My cousin died between
Morning and evening

6. He died while dreams adorned him
As his passion adorned him

7. He died in his prime
Of life, strength and prosperity

8. So leave me from the passion of life
And console me for him

9. O joys and comfort
While death is here

10. Where is he who was with us
And we were with him?

11. Where is he who resembled
The radiance of life for us?

12. Dust has hidden his beauty
While he was before our eyes

13. O departed, o grave upon grave
O dweller, o walker in fate's course!

14. Bring me close,
For my secrets and my words are close to your grave

15. Bring me closer, for I know not
What you have come to know

16. Bring me closer, if only a little
And bring my soul a little closer too

17. For in you lies my hope, and my hope
Is for it to last long

18. For since you left me
I have had beautiful patience

19. And in my heart from your loss
A fire that will not pass

20. O departed! What comes
After the loss of life?

21. What comes after my liberation?
Only God knows its extent

22. After fate's decree is carried out
As God desired it to be

23. Every one who walked the earth
With unsure steps was confused by it

24. After handfuls of dust close my eyes
And darkness is all I see

25. The darkness of death I have not tasted
Except in my imagination

26. The darkness of loss that
Brings despair to the hopeful

27. The darkness of separation from life
From my soul and from me

28. What comes after my liberation
And my departure from my friends?

29. Where shall I go and to where
Now that my ties are severed?

30. They will pray over my soul
And lament my loss

31. And say, To God we commend
A youth cut down in his prime

32. They will say, To God we commend
The young and the old

33. And they will cry much
Though people think it's little

34. A poet who lived but did not create
Anything beautiful from his words

35. Except to lament what was
And long for the impossible

36. A poet who lived as He willed
Who commands all destinies

37. And who is gentle with His servant
So his patience is not overcome

38. He from whom all things come
And to whom all secrets are disclosed

39. He whose essence is mercy
And whose decree is triumphant

40. O departed, and life
With all it contains is so cheap

41. When I recall what it does
To the dead

42. The fierce mill that never stops
Grinding with the years

43. And between its stones
Hearts and eyes

44. My sorrows distracted me from you
So I could not hold you back

45. And I see your beautiful face
My friend and protector

46. The news of your death spread
And the bereaved wept for you

47. While I remain ignorant of the sorrow
That burned your head

48. In your death I tasted
What I have tasted before

49. And I still remained patient
The news of your death blinded me

50. Though I was seeing clearly
And being far from you made me forgetful

51. Though I was mindful
Except I weep with you

52. And seek inspiration from the grave
You rested in your burial place as

53. The Merciful, the Helper willed
Forgiveness on your house

54. And light and safety
And on our hearts solace

55. After you from time's cruelties
O eternal one, meanings do not

56. Suffice for consolation
So let me draw near to you