عد الدهر حتى انقض كوكبُهُ الدرِّي

عد الدهر حتى انقض كوكبُهُ الدرِّي

وقد كان يُزري بالثواقب والبدر

وقد كان يُزري بالثواقب والبدر

Time kept count until its radiant star fell,

Count time until its planet completes its orbit,

And he had put the brilliant stars and the full moon to shame.

It used to shine through the stars and full moon.

قضى فقضت معْه لذاك حشاشةٌ

قضى فقضت معْه لذاك حشاشةٌ

يضيق بها من بعده منزلُ الصدر

يضيق بها من بعده منزلُ الصدر

He died, and with him, therefore, a remnant of life expired;

It fulfilled its fate, so with it passed a beloved one,

After him, the breast's abode is too narrow to hold it.

Whose loss now squeezes the heart and its dwellings.

فإن كان ذاك البدرُ طفلاً بعمره

فإن كان ذاك البدرُ طفلاً بعمره

ولكنه في القدر أكبر في العمر

ولكنه في القدر أكبر في العمر

For if that full moon was a child in years,

If that moon was but a child in its age,

Yet in worth he surpassed those older in years.

It was greatest in destiny despite its youth.

له العين مرعىً حيثما حل شخصه

له العين مرعىً حيثما حل شخصه

له القلب قبرٌ جلَّ عن تربة القبر

له القلب قبرٌ جلَّ عن تربة القبر

The eye was his pasture wherever his form alighted;

It has the eye as a pasture wherever its form settled,

The heart is his tomb, exalted above the soil of the grave.

It has the heart as a burial ground without the soil of graves.

أيا كوكباً تبدو الكواكب نحوه

أيا كوكباً تبدو الكواكب نحوه

ضئيلة قدرٍ حين فاق على القدر

ضئيلة قدرٍ حين فاق على القدر

O star, beside whom the stars appear

O planet, before which the planets seem

Small in worth, when he rose beyond measure.

Feeble in worth when it surpassed in destiny.

أيا والداً أضحى له الدهر فاجعاً

أيا والداً أضحى له الدهر فاجعاً

بمولوده إن الخسوفَ إلى البدر

بمولوده إن الخسوفَ إلى البدر

O father, for whom time has become a source of grief

O father, for whom time has lamented

Through his child—indeed, eclipse befalls the full moon.

Over its lost one, for the eclipse is to the full moon.

فلا تشك من بلوى الزمان عدواةً

فلا تشك من بلوى الزمان عدواةً

فإنك فخرٌ والعداوة في الفخر

فإنك فخرٌ والعداوة في الفخر

So do not complain of enmity in time's afflictions,

So do not doubt the malice of time as an enemy,

For you are a glory, and glory attracts enmity.

For you are pride and enmity is in pride.

بقيت لمعروفٍ ودمت معوَّضاً

بقيت لمعروفٍ ودمت معوَّضاً

من الفاقد المسعود بالشفع والوتر

من الفاقد المسعود بالشفع والوتر

May you live on for good deeds, and ever be recompensed

You remained for kindness and stayed compensated

For the blessed one lost, with the even and the odd.

For the fortunate loser with intercession and pairs.