لَقَد غادَرَ المَوتُ قَبلَ الصَّفا

لَقَد غادَرَ المَوتُ قَبلَ الصَّفا

وَبَعدَ المشقر قَدراً جَليلا

وَبَعدَ المشقر قَدراً جَليلا

Death has indeed left behind, before al-Safa,

Death left before youthfulness,

And beyond al-Mushaqqar, a man of great worth:

And after hardship, a great destiny.

كَثيراً حَلاوةُ أَخلاقِهِ

كَثيراً حَلاوةُ أَخلاقِهِ

شَديدَ المَرارةِ صَعباً ذَلولا

شَديدَ المَرارةِ صَعباً ذَلولا

Abundantly sweet in character,

How sweet were his manners,

Intensely bitter, unyielding yet gentle.

Bitter and difficult to appease.

خَذلتَ الوَليَّ لِكأسِ الحِمامِ

خَذلتَ الوَليَّ لِكأسِ الحِمامِ

وَلَم تك يا ابنَ عُمَيرٍ خَذولا

وَلَم تك يا ابنَ عُمَيرٍ خَذولا

You forsook your ally for the cup of death,

You disappointed the ally at the chalice of pigeons,

Yet you were not, O son of Umayr, one to forsake.

And you were not, O son of Umayr, disappointing.

وأَيَّمتَ مِنّا الَّتي لَم تَلِد

وأَيَّمتَ مِنّا الَّتي لَم تَلِد

كيتمِ بَنيك وَكُنتَ الخَليلا

كيتمِ بَنيك وَكُنتَ الخَليلا

And you widowed the woman among us who had borne no children,

And which day of ours that did not give birth,

As your sons were orphaned—and you had been her beloved.

Did you orphan your children, and you were the friend.

وَكُنتَ لَنا جَبلاً مَعقِلاً

وَكُنتَ لَنا جَبلاً مَعقِلاً

وَعِندَ المَقامَة بُرداً جَميلاً

وَعِندَ المَقامَة بُرداً جَميلاً

And you were a mountain for us, a stronghold,

And you were for us a impregnable mountain,

And at the assembly, a beautiful cloak.

And at the station, a beautiful coldness.

وَتفدي بِمالِكَ أَموالَنا

وَتفدي بِمالِكَ أَموالَنا

فَلا يَحسَبُ الناسُ فينا بَخيلا

فَلا يَحسَبُ الناسُ فينا بَخيلا

And with your wealth you would ransom ours,

And you ransom with your money our monies,

So people reckoned none among us a miser.

So people do not consider us miserly.