أشاب ذؤابي وأذل ركني

أشاب ذؤابي وأذل ركني

بكاؤك فاطم الميت الفقيدا

بكاؤك فاطم الميت الفقيدا

My locks have been turned gray and my pillar brought low

My youth has faded and my strength has weakened,

by your weeping, O Fatima, for the dead one we have lost.

Your crying over the deceased beloved one.

فأعطيت العطاء فلم تكدر

فأعطيت العطاء فلم تكدر

أخدمت الولائد والعبيدا

أخدمت الولائد والعبيدا

And you gave gifts without tainting them;

You have given generously and have not been stingy,

you provided slave girls and male slaves as servants.

You served the newborns and the slaves.

وكنت ملاذنا في كل لزب

وكنت ملاذنا في كل لزب

إذا هبت شآمية برودا

إذا هبت شآمية برودا

And you were our refuge in every hardship,

You were our refuge in every calamity,

when a cold Syrian wind blew.

Whenever the northern wind blew coldness.

وإنك خير من ركب المطايا

وإنك خير من ركب المطايا

وأكرمهم إذا نسبوا جدودا

وأكرمهم إذا نسبوا جدودا

And indeed you are the best of those who rode mounts,

You are better than those who rode the horses,

and the noblest of them when their forefathers are reckoned.

And most generous when they traced their ancestry.

رسول الله فارقنا وكنا

رسول الله فارقنا وكنا

نرجي أن يكون لنا خلودا

نرجي أن يكون لنا خلودا

God's Messenger has left us, and we had been

The Messenger of God left us while we

hoping he would remain with us forever.

Were hoping for immortality.

أفاطم فاصبري فلقد أصابت

أفاطم فاصبري فلقد أصابت

رزيئتك التهائم والنجودا

رزيئتك التهائم والنجودا

O Fatima, be patient, for they have been stricken

O Fatima, be patient, for your

by your bereavement—the lowlands and the highlands,

Misfortune has hit the predestined fate.

وأهل البر والأبحار طرا

وأهل البر والأبحار طرا

فلم تخطيء مصيبته وحيدا

فلم تخطيء مصيبته وحيدا

and all the people of the land and the seas;

The righteous people on land and sea are weeping,

so the calamity of losing him spared not a single person.

So your affliction did not miss anyone.

وكان الخير يصبح في ذراه

وكان الخير يصبح في ذراه

سعيد الجد قد ولد السعودا

سعيد الجد قد ولد السعودا

And goodness would dawn in his shelter;

Goodness used to shine in his offspring,

blessed in fortune, he had begotten good fortune.

Happy with ancestry which gave birth to glory.