إذا ذكر الأمير نعى الأمينا

وان رقد الخلي حمى الجفونا

If the prince is remembered, the trustee has passed

And if the intimate one sleeps, the eyelids are feverish

وما برحت منازل بين بُصرى

وكلواذا تهيج لي الشجونا

And the dwellings in my vision have not moved

And whenever sorrows are stirred for me

عراصُ الملكِ خاويةٌ تهادى

بها الأرواحُ تنسجها فنونا

The yard of the King is empty, tottering

In it the spirits weave wonders

تخونَ عزَّ ساكنها زمانٌ

تلعبَ بالقرون الأولينا

Time betrays the glory of its dweller

Playing with the early generations

فشتت شملهم بعد اجتماعٍ

وكنت بحسنِ ألفتهم ضنينا

So it scattered their group after they assembled

And I was, in their beauty, intimate with them

فلم أر بعدهم حسناً سواهم

ولم ترهم عيونُ الناظرينا

So I have not seen beauty like theirs after them

Nor have the eyes of onlookers seen them

فوا أسفا وان شمت الأعادي

وآه على أمير المؤمنينا

So alas and though the enemies may gloat

And ah for the Commander of the Faithful

أضل العرفَ بعدك متبعوه

ورفِّهَ عن مطايا الراغبينا

After you, your followers have lost propriety

And it has been lifted from the mounts of the covetous

وكن الى جنابك كل يومٍ

يرحنَ على السعودِ ويغتدينا

And towards your side, every day

Laments the good fortune and transgresses

هو الجبلُ الذي هوت المعالي

لهدته وريع الصالحونا

He is the mountain which glories fell for

For its firmness, and the crop of the righteous

ستندب بعدك الدنيا جواراً

وتندبُ بعدك الدين المصونا

After you the world will mourn a neighbor

And after you, the protected religion will mourn

فقد ذهبت بشاشة كل شيءٍ

وعادَ الدينُ مطروحاً مهينا

For you have taken away the gladness of everything

And religion has returned, spurned and disgraced

تعقد عز متصلٍ بكسرى

وملته وذل المسلمونا

The glory of unbroken ties to Chosroes is tied

And its kingdom, while the Muslims are humiliated