وَلا فِي سرورِ العيدِ نحنُ مُهَنُّوهُ

وَلا فِي سرورِ العيدِ نحنُ مُهَنُّوهُ

ولا فِي سريرِ الملكِ نَحْنُ مُحَيُّوهُ

ولا فِي سريرِ الملكِ نَحْنُ مُحَيُّوهُ

Nor amid the joy of Eid do we congratulate him,

Not in the joy of Eid are we made joyful by him,

nor upon the royal throne do we greet him.

Nor on the king’s throne are we honored by him.

فلَهفِي عَلَيْهِ والكُمَاةُ تهابُهُ

فلَهفِي عَلَيْهِ والكُمَاةُ تهابُهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والملوكُ مُطِيعُوهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والملوكُ مُطِيعُوهُ

Ah, my grief for him, whom armored warriors feared!

Yearning for him while the battalions fear him,

And my grief for him, whom kings obeyed!

Yearning for him while kings obey him,

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والوغى تَسْتَخِفُّهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والوغى تَسْتَخِفُّهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والكتائِبُ تَقفُوهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والكتائِبُ تَقفُوهُ

And my grief for him, whom battle roused to action!

Yearning for him while tumult takes him lightly,

And my grief for him, whom the battalions followed!

Yearning for him while regiments follow him,

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والضُّيُوفُ تزورُهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والضُّيُوفُ تزورُهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والرَّكائِبُ تَنْحُوهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والرَّكائِبُ تَنْحُوهُ

And my grief for him, whom guests visited!

Yearning for him while guests visit him,

And my grief for him, toward whom the mounts made their way!

Yearning for him while riders circle around him,

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والأَمانِي تَؤُمُّهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والأَمانِي تَؤُمُّهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والخلائِقُ ترجُوهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والخلائِقُ ترجُوهُ

And my grief for him, toward whom hopes turned!

Yearning for him while hopes believe in him,

And my grief for him, in whom the people placed their hopes!

Yearning for him while all creation desire him,

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والمصاحِفُ حَوْلَهُ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ والمصاحِفُ حَوْلَهُ

يخُطُّ كتابَ اللهِ فِيهَا ويتلُوهُ

يخُطُّ كتابَ اللهِ فِيهَا ويتلُوهُ

And my grief for him, with copies of the Qur'an around him,

Yearning for him while Qurans surround him,

as he wrote God's Book in them and recited it.

As he writes the book of God and recites it.

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ حاضِراً كُلَّ مَسْجِدٍ

ولهفي عَلَيْهِ حاضِراً كُلَّ مَسْجِدٍ

وداعُوهُ أَشياعٌ لَهُ ومُصَلُّوهُ

وداعُوهُ أَشياعٌ لَهُ ومُصَلُّوهُ

And my grief for him, as he attended every mosque,

Yearning for him present in every mosque,

whose callers to prayer and worshippers were his followers.

Where supporters of his pray and worship him.

تَلَهُّفَ قلبٍ لَيْسَ يشفي غليلَهُ

تَلَهُّفَ قلبٍ لَيْسَ يشفي غليلَهُ

سوابِقُ دمعٍ لاعِجُ الحزنِ يحدوهُ

سوابِقُ دمعٍ لاعِجُ الحزنِ يحدوهُ

The anguish of a heart whose burning pain is not soothed

Yearning of a heart that is not eased of anguish,

by rushing tears, driven onward by the searing heat of sorrow.

Preceding tears of sorrow that mourn him.

وأَشكو إِلَى الرحمنِ تَرْحَةَ فجعَةٍ

وأَشكو إِلَى الرحمنِ تَرْحَةَ فجعَةٍ

بمن لَمْ يَبِتْ داعٍ إِلَى اللهِ يَشْكُوهُ

بمن لَمْ يَبِتْ داعٍ إِلَى اللهِ يَشْكُوهُ

And to the All-Merciful I lament the sorrow of losing

And I complain to the Merciful of the grief

one against whom no suppliant ever spent the night complaining to God.

Of one whose supplicant to God never complained of him.

وأَدعو لديهِ فوزَ رَوْحٍ وراحَةٍ

وأَدعو لديهِ فوزَ رَوْحٍ وراحَةٍ

لمن لَمْ يَزَلْ يدعُو إِلَيْهِ ويدعُوهُ

لمن لَمْ يَزَلْ يدعُو إِلَيْهِ ويدعُوهُ

And before Him I pray for the attainment of solace and rest,

And I pray for the success of a soul and comfort

for one who never ceased to call others to Him and invoke Him.

For one whose prayers never ceased to call upon him and invoke him.

وإِنْ جَلَّ فينا فقدُهُ ومصابُهُ

وإِنْ جَلَّ فينا فقدُهُ ومصابُهُ

ليبلُونا فِي الصبرِ عنهُ ويَبْلُوهُ

ليبلُونا فِي الصبرِ عنهُ ويَبْلُوهُ

And though his loss and the calamity of his death weigh heavily on us,

And if he is gone from us and we miss him,

to test us in patience without him, and to test him,

It is but to test us in patience without him and try him.

فقد عَوَّضَ الإِسلامَ من فقدِ نَفْسِهِ

فقد عَوَّضَ الإِسلامَ من فقدِ نَفْسِهِ

هلالَ سماءٍ لا يضِلُّ مُهِلِّوهُ

هلالَ سماءٍ لا يضِلُّ مُهِلِّوهُ

yet Islam has indeed been compensated for the loss of his life

For Islam compensated for the loss of himself

with a crescent in the sky: those who hail it do not go astray;

A crescent moon that does not go astray without him to guide it,

وبحراً سقاكُمْ رِيَّ جودٍ وأَنْعُمٍ

وبحراً سقاكُمْ رِيَّ جودٍ وأَنْعُمٍ

فَسَقُّوهُ إِخلاصَ الصدورِ ورَوُّوهُ

فَسَقُّوهُ إِخلاصَ الصدورِ ورَوُّوهُ

and with a sea that quenched your thirst with generosity and blessings;

And an ocean that quenched you with generosity and blessings,

so give it the sincerity of your hearts to drink, and quench its thirst;

So imbibe it with sincerity of hearts and water it.

وسيفاً حَباكُمْ صَفْحَهُ ومضاءهُ

وسيفاً حَباكُمْ صَفْحَهُ ومضاءهُ

فصُوغُوا لَهُ حُرَّ الوفاءِ فَحَلُّوهُ

فصُوغُوا لَهُ حُرَّ الوفاءِ فَحَلُّوهُ

and with a sword that bestowed its flat side and keenness upon you;

And a sword it armed you with, whose blade and flash,

so fashion pure loyalty for it, then adorn it.

So forge for it the heat of loyalty and temper it.

فقد حتمَ الدهرُ الَّذِي حَلَّ خطبُهُ

فقد حتمَ الدهرُ الَّذِي حَلَّ خطبُهُ

بأَنْ لَيْسَ إِلّا بالمُظَفَّرِ يَجْلُوهُ

بأَنْ لَيْسَ إِلّا بالمُظَفَّرِ يَجْلُوهُ

For Time, whose calamity has struck, has decreed

For time has decreed what has befallen,

that it will dispel that calamity only through al-Muzaffar.

That none shall complete it but the victorious aided by him.

ومن كَانَ لا يعدو الرياسةَ سعيُهُ

ومن كَانَ لا يعدو الرياسةَ سعيُهُ

فليسَ تباشِيرُ الرياسةِ تَعْدُوهُ

فليسَ تباشِيرُ الرياسةِ تَعْدُوهُ

And one whose striving never strays from leadership

And whoever does not surpass seeking leadership,

is not passed over by leadership's glad tidings,

The omens of leadership will not surpass him.

بهَدْي من المنصورِ لَيْسَ يُضيعُهُ

بهَدْي من المنصورِ لَيْسَ يُضيعُهُ

عَلَى سَنَنٍ من سعيِهِ لَيْسَ يَأْلُوهُ

عَلَى سَنَنٍ من سعيِهِ لَيْسَ يَأْلُوهُ

with guidance from al-Mansur that he does not neglect,

With guidance from Abu al-Mansur it will not be lost,

following the course of his striving, in which he spares no effort.

Upon an approach from his efforts that does not flag.

فلولاكَ يَا يحيى لهُدَّتْ لِفَقْدِهِ

فلولاكَ يَا يحيى لهُدَّتْ لِفَقْدِهِ

ذُرى عَلَمٍ أَذواؤكَ الغُرُّ بانُوهُ

ذُرى عَلَمٍ أَذواؤكَ الغُرُّ بانُوهُ

But for you, O Yahya, his loss would have shattered

Without you, O Yahya, the progeny of his sign

the peaks of a mountain your illustrious lords had built.

Would have collapsed, which your piety sheltered.

ولولاكَ يَا يحيى لماتَ بِمَوْتِهِ

ولولاكَ يَا يحيى لماتَ بِمَوْتِهِ

رجالٌ بأَحرارِ القلوبِ مُوَاسُوهُ

رجالٌ بأَحرارِ القلوبِ مُوَاسُوهُ

And but for you, O Yahya, with his death there would have died

Without you, O Yahya, the men with free hearts

men who supported him with noble hearts.

Would have died with his death, consoling him.

وَمَا رَغِبُوا عن نفسِهِ بنفوسِهِمْ

وَمَا رَغِبُوا عن نفسِهِ بنفوسِهِمْ

وَقَدْ ذاقَ طَعْمَ الموتِ حَتَّى يذوقُوهُ

وَقَدْ ذاقَ طَعْمَ الموتِ حَتَّى يذوقُوهُ

Nor would they have held their own lives dearer than his,

They did not refuse sacrifice themselves

once he had tasted death, until they too had tasted it.

After tasting the flavor of death till they taste it.

ووُدِّعَتِ الأَرواحُ عند وداعِهِ

ووُدِّعَتِ الأَرواحُ عند وداعِهِ

وضلَّ سبيلَ الصَّبْرِ عنه مُضِلُّوهُ

وضلَّ سبيلَ الصَّبْرِ عنه مُضِلُّوهُ

And souls were bidden farewell at his farewell,

The souls bid farewell at his farewell,

and those who lost him lost the path of patience in his absence.

While those who misguided patience strayed from him.

وقلَّبَتِ الدنيا قلوباً وأَنفُساً

وقلَّبَتِ الدنيا قلوباً وأَنفُساً

فلا العيشُ محبوبٌ ولا الموتُ مكروهُ

فلا العيشُ محبوبٌ ولا الموتُ مكروهُ

And the world overturned hearts and souls,

And time overturned hearts and selves,

so life is not loved, nor death hated.

So neither life is loved nor death hated.

فلا فَضَّنا دهرٌ وأَنتَ تلُمُّنا

فلا فَضَّنا دهرٌ وأَنتَ تلُمُّنا

ولا مَضَّنا جُرْحٌ ويمناكَ تَأْسُوهُ

ولا مَضَّنا جُرْحٌ ويمناكَ تَأْسُوهُ

So may Time never scatter us while you gather us together,

You have not faulted us time while you blame us,

nor any wound torment us while your right hand heals it.

Nor have we healed while your right heals us.

ولا وُقِيَ الإِشراكُ مَا مِنْكَ يُتَّقى

ولا وُقِيَ الإِشراكُ مَا مِنْكَ يُتَّقى

ولا عَدِمَ الإِسلامُ مَا منكَ يرجُوهُ

ولا عَدِمَ الإِسلامُ مَا منكَ يرجُوهُ

Nor may polytheism be shielded from what it fears from you,

Neither has partnership been avoided what from you must be avoided,

nor may Islam lack what it hopes for from you.

Nor has Islam been lost what from you is sought.