بدور الحُسن تغرُب في القبور

بدور الحُسن تغرُب في القبور

ونار الحزن تُشرق في الصدور

ونار الحزن تُشرق في الصدور

Full moons of beauty set within the graves,

The full moons of beauty set in graves,

while sorrow’s fire rises in the breasts.

And the fire of sorrow rises in the breasts.

وصفو العيش كدّره زمان

وصفو العيش كدّره زمان

وعوّضني اكتئابي عن سرور

وعوّضني اكتئابي عن سرور

Time has troubled life’s serenity

And time has clouded life's serenity,

and given me melancholy in place of joy.

And given me despondency in place of joy.

ونور الكون من حُزني ظلام

ونور الكون من حُزني ظلام

يغيّبه بدر أفراحي المُنير

يغيّبه بدر أفراحي المُنير

Through grief, the light of all the world is darkness,

And the universe's light, through my sorrow, is darkness;

eclipsed by the radiant full moon of my joys.

The radiant full moon of my joys conceals it.

لقد أمسى التراب له وساداً

لقد أمسى التراب له وساداً

وذا من بَعد توسيد الحرير

وذا من بَعد توسيد الحرير

The dust has now become his pillow,

Indeed, earth has become his pillow,

and this after being pillowed upon silk.

And this after silk had been his pillow.

له أبلى الثرى قدّاً وسيماً

له أبلى الثرى قدّاً وسيماً

وشتّت بالبلى شَملَ السرور

وشتّت بالبلى شَملَ السرور

The earth has worn his graceful figure away,

The soil has worn away his handsome frame,

and decay has scattered joy’s whole company.

And through decay shattered the unity of joy.

وأفرده القضاء عن الأهالي

وأفرده القضاء عن الأهالي

وأسكنه قبوراً بعد دور

وأسكنه قبوراً بعد دور

Fate has parted him from family

And fate separated him from his family,

and lodged him in graves after homes.

And lodged him in graves after homes.

ولكن قد دنا من عفو ربّ

ولكن قد دنا من عفو ربّ

عفو راحم بَرّ غفور

عفو راحم بَرّ غفور

Yet he has drawn near to the pardon of a Lord—

But he has drawn near the pardon of a Lord—

the pardon of One compassionate, beneficent, forgiving.

Pardoning, merciful, benevolent, ever-forgiving.

سيُنزله برحمته جناناً

سيُنزله برحمته جناناً

ويُسكنه بها أعلى قصور

ويُسكنه بها أعلى قصور

Through His mercy, He will lodge him in gardens

He will lodge him in gardens through His mercy,

and settle him there in the highest palaces.

And house him there in the loftiest palaces.

ويُبدله من الأهلين خيراً

ويُبدله من الأهلين خيراً

ويُؤنسه بولدان وحُور

ويُؤنسه بولدان وحُور

He will give him better companions in place of his kin

And give him better kin in exchange,

and comfort him with immortal youths and houris.

And ease his loneliness with youths and houris.

فيا دمعي بعيني كُن مُعيني

فيا دمعي بعيني كُن مُعيني

ويا صبري على ذا كُن نصيري

ويا صبري على ذا كُن نصيري

O tears within my eyes, be my aid;

So, O my tears in my eye, be my aid,

O patience in this trial, be my support.

And O my patience, be my ally in facing this.

عسى بالدمع تُطفا نار حُزن

عسى بالدمع تُطفا نار حُزن

وألقى العون من قلبي الصبور

وألقى العون من قلبي الصبور

Perhaps tears may quench the fire of grief,

Perhaps the fire of grief will be quenched with tears,

and I may find help in my patient heart.

And I may find help from my patient heart.

أعان اله أهليه بصبر

أعان اله أهليه بصبر

وأكرمهم بتعظيم الأجور

وأكرمهم بتعظيم الأجور

May God sustain his family with patience

May God help his family with patience,

and honor them with abundant rewards;

And honor them by increasing their rewards.

كذلك مَن حوته الدار ممن

كذلك مَن حوته الدار ممن

يلوذ به صغيراً مع كبير

يلوذ به صغيراً مع كبير

likewise, all whom the household embraced, among those

Likewise, those the house sheltered, among those who

who sought refuge in him, both young and old.

Seek refuge with him, young and old,

ومَن يجمعهنّ من بعد هذا

ومَن يجمعهنّ من بعد هذا

بدار الخُلد في يوم النشور

بدار الخُلد في يوم النشور

And may He gather them, after this,

And whoever gathers them after this,

in the eternal abode on Resurrection Day,

In the abode of eternity on the Day of Resurrection.

وآمنهم من الأهوال فيه

وآمنهم من الأهوال فيه

بجاه المصطفى الهادي البشير

بجاه المصطفى الهادي البشير

and keep them safe from its terrors

And may He protect them from the terrors therein,

through the honored standing of the Chosen One, the guiding bearer of glad tidings—

By the standing of the Chosen One, the guide and bearer of glad tidings—

رسول اللَه خير الخلق مَن قد

رسول اللَه خير الخلق مَن قد

أتانا بالكتاب المُستنير

أتانا بالكتاب المُستنير

the Messenger of God, the best of creation, who

The Messenger of God, the best of creation, who has

brought us the illuminating Book.

Come to us with the radiant Book.

عليه اللَه صلى كل وقت

عليه اللَه صلى كل وقت

وسلّم في الأصائل والبكور

وسلّم في الأصائل والبكور

May God bless him at every hour

May God bless him at every moment,

and grant him peace at eventide and dawn.

And grant him peace in the late afternoons and early mornings.