من جذ ساعد هاشم فأبانها

من جذ ساعد هاشم فأبانها

من سل من عين العلى إنسانها

من سل من عين العلى إنسانها

Who severed Hashim's arm and cut it away?

He who supported Hashim and made it clear,

Who plucked the pupil from the eye of lofty glory,

He who asked protection from the exalted Eye,

واعاد وقعة كربلا بمحرم

واعاد وقعة كربلا بمحرم

للناظرين سماعها وعيانها

للناظرين سماعها وعيانها

And brought back the battle of Karbala in Muharram,

And reenacted the tragedy of Karbala in Muharram

For onlookers to hear and witness it?

For viewers to hear and see,

كانت حديثاً فالزمان بطوله

كانت حديثاً فالزمان بطوله

لم يوف حقاً نوحنا اشجانها

لم يوف حقاً نوحنا اشجانها

It had been a tale; yet throughout all time,

It was a tale, and time in its length,

Our mourning never truly did justice to its sorrows.

Did not do justice to our lament and anguish,

واليوم ابدت للنواظر خطبها

واليوم ابدت للنواظر خطبها

افهل يطيق قلوبنا حملانها

افهل يطيق قلوبنا حملانها

And today it has revealed its calamity to the eyes;

And today it revealed its sermons to viewers,

Can our hearts, then, bear it?

Can our hearts bear its burdens?

كلا لقد اوهت قوى مهدينا

كلا لقد اوهت قوى مهدينا

وهو المشيد لهاشم أركانها

وهو المشيد لهاشم أركانها

No! It has indeed sapped our Mahdi's strength,

No, indeed our Mahdi's strength has faltered,

And he is the builder of Hashim's pillars.

He who erected Hashim's pillars,

افبعدها تسمو لهاشم ذروة

افبعدها تسمو لهاشم ذروة

والخطب هدم وقعه بنيانها

والخطب هدم وقعه بنيانها

After this, can any summit of Hashim rise,

After it can Hashim's glory rise?

When calamity's impact has razed its edifice?

And the sermons, ruin demolished its building,

كف تشيد على العلى اطنابها

كف تشيد على العلى اطنابها

نزعت رزايا النائبات بنانها

نزعت رزايا النائبات بنانها

A hand that raised its tent-ropes upon the heights—

Cease heaping reproaches on the exalted ones,

The calamities of adversity have torn away its fingers.

Sorrows have plucked out the vines of its saplings,

وارومة كانت لهاشم ظلة

وارومة كانت لهاشم ظلة

اذوى المصاب برزئه اغصانها

اذوى المصاب برزئه اغصانها

And a rootstock that had been a canopy for Hashim—

Arwa was a shade for Hashim,

Calamity, with its grievous loss, has withered its branches.

Where the stricken bewailed its branches,

ووجوه ساطعة المحيا مالها

ووجوه ساطعة المحيا مالها

خطفت فوادح خطبها ألوانها

خطفت فوادح خطبها ألوانها

And faces radiant of countenance—what ails them?

And bright faces whose beauty it possessed,

The crushing woes of their calamity have stolen their color.

Its sermons snatched away their colors,

اودى الردى بعميدها فعميدها

اودى الردى بعميدها فعميدها

فيه المنية انشبت اسنانها

فيه المنية انشبت اسنانها

Death has carried off its chief; and its chief—

Ruin took its leader, so its leader,

Death has sunk its teeth into him.

In him death bared its fangs,

اولست حصناً لا يرام ومنعة

اولست حصناً لا يرام ومنعة

للخائفين وامنها وامانها

للخائفين وامنها وامانها

And were you not an unassailable fortress and a bulwark

Were you not an unassailable fortress,

For the fearful, and Hashim's safety and security?

And safety for the fearful, and its security and peace?

خفت لساحته الوفود فاثقلت

خفت لساحته الوفود فاثقلت

مما اطل بجوده اضعانها

مما اطل بجوده اضعانها

Delegations hastened to his courtyard, then weighed down

Delegations bowed to its court, so it weighed down

Their caravans with what his generosity showered upon them.

What its generosity made heavy its burdens,

لا تسمع الأسماع في ارجائها

لا تسمع الأسماع في ارجائها

إلا المديح مقرط آذانها

إلا المديح مقرط آذانها

Ears hear nothing within its precincts

No ears in its precincts hear,

But praise, adorning their ears like earrings.

Except praise embellishing its ears,

واليوم تسمع في رثائك منشداً

واليوم تسمع في رثائك منشداً

كادت لرزئك لا تلوك لسانها

كادت لرزئك لا تلوك لسانها

And today they hear a reciter mourning you;

And today in your elegy a bard is heard,

At your loss, they can scarcely move their tongues.

Who nearly cannot recite for your calamity his tongue,

كانت بك الأيام تسفر بهجة

كانت بك الأيام تسفر بهجة

وبيوم فقدك أسدلت احزانها

وبيوم فقدك أسدلت احزانها

Through you, the days shone forth in joy;

Through you days shone radiant joys,

And on the day of your loss, they draped themselves in sorrow.

And in the day you were lost, they donned sorrows,

كانت بنو العلياء فيك ترى لها

كانت بنو العلياء فيك ترى لها

عزاً يطيل لسانها وسنانها

عزاً يطيل لسانها وسنانها

The sons of high glory saw in you, for themselves,

In you the exalted sons saw glory for them,

A might that lengthened their tongues and spearpoints.

Lasting, prolonging their tongues and fangs,

حتى إذا وسدت لحدك غودرت

حتى إذا وسدت لحدك غودرت

سلماً يحل من الخطوب عنانها

سلماً يحل من الخطوب عنانها

Until, when you were laid in your grave, they were left

Until when sealed in your tomb, it bellowed

Defenseless, with the reins of calamity let loose.

A ladder removing halters of calamities,

ويحق ان تقضي الليالي لوعة

ويحق ان تقضي الليالي لوعة

حزناً وتفني بالعويل زمانها

حزناً وتفني بالعويل زمانها

And rightly may they spend the nights in anguish,

And it is right that nights spend wakefulness

In sorrow, and consume their time in wailing.

Grieving, and through keening destroy their time,

ما عشت لا تسلوك مهجتي التي

ما عشت لا تسلوك مهجتي التي

تطوي على زفراتها جثمانها

تطوي على زفراتها جثمانها

As long as I live, my soul will not forget you,

As long as I live, grief will not console me,

Folding its body around its sighs.

Whose body folds over its sighs,

ورزية خصت قريش كلها

ورزية خصت قريش كلها

بالخطب مذ عمت به عدنانها

بالخطب مذ عمت به عدنانها

And a calamity singled out the whole of Quraysh

And a tragedy that has singled out all Quraysh,

For affliction, since it engulfed their kin of Adnan.

With calamities, since it encompassed its Adnan,

أصمت قلوب المسلمين بسهمها

أصمت قلوب المسلمين بسهمها

لما أصاب بحده قرآنها

لما أصاب بحده قرآنها

It mortally struck Muslims' hearts with its arrow,

It silenced the hearts of Muslims with its arrow,

When its point struck their Qur'an.

When its sharpness struck their Quran,

من مبلغ الأحياء من عمرو العلى

من مبلغ الأحياء من عمرو العلى

عني بان الدهر غدراً خانها

عني بان الدهر غدراً خانها

Who will tell the clans of Amr al-Ula,

He who informs the living ones of Amr al-Ala,

On my behalf, that Time has treacherously betrayed them?

Beware that time betrayed him,

قذفت لهم أيامه بصروفها

قذفت لهم أيامه بصروفها

شوهاء جلل رزؤها أكوانها

شوهاء جلل رزؤها أكوانها

Its days, with their reversals, hurled at them

Its days cast at them with its caprices,

A hideous calamity whose grief enveloped their worlds.

Disfiguring the majesty of its eras,

وطوت لهم في بطن عاقرة الثرى

وطوت لهم في بطن عاقرة الثرى

سيفاً يفل بحده حدثانها

سيفاً يفل بحده حدثانها

And folded away for them in the belly of the barren earth

And folded for them in the belly of barren soil,

A sword whose edge blunted their misfortunes.

A sword whose sharpness splits its rocks,

فيمن تصولي هاشم من بعده

فيمن تصولي هاشم من بعده

حيث الكريهة أبرزت فرسانها

حيث الكريهة أبرزت فرسانها

Through whom will you charge, Hashim, after him,

Against whom do you rage, O Hashim, after him,

Where battle has brought forth its horsemen?

Where calamity bared its steeds?

فلواك مطوي وسيفك مغمد

فلواك مطوي وسيفك مغمد

والخطب جذ يمينكم وأبانها

والخطب جذ يمينكم وأبانها

For your banner is folded and your sword is sheathed,

Sheathe your sword and still your pen,

And calamity has severed your right hand and cut it away.

And the calamities have seized your right hand and made clear,

وسقى ضريحاً ضم جعفر رحمة

وسقى ضريحاً ضم جعفر رحمة

تهمي بصيب عفوها غفرانها

تهمي بصيب عفوها غفرانها

And may a tomb that holds Ja'far be watered by mercy,

And watered a tomb containing Ja'far's mercy,

Whose forgiveness pours down in showers of its pardon.

Hoping its pardon will forgive its sins.