1. اخي الى الموت سلك

    اخي قضى اخي هلك

    My brother took the path to death.

    My brother died; my brother perished.

  2. دار عليه برحا

    ه طاحنا له الفلك

    Over him, with its millstone, turned

    the heavens, grinding him down.

  3. اخي عن النور تولى

    راحلا الى الحلك

    My brother turned away from the light,

    departing into utter darkness.

  4. ليس طريقا للرجو

    ع ماله أخي سلك

    It is no road of return;

    why has my brother taken it?

  5. ما دلكت شمس النها

    ر انما اخي دلك

    It was not the sun of day that set;

    rather, it was my brother who set.

  6. اخي اخي اني انا

    ديك ولا جواب لك

    My brother, my brother, I am calling

    to you, but there is no answer from you.

  7. اخي اخي ماذا من

    الاسباب عني شغلك

    My brother, my brother, what

    cause has kept you from me?

  8. ليت آله الطب وا

    فاك فداوى شللك

    Would that the god of medicine had

    come to you and cured your paralysis.

  9. قد زرت قبرك الذي

    ترابه قد شملك

    I have visited your grave, whose

    earth has enveloped you.

  10. من ذا بهذا الحديث الضنك

    اخي قد جعلك

    Who, in this new, cramped grave,

    has placed you, my brother?

  11. من ذا عن الحراك في

    هذا الحفير كبّلك

    Who, to keep you from moving,

    has shackled you in this pit?

  12. درست يا قبر وقد

    زرتك ابكي طللك

    You have fallen into ruin, O grave, and

    I have visited you, weeping over your ruins.

  13. لم يبق غير الحزن لي

    اما دموعي فهي لك

    Nothing but sorrow remains for me;

    as for my tears, they are yours.

  14. كيف وجدت يا اخي

    في جوف قبر منزلك

    How did you find, my brother,

    your dwelling in the hollow of a grave?

  15. وعندما دخلت

    منه الباب من ذا استقبلك

    And when you entered

    through its door, who received you?

  16. من ذا نضا عنك الثيا

    ب البيض من ذا دللك

    Who stripped from you the garments

    of white? Who treated you tenderly?

  17. من ذا من الأموات حيا

    ك ومن ذا قبلك

    Who among the dead greeted

    you, and who kissed you?

  18. والخير ان تجهل في

    ملحودة مستقبلك

    And it is best not to know, in

    a grave-niche, what lies ahead for you.

  19. لا تخشين من ابد

    سوف يلاقي ازلك

    Do not fear a future without end

    that will meet your past without beginning.

  20. ما لي اراك ذا صمو

    ت غير مبد جذلك

    Why do I see you so silent,

    showing none of your joy?

  21. آخرك المثير للحزن

    ينافي اولك

    Your sorrow-stirring end

    is at odds with your beginning.

  22. ابكي عليك كلما

    لي الخيال مثلك

    I weep for you whenever

    imagination pictures you before me.

  23. ابكي لذكراك كما

    بكيت يوم مت لك

    I weep in remembrance of you, as

    I wept for you the day you died.

  24. ابكي خلالك التي

    طابت وابكي جملك

    I weep for your qualities, which

    were good, and I weep for your sayings.

  25. يا يوم في صبحك اظهرت

    لعيني طفلك

    O day, in your morning you revealed

    your dusk before my eyes.

  26. يا موت اشرعت على

    صدر شقيقي اسلك

    O Death, you leveled

    your spears at my brother's breast.

  27. يا ليل احزاني من

    بعد اخي ما اطولك

    O night of my sorrows since

    my brother's death, how long you are!

  28. ويا نهار كنت بسا

    ما فمن ذا بدلك

    And O day, you were all smiles—

    who, then, has changed you?

  29. يا طرف اهرق من دمو

    عك البواقي وشلك

    O eye, pour out from your tears

    the trickle that remains.

  30. يا همّ ان ما جرى

    من ادمعي ما غسلك

    O grief, indeed, all that has flowed

    from my tears has not washed you away.

  31. يا قلب لا يرجع من

    احببت فاقطع املك

    O heart, there is no return for the one

    you loved; so cut off your hope.

  32. يا شعر قل مؤرخاً

    عبد الغني قد هلك

    O poetry, say, recording the date:

    Abd al-Ghani has perished.