بَني خالدٍ ما في بَني الدَهر خالِدُ

بَني خالدٍ ما في بَني الدَهر خالِدُ

تَعزّوا فَفي الصَبر الجَميل فَوائدُ

تَعزّوا فَفي الصَبر الجَميل فَوائدُ

O sons of Khalid, none among the children of time lives forever.

O sons of Khalid, none in the sons of time are eternal,

Take comfort, for gracious patience has its benefits.

So console yourselves, for in beautiful patience there are benefits,

وَلا تَحزنوا إنّ الكِرام أَعزّة

وَلا تَحزنوا إنّ الكِرام أَعزّة

إِذا ما دَهتهم بِالخطوب الشَدائدُ

إِذا ما دَهتهم بِالخطوب الشَدائدُ

And do not grieve: the noble retain their dignity

And do not grieve, truly the generous are the most dignified,

whenever hardships assail them with calamities.

Whenever disasters afflict them with severe tribulations,

وَإِنّ الَّذي فارقتموه لواجد

وَإِنّ الَّذي فارقتموه لواجد

كَريماً لَهُ في كُلّ فَضل عَوائدُ

كَريماً لَهُ في كُلّ فَضل عَوائدُ

And the one you parted from surely finds

And the one whom you have lost will find

a Generous One whose favors recur in every bounty.

A generous man, for him in every virtue accustomed rewards,

أَحقّ بَني الأَيّام بالحُزن وَالأَسا

أَحقّ بَني الأَيّام بالحُزن وَالأَسا

كَريم عَلى الأَهوال للصَبر فاقدُ

كَريم عَلى الأَهوال للصَبر فاقدُ

Most deserving of grief and sorrow among the children of days

The most deserving of the days for sorrow and grief,

is a noble soul bereft of patience before terrors.

A generous man before terrors, bereft of patience,

وَفيما يُرى مِن حادث الدَهر في الوَرى

وَفيما يُرى مِن حادث الدَهر في الوَرى

دَليل عَلى أَنّ المهيمن واحدُ

دَليل عَلى أَنّ المهيمن واحدُ

And in the calamities of time witnessed among mortals

And in what is seen of the occurrence of time in the world,

lies proof that the Guardian is One.

Evidence that the All-Powerful is One,

مُصاب دهى ما لِلقُلوب تَجلّد

مُصاب دهى ما لِلقُلوب تَجلّد

عَلَيهِ وَلَو أَنّ القُلوب جَلامدُ

عَلَيهِ وَلَو أَنّ القُلوب جَلامدُ

A calamity has struck: hearts have no endurance

An affliction that melted what hearts have endured,

to bear it, even were those hearts solid rock.

Even if the hearts were solid rocks,

مُصاب تَداعى الفَضل فاِنهدّ ركنه

مُصاب تَداعى الفَضل فاِنهدّ ركنه

وَمِن دونِهِ نجم السُها وَالفَراقدُ

وَمِن دونِهِ نجم السُها وَالفَراقدُ

A calamity: virtue crumbled, and its pillar collapsed,

An affliction where the pillar of excellence collapsed, its pillar gone,

with the star Suha and the Farqad stars beneath it.

And without it the star Suhail and other bright stars,

مُصاب بِهِ كَرّت جُيوش مِن النَوى

مُصاب بِهِ كَرّت جُيوش مِن النَوى

عَلَينا فَباتَت في القُلوب تُطاردُ

عَلَينا فَباتَت في القُلوب تُطاردُ

A calamity through which armies of separation charged

An affliction wherein armies of sorrows,

against us, then spent the night pursuing within our hearts.

Assailed us and stayed attacking our hearts,

هُوَ الخَطب كَم أَعيا خَطيباً كَأَنَّما

هُوَ الخَطب كَم أَعيا خَطيباً كَأَنَّما

عَلى أَصغريهِ مِن أَسا البين عاقدُ

عَلى أَصغريهِ مِن أَسا البين عاقدُ

This is the calamity that has baffled so many an orator, as though

It is the ultimate disaster, how it has wearied an orator, as if

parting's sorrow had tied a knot around his heart and tongue.

Binding together the loved ones of the furthest parts,

فَكَم سَبحت بِالدَمع عَينٌ وَمُقلَةٌ

فَكَم سَبحت بِالدَمع عَينٌ وَمُقلَةٌ

سبوحٌ لَها مِنها عَلَيها شَواهدُ

سبوحٌ لَها مِنها عَلَيها شَواهدُ

How many an eye and orb have swum in tears,

So how many a crying eye and eyelid sobbed,

swimming freely, with witnesses from themselves testifying against themselves.

Witnesses for it, because of it, testifying,

وَكَم سالَ دَمع مِن جُفون قَريحة

وَكَم سالَ دَمع مِن جُفون قَريحة

فَرُدَّ بلوعات الحَشا وَهوَ جامدُ

فَرُدَّ بلوعات الحَشا وَهوَ جامدُ

And how many tears have flowed from wounded eyelids,

And how many a tear flowed from the eyelids of agony,

then were driven back, congealed, by the burning pangs within.

Repelled by the sorrows of desolation, and it is frozen,

قِفوا يا بَني الدُنيا اِنظروا حال دَهرِكُم

قِفوا يا بَني الدُنيا اِنظروا حال دَهرِكُم

وَراعوا صُروف الحادِثات وَشاهِدوا

وَراعوا صُروف الحادِثات وَشاهِدوا

Pause, O children of this world; behold the state of your age,

Stand still, O sons of the world, and look at the state of your fate,

heed the turns of events, and bear witness.

And watch the turns of events and witness,

وَما الدَهر بِالجاني عَلَيكُم وَإِنَّما

وَما الدَهر بِالجاني عَلَيكُم وَإِنَّما

حبال المَنايا لِلنُفوس مَصائدُ

حبال المَنايا لِلنُفوس مَصائدُ

And time is not the wrongdoer against you; rather,

Fate is not the perpetrator against you, rather,

the cords of death are snares for souls.

The ropes of death are traps for souls,

فَقَدنا مِن الأَبرار مَولى صِفاتهُ

فَقَدنا مِن الأَبرار مَولى صِفاتهُ

وَأَوصافه الحُسنى نهى وَمَحامدُ

وَأَوصافه الحُسنى نهى وَمَحامدُ

Among the righteous we have lost a master whose qualities

We have lost a master whose traits,

and finest attributes were wisdom and praiseworthy deeds.

And whose good descriptions - prohibitions and praise - are gone

مَضى وَلَهُ في كُلّ فَضل مَناقبٌ

مَضى وَلَهُ في كُلّ فَضل مَناقبٌ

بَدَت وَهيَ في جيد الزَمان قَلائدُ

بَدَت وَهيَ في جيد الزَمان قَلائدُ

He departed, with merits in every virtue,

He passed away, and for him in every virtue are merits,

that appeared as necklaces upon the neck of time.

Which appeared, adorning the neck of time like necklaces,

مَضى وَلَنا أَبقى مِن الحُزن بَعده

مَضى وَلَنا أَبقى مِن الحُزن بَعده

أَساً لا تُداويهِ الأساة الأَماجدُ

أَساً لا تُداويهِ الأساة الأَماجدُ

He departed, leaving us after him such grief—

He passed away, and for us after him remains

a sorrow the noblest healers cannot cure.

Sorrow that no glorious sorrows can cure,

إِمام بَكى مِن وَعظه كُلّ مَسجد

إِمام بَكى مِن وَعظه كُلّ مَسجد

وَما بَرحت حَتّى بَكَتهُ المَساجدُ

وَما بَرحت حَتّى بَكَتهُ المَساجدُ

An imam whose preaching made every mosque weep,

An imam who was made to weep by his sermon in every mosque,

and the weeping did not cease, until the mosques wept for him.

And they did not stop weeping until the mosques wept for him,

أَلا فاِشهدوا أَنواره كَيفَ تَنجَلي

أَلا فاِشهدوا أَنواره كَيفَ تَنجَلي

بِنور تَجَلّى الحَقّ تِلكَ المَشاهدُ

بِنور تَجَلّى الحَقّ تِلكَ المَشاهدُ

Behold, then, his lights—see how they shine forth,

Witness how his lights shine,

through a light in which the Truth was revealed in those scenes.

With the light with which the Truth manifested, those scenes,

فَيا راحِلاً قَد كانَ مِن زادِهِ التُقى

فَيا راحِلاً قَد كانَ مِن زادِهِ التُقى

وَلَيسَ مِن التَقوى عَلى الزاد زائدُ

وَلَيسَ مِن التَقوى عَلى الزاد زائدُ

So, O departed one, whose provisions included piety,

O traveler, indeed piety was among his provisions,

and no addition to one's provisions surpasses piety.

And with piety there is no surplus in provisions,

نَزلت بِساحات الكَريم فَجوده

نَزلت بِساحات الكَريم فَجوده

بِهِ صلة المَوصول وَالعَفو عائدُ

بِهِ صلة المَوصول وَالعَفو عائدُ

You have alighted in the courts of the Generous One, and His bounty—

It alighted in the courtyards of the generous one, his generosity,

through it comes a gift to the one welcomed, and pardon returns.

Through it the connection of joined and forgiveness returns,

فَطِب واِهن عَبد الله يا نَجل خالد

فَطِب واِهن عَبد الله يا نَجل خالد

فَإِنَّك في دار الكَرامة خالدُ

فَإِنَّك في دار الكَرامة خالدُ

So rest content and rejoice, Abdullah, O son of Khalid,

Good tidings to you, son of Khalid, indeed,

for you abide forever in the abode of honor.

For you are in the abode of generosity, eternal,

عَلَيكَ سَلام اللَه سر بِسَلامةٍ

عَلَيكَ سَلام اللَه سر بِسَلامةٍ

فأَنتَ عَلى مَن جوده الجود وافدُ

فأَنتَ عَلى مَن جوده الجود وافدُ

God's peace be upon you; go in safety,

Upon you is the greeting of God, go in safety,

for you arrive as a guest to Him whose bounty is bounty itself.

For you have come to one whose generosity is boundless.