فَقَدْتُ الْهَوى وَعَدِمْتُ الْوَدُودَا

وَأَبْلَى الْجَدِيدَان مَنِّي الْجَدِيدَا

I have lost passion and lacked intimacy

And the two new ones have worn me out

وَقَدْ كُنْتُ دَهْراً أَطِيعُ الْهَوى

وَأَجْرِي مَعَ اللَّهْوِ شَأْواً بَعِيداً

I used to obey passion for ages

And flee far with amusement

فَحَرَّمْتُ كَأْسِي عَلَى لَذَّتِي

وَأَزْمَعْتُ كُلَّ وِصَالٍ صُدُودَا

So I deprived my cup of pleasure

And denied all union

أَبَعْدَ إمامِ الْهُدى أَبْتَغِي

سُلُوّاً وَأَمْلأُ طَرْفِي هُجُودَا

After the Imam of guidance do I seek

Solace and fill my eyes with tears?

وقَدْ قَتَلَتْهُ الْعِدا غرَّةً

وَما صادَفَتْ مِنْهُ عَبَداً عَتِيداً

The enemies killed him suddenly

And did not meet a strong servant

كأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَطُّ فِي جَحْفَلٍ

يُحِيرُ الرَّدَى وَيَجُدُّ الْجُنُودَا

As if he had never been in an army

Confusing the foe and mobilizing troops

يَعِزُّ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنِي بِهِ

يَرانِي لِفَضْلِي أَسِيراً فَرِيدَا

It saddens me and I am humbled by him

For he sees me as an obedient prisoner

تُباشِرُنِي ضَيِّقاتِ الْحُبُو

سِ وَأَحْسَبُ مِنْ غَيْرِ فَقْدِ فَقِيدَا

The anguishes of love do handle me

And I account without the loss of the lost one

وَكُنْتُ بِهِ مَالِكاً للزَّمانِ

أَسُرُّ الصَّدِيقَ وَأُشْجِي الْحَسُودَا

By him I owned time

I gladdened the friend and provoked the envious

فَأَفْرَشْتُ خَدِّي لِوَطْءِ الْعِدَا

وَأَفْرَشَ أَهْلِي لأَجْلِي خُدُودَا

So I laid my cheek for the enemies' tread

And they laid my family prone out of my sake

وَعَرَّفَنِي فَقْدُهُ النَّائِباتِ

وذَلَّلَ مِنِّيَ صَعْباً جَلِيدَا

Missing him introduced me to disasters

And his loss made the firm weak

فَيا لَيْتَ رَكْباً إِليْنَا نَعَوْهُ

نَعَوْنَا إِلَيْهِ وَنالَ الْخُلُودَا

If only we rode to join him

And he attained immortality with us