مِن عَظيمِ البَلاءِ مَوتُ العَظيمِ

لَيتَنِي مِتُّ قَبلَ مَوتِ الزَعيمِ

From the great afflictions is the death of the great man

Would that I had died before the death of the leader

يا جُفُوني سُحّي دَماً أَو فُحُمّي

صَحنَ خَدِي بِعَبرَةٍ كَالحَميمِ

O my eyelids, pour blood or be scorched

My cheek is furrowed with tears like molten lead

بَعدَ خِرقٍ مِنَ المُلوكِ كَرِيمٍ

ما زَمانٌ أَودى بِهِ بِكَرِيمِ

After the loss of a generous king

No era has destroyed one so generous

جَعَفرِيُّ النِصابِ مِن صَفوَةِ الصَف

وَةِ وَالفَخرِ في الصَميمِ الصَميمِ

Ja'fari of noble origin, the essence of glory and pride at its core

O Abu Kamil, though it grieves me that your abode is now the soil after comfort

يا أَبا كامِلٍ بِرَغمِي أَن تُش

قِيكَ سُكنى التُرابِ بَعدَ النَعِيمِ

Or that palaces are empty of you and your bright, handsome face

And the death of nobility, the trait of the fertile land and the habit of the miserable age

أَو تَبِيتُ القُصُورُ خالِيَةً مِن

كَ وَمِن وَجهِكَ الوَضِيءِ الوَسيمِ

The wine-makers have wept in sorrow for him

And the daughters of vine bewailed his loss

وَانقِراضُ الكِرامِ مِن شِيَمِ الدَه

رِ وَمِن عادَةِ الزَمانِ اللَئِيمِ

She complains of the absence of the leader to God

So her complaint reaches the Compassionate, Merciful

قَد بَكَت حَسرَةً عَلَيهِ المَذاكِي

وَشَكَت فَقَدَهُ بَناتُ الرَسِيمِ

تَشتَكِي غَيبَةَ الزَعِيمِ إِلى اللَ

هِ فَتُشكى إِلى رَؤُوفٍ رَحِيمِ