هَوى الشَرَفُ العالِي بِمَوتِ أَبِي يَعلى

وَلا غَروَ أَن جَلَّت رَزِيَّةُ مَن جَلّا

The great honor fell with the death of my father Ya'la

And it is no wonder that the calamities of those exalted have come to pass

سَيَصلى بِنارِ الحُزنِ مَن كانَ آمِناً

بِهِ أَنَّهُ في الحَشرِ بِالنارِ لا يَصلى

Whoever was faithful to him will pray with the fire of grief

For he believes he will not pray in the Gathering with fire

تَحَلَّت بِهِ الدُنيا فَحَلَّ بِهِ الرَدى

فَعَطَلَّها مِن ذَلِكَ الحَليِ مَن حَلّى

Afflictions befell him in this world, so misfortunes befell him

And deprived this adorned one of his adornment

فَقَدناهُ فَقدَ الغَيثِ أَقلَعَ وَبلُهُ

عَنِ الأَرضِ لَمّا أَمَّلت ذَلِكَ الوَبلا

We lost him and lost a pouring rain after drought overcame its land

When the land had hoped for such downpour

لَقَد فَلَّ مِنهُ الدَهرُ حَدَّ مُهَنَّدٍ

تَركنا بِهِ في كُلِّ حَدٍّ لَهُ فَلّا

Indeed time has failed him, to the extent of the outstretched hand of Muhannad

We left him failing in every outstretched hand

فَلَستُ أُبالِي بَعدَهُ أَيَّ غابِرٍ

مِنَ الناسِ أَملى اللَهُ مُدَّتَهُ أَم لا

So after him I don't care whichever adversary

Of mankind God has destined his term or not

تَقِلُّ دُمُوعِي وَالهُمُومُ كَثِيرَةٌ

كَذاكَ دُخانُ النارِ إِن كَثُرَت قَلّا

My tears are little but my griefs are many

Just as the smoke of fire is little even when the fire is great

وَآنَفُ أَن أَبكِي عَلَيهِ بِعَبرَةٍ

إِذا لَم تَكُن غَرباً مِنَ الدَمعِ أَو سَجلا

I disdain to weep over him with flowing tears

Unless it be tears of love or yearning