قضاء قد جرى فعليه صبرا

وان كانت به العبرات تترى

A decree has run its course; bear it, then, with patience,

though tears for it come one after another.

وخطب قد ألم فصرت منه

أرى طعم الحياة لدى مرا

A grievous blow has struck, and through it I have come

to find the taste of life bitter to me.

مصاب جل حتى فاض دمعى

دما وتفجرت أحشاى جمرا

A loss so vast that my tears overflowed

as blood, while my entrails erupted into embers.

مضى عيسى الخليفة بعدما قد

به الدنيا ازدهت شرفا وفخرا

Isa Al Khalifa has passed away, after

the world through him had shone with honor and pride.

وعم الناس بالافضال جودا

وفاق الناس اجلالا وقدرا

His bounty embraced all people with favors,

and he surpassed all people in majesty and worth.

فيا من بالمروءة قد تحلى

ويا من بالمكارم كان بدرا

O you who adorned yourself with manly virtue,

O you who among noble qualities were a full moon,

حباك الله ملكا فى شباب

به ابتسمت ثغور المجد بشرى

God bestowed kingship upon you in your youth;

through it, the lips of glory smiled with glad tidings.

وحفتك العناية من اله

أقامك للورى كنفا وذخرا

Providential care from God surrounded you;

He made you a treasure and a reserve for humankind.

فقمت بما حملت مقام حر

رأى فيك الورى شيخا أبرا

You discharged what you were entrusted with as a freeborn noble;

the people saw in you a sheikh of surpassing righteousness,

ملاذا للارامل واليتامى

وعونا للضعيف قرى وخيرا

a refuge for widows and orphans,

a help to the weak, with hospitality and goodness,

وغوثا للذى قد جاء يرجو

بما قد شاء احسانا وبرا

and a source of succor to whoever came in hope,

granting whatever kindness and beneficence he sought.

أجرت اللاجئين بما استحقوا

فكان لك الجزا حمدا وشكرا

You sheltered those seeking refuge, as was their due,

and your recompense was praise and gratitude.

فأنت الغيث فى كرم وجود

وأنت الليث لا بل أنت أجرا

You are the raincloud itself in generosity and bounty,

and you are the lion—no, bolder still.

حياتك كلها للناس خير

وأمن شامل برا وبحرا

Your entire life was goodness for the people,

and all-embracing security, on land and sea.

ألفتك الفة ملكت فؤادى

فكيف لك الجزا حمدا وشكرا

I grew close to you—an intimacy that possessed my heart;

how, then, could praise and remembrance ever repay you?

وكيف الصبر عنك وكل شيء

أراه مجددا لى عنك ذكرى

And how can I endure being parted from you, when everything

I see renews my remembrance of you?

وكنت أرى الغنى اذ كنت حيا

وها أنذا أخاف اليوم فقرا

I counted myself rich while you were alive,

and now here I am, fearing poverty.

وما خوفى على نفسى ولكن

على قومى أخاف عنا عسرا

Yet I do not fear for myself,

but for my people: I fear hardship will overtake us.

وفى حمد لنا خلف عظيم

وهل يرجى سوى حمد ويطرى

Yet in Hamad we have a mighty successor;

and who but Hamad is hoped in and extolled?

فيا حمد المكارم قد بناها

لنا سلف وأنت بذاك أدرى

O Hamad, noble deeds were built

for us by forebears, and you know that best.

فهلتبنى لنا شرفا ومجدا

وتعلى فوق ذاك البرج قصرا

Will you, then, build honor and glory for us,

and raise above that tower a palace?

وتجمع شملنا وتكون فينا

كعيسى مشفقا سرا وجهرا

Will you gather our scattered whole and be among us,

like Isa, compassionate in secret and in public?

وأنت سليلة لا شك تجرى

على آثاره في خير مجرى

You are his descendant, and surely you proceed

along his traces on the finest course.

أبوك أب لنا بر شفيق

وانك بعده بالبر أحرى

Your father was to us a dutiful, compassionate father,

and after him, you are worthier still of such goodness.

وانك والد من بعد عيسى

لآل خليفة تحنو وتدرا

And after Isa, you alone

bend tenderly over the House of Khalifa and shield it.

فكن كأبيك فى دين ودنيا

تفز بالحمد فى دنيا وأخرى

So be like your father in faith and worldly life,

and win praise in this world and the next.