وباكيةٍ حِراءَ تَحْزَنُ بالبُكا

وَتَلْطمُ مِنها خَدَّها والمُقلَّدا

Weeping bitterly, she grieves with crying,

And strikes her cheek and necklace.

على هالِكٍ بَعْدَ النَّبيّ مُحمَّدٍ

وَلَوَ عَلِمَتْ لَمْ تَبْكِ إِلاّ محمَّدا

Over the death of the Prophet Muhammad,

Had she known, she would have wept only for Muhammad.

فُجعْنا بخَيْرِ النّاسِ حَيّاً وَميِّتاً

وأدْناهُ مِنْ رَبِّ البَرِيَّة مِقْعَدا

We were afflicted by the best of people, alive and dead,

And we brought him near the Lord of all creation on a seat.

وأفْظَعِهِمْ فَقْداً على كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ

وأعْظَمِهمْ في النّاسِ كُلِّهمُ يَدا

And the most dreadful loss to every Muslim,

And the greatest among all people in every way.

إذا كان منْهُ القولُ كان مُوَفَّقاً

وإنْ كانَ حيّاً كان نوراً مجدَّدا

If the word was from him, it was divinely guided,

And had he lived, he would be an ever-renewing light.

لقد وَرِثَتْ أخلاقُهُ المَجْدَ والتقى

فلم تتَلْقَهُ إلاّ رشيداً ومُرْشِدا

Indeed, his virtues inherited glory and piety,

None received them except the rightly-guided guide.