فَديناك لو أَنَّ الرَدى يقبل الفدى

وَمثلك تَفديهِ الاحبَّة والعِدى

We would pay to ransom you had death accepted payment,

And ones like you are redeemed by loved ones and enemies alike.

وَمِثلُك لا يُبكى عليهِ مدامِعاً

وَلكن نفوساً سائِلاتٍ على المَدى

And those like you are not mourned with tears

But with souls pouring out grief indefinitely.

وَمَن لَم يُسِل في مدَّة العيش دمعةً

فان لَم يُسِل في الموت دمعاً فما اِعتَدى

He who in life has not shed a single tear

If he sheds no tears in death, has not transgressed.

والّا فقد كنتَ المُسيلَ دموعَنا

سروراً فلا بدعٌ اذا سلنَ في الردى

Otherwise you had always made us shed tears

In joy, so it's no wonder we cry in loss

محبتُنا في العيش حالَت الى الأَسى

وكنتَ معي فيها فاصبحتُ مفردا

Our love in life turned into sorrow

And you were with me in it, so I was left alone

أَلا يا رعاك اللَه من راحِلٍ مضى

مضت مَعَهُ الارواح مَثنى وَموحِدا

Oh he who's gone on his way may God protect you

The spirits departed two-by-two and alone

حبيبٌ الى قَلبي وعيني ومهجَتي

فَلَم يَكُ حزني فيهِ حزناً موحَّدا

A beloved of my heart, eyes and deepest feelings

So my grief for him was not solitary

تُذَكرنيهِ الريح كيفَ تنسَّمت

وَيُذكرُنيهِ الغصنُ أَنّى تأَوَّدا

The wind reminds me as it gently blew

The branch reminds me as it softly bent

بكَيتُ عليهِ ادمعاً كُلُّ دمعَةٍ

مضمَّنةٌ بحراً من الدمع مُزبدا

I cried tears for him each tear

Containing a sea of tears turbulently flowing

لانيَ ابكي منهُ اشيآءَ جمَّةً

من الحسن والاحسان والفضل وَالهدى

Because I cry for the many perfect things about him

Of beauty, kindness, excellence and guidance

وامثالِها من كُلّ خُلقٍ مكمَّلٍ

فما هو شَخصٌ واحِدٌ بل تعدَّدا

And the likes thereof from every perfect trait

So he's not one being but multitudes embodied

عليك سَلام اللَه يا قيصراً غدا

عَلى القَلب مني مالِكاً متسودا

Peace be upon you oh you who tomorrow will be a ruler

Reigning powerfully in my heart though now darkened

رحلتَ ولست اليوم تشعرُ بالاسى

وابقينا في حرّ حزنٍ توقَّدا

You left and today feel no sorrow

While we remain in burning anguish kindled

فهُنئِّتَ وانهلَّت عليك مراحمٌ

تَزور بهنَّ السُحبُ لحدَك بالنَدى

You are congratulated and blessings poured upon you

Clouds visiting your grave to dampen it with dew