أَعَينَيَّ جودا بِالدُموعِ وَأَسعِدا
بَني رَحِمٍ ما كانَ زَيدٌ يُهينُها
My eyes shed tears generously, and gladden
The sons of a womb that Zayd would never dishonor,
وَلا زَيدَ إِلّا أَن يَجودَ بِعَبرَةٍ
عَلى القَبرِ شاكي نَكبَةٍ يَستَكينُها
Except for Zayd to be generous with a teardrop
Weeping over the grave, grieving over an affliction to calm.
وَما كُنتَ تَلقى وَجهَ زَيدٍ بِبَلدَةٍ
مِنَ الأَرضِ إِلّا وَجهُ زَيدٍ يَزينُها
You would not find in any land the face of Zayd
Except that Zayd's face would adorn it.
لَعَمرُ أَبي الناعي لَعَمَّت مُصيبَةٌ
عَلى الناسِ وَاِختَصَّت قُصَيّا رَصينُها
By the life of the mourner mourning, a calamity has befallen
The people and singled out Qusayy who assembled them.
وَأَنّى لَنا أَمثالُ زَيدٍ وَجَدُّهُ
مُبَلِّغُ آياتِ الهُدى وَأَمينُها
And how can we find the likes of Zayd and his grandfather—
Conveyor of the signs of guidance and their trustee?
وَكانَ حَليفَيهِ السَماحَةُ وَالنَدى
فَقَد فارَقَ الدُنيا نَداها وَلينُها
Generosity and benevolence were his comrades,
So he left the world devoid of its benevolence and gentleness.
غَدَت غُدوَةً تَرمي لُؤَيُّ بنُ غالِبٍ
بِجَعدِ الثَرى فَوقَ اِمرِئٍ ما يَشينُها
In the early morn did Lu’ayy son of Ghalib
Pelt his grave mound with clods of earth over a man he did not dishonor.
أَغَرُّ بِطاحِيُّ بَكَت مِن فُراقِهِ
عُكاظُ فَبَطحاءُ الصَفا فَحَجونُها
Al-Gharr the Bani Tamim tribesman wept over parting with him—
As did Ukaz, Bat’ha plain, As-Safa, and their landmarks.
فَقُل لِلَّتي يَعلو عَلى الناسِ صَوتُها
أَلا لا أَعانَ اللَهُ مَن لا يُعينُها
Say to her whose voice rises above all people:
“May Allah not help whoever does not help her!”
وَأَرمَلَةٍ تَبكي وَقَد شُقَّ جَيبُها
عَلَيهِ فَآبَت وَهيَ شُعثٌ قُرونُها
And a widow who weeps, her dress rent,
Over him, so she came disheveled, bleary-eyed.
وَلَو فَقِهَت ما يَفقَهُ الناسُ أَصبَحَت
خَواشِعَ أَعلامُ الفَلاةِ وَعينُها
Had she understood what people understand, the standards
Of desolation would have bowed down weeping.
نَعاهُ لنا الناعي فَظَلنا كَأَنَّنا
نَرى الأَرضَ فيها آيَةَ حانَ حينُها
The mourner eulogized him for us, so we became as though
We saw the land contain a sign—its time had come.
وَزالَت بِنا أَقدامُنا وَتَقَلَّبَت
ظُهورُ رَوابيها بِنا وَبُطونُها
Our feet faltered and the backs and bellies
Of its mounts tossed us to and fro.
وَآبَ أولو الأَلبابِ مِنّا كَأَنَّما
يَرَونَ شِمالاً فارَقَتَها يَمينُها
The people of intellect among us came
Seeing leftwards after its right had departed.
سَقى اللَهُ سُقيا رَحمَةٍ تُربَ حُفرَةٍ
مُقيمٍ عَلى زَيدٍ ثَراها وَطينُها
May Allah water with a drink of mercy a pit
Sheltering Zayd, its soil and its clay!
