ذَوَى خَضِرُ الأَفْرَاحِ مُنْذُ ذَوَى الخَضِرْ

عَلَيْكَ سَلاَمُ اللهِ يَا عَيْشَنَا النَّضِرْ

The greens of joy faded when Ahmad faded away

The verdure of joy has withered since the verdant one withered;

Upon your grave, grave of virtues and excellence

May God's peace be upon you, O our vibrant, blooming life.

فَلَمْ أَحْمَدِ الدُّنْيَا بِلاَ نُورِ أَحْمَدٍ

وَهَلْ يُحْمَدَ اللَّيْلُ الْبَهِيمُ بِلاَ قَمَرْ

Peace of God be upon you, our lively life

I could not praise the world without the light of Ahmad,

A complete, flawless peace from the one who betrayed

For can the pitch-black night be praised without a moon?

ذَوَى فَذَوَتْ آمَالُنَا جَلَّ مَا ذَوَى

وَكَانَتْ بِهِ الآمَالُ يَانِعَةَ الزَّهَرْ

So I did not praise the world without Ahmad's light

He withered, and so our hopes withered—how grave is that which withered!

For can the inane night be praised without a moon?

While with him, those hopes were blossoming with flowers.

عَلَى قَبْرِهِ قَبْرِ الْمَكَارِمِ وَالْعُلاَ

سَلاَمٌ سَلِيمٌ مِنْ شَوَائِبِ مَنْ غَدَرْ

Our hopes melted when he melted away

Upon his grave, the grave of noble deeds and exalted heights,

Though through him hopes blossomed like flowers

A pure peace, untainted by the blemishes of betrayal.

فَإِنْ فَاتَنَا تَأْخِيرُ وَقْتِكَ فَلْيَكُنْ

لَنَا مِنْكَ فِي التَّقَدِيمِ أَجْرٌ وَمُذَّخَرْ

If we are late in your burial rites

So if the prolongation of your time has eluded us, let there be

Let there be reward for us in placing you first

For us, in your early departure, a reward and a treasured provision.

وَذَاكَ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْمُصِيبَةِ إِنَّهَا

وَحَقِّكَ أَدْهَى مَا أُصِيبَ بِهِ بَشَرْ

And that is proportional to the calamity—truly

And that shall be in proportion to the calamity, for indeed it is,

Your right—the most painful that befell creation

By your right, the most devastating affliction to ever strike mankind.

سَنَصْبِرُ حَتَّى يَجْمَعَ الصَّبْرُ بَيْنَنَا

وَفِي الصَّبْرِ لَوْ يَقْضِى بِهِ خَيْرُ مُفْتَخَرْ

We will be patient until patience unites us again

We shall remain patient until patience gathers us together,

And in patience, if its decree brings finest pride

And in patience, should it be fulfilled, lies the finest glory.