أَهلَ القُبورِ عَلَيكُمُ مِنّي السَلام

إِنّي أُكَلِّمُكُم وَلَيسَ بِكُم كَلام

O dwellers of the graves, peace be upon you from me

I speak to you though you cannot speak

لا تَحسَبوا أَنَّ الأَحِبَّةَ لَم يَسُغ

مِن بَعدِكُم لَهُمُ الشَرابُ وَلا الطَعام

Think not beloved ones failed to pine

For you, with neither food nor drink

كَلّا لَقَد رَفَضوكُمُ وَاِستَبدَلوا

بِكُمُ وَفَرَّقَ ذاتَ بَينِكُمُ الحِمام

Nay, they discarded and replaced you

And the dove parted them from you

وَالخَلقُ كُلُّهُمُ كَذاكَ فَكُلُّ مَن

قَد ماتَ لَيسَ لَهُ عَلى حَيٍّ ذِمام

Thus all people alike, so whoever

Has died, has no claim on the living

ساءَلتُ أَجداثَ المُلوكِ فَأَخبَرَت

ني أَنَّهُم فيهِنَّ أَعضاءٌ وَهام

I asked the graves of kings, and they told me

That in them are but bones and worm

لَم يَبقَ مِن أَجسادِهِم تِلكَ الَّتي

غُدِيَت بِأَنعَمِ عيشَةٍ إِلّا العِظام

Naught remains of those bodies

That lived in ease except the bones

لِلَّهِ ما وارى التُرابُ مِنَ الأُلى

كانوا الكِرامَ هُمُ إِذا ذُكِرَ الكِرام

By Allah, what the dust covers of loved ones

Were the generous when the generous are mentioned

لِلَّهِ ما وارى التُرابُ مِنَ الأُلى

كانوا وَجارُهُمُ مَنيعٌ لا يُضام

By Allah, what the dust covers of loved ones

Were those whose neighbor was unharmed

أَفناهُمُ مَن لَم يَزَل يُفني المُلو

كَ وَلِلفَناءِ وَلِلبَلى خُلِقَ الأَنام

Destroyed them He Who destroys kings

And for destruction and decay humans were created

يا صاحِبَيَّ نَسيتُ دارَ إِقامَتي

وَعَمَرتُ داراً لَيسَ لي فيها مُقام

My friend, I forgot the house of my stay

And inhabited a house wherein I have no stay

دارٌ يُريدُ الدَهرُ نُقلَةَ أَهلِها

وَكَأَنَّهُم عَمّا يُرادُ بِهِم نِيام

A house whose people fate desires to move

As if they know not what is intended for them

ما نِلتُ مِنها لَذَّةً إِلّا وَقَد

أَبَتِ الحَوادِثُ أَن يَكونَ لَها دَوام

I gained no pleasure from it but what

Events refused to let last