يا قَلبُ وَيحَكَ وَالمَوَدَّةُ ذِمَّةٌ

ماذا صَنَعتَ بِعَهدِ عَبدِ اللَهِ

O my heart, woe to you, and love is an obligation

What have you done with the covenant of Abdullah

جاذَبتَني جَنبي عَشِيَّةَ نَعيِهِ

وَخَفَقتَ خَفقَةَ موجَعٍ أَوّاهِ

You pulled me to your side on the eve of his death

And throbbed with the throbbing of anguish, oh how pained

وَلَوَ اَنَّ قَلباً ذابَ إِثرَ حَبيبِهِ

لَهَوى بِكَ الرُكنُ الضَعيفُ الواهي

If a heart melted for its beloved

This weak, crumbling chamber would have collapsed for you

فَعَلَيكَ مِن حُسنِ المُروءَةِ آمِرٌ

وَعَلَيكَ مِن حُسنِ التَجَلُّدِ ناهِ

So it is incumbent upon you, from excellent chivalry I command

And it is incumbent upon you, from excellent composure I deter

نَزَلَ الطُوَيِّرُ في التُرابِ مَنازِلاً

تَهوي المَكارِمُ نَحوَها بِشِفاهِ

The birds alighted in the dust, dwelling places

Virtues swoop down towards them, with lips

عَرَصاتُها مَمطورَةٌ بِمَدامِعٍ

مَوطوءَةٌ بِمَفارِقٍ وَجِباهِ

Its expanses saturated with tears

Trodden by partings and brows

لَولا يَمينُ المَوتِ فَوقَ يَمينِهِ

فيها لَفاضَت مِن جَنىً وَمِياهِ

If not for the grip of death over his grip

It would have overflowed with fruits and water

يا كابِراً مِن كابِرينَ وَطاهِراً

مِن آلِ طُهرٍ عارِفٍ بِاللَهِ

O you who endured with the enduring, and remained pure

From the family of purity, cognizant of God

وَمُحَكِّماً عَلِمَ القَضاءُ مَكانَهُ

في المُقسِطينَ الجِلَّةِ الأَنزاهِ

And the authority of justice knew his station

Amongst the eminent, most righteous jurists

وَحَكيماً اِستَعصَت أَعِنَّتُهُ عَلى

كَذِبِ النَعيمِ وَتُرَّهاتِ الجاهِ

And you were wise, your intellect impervious

To the lies of fortune and trickeries of fame

وَأَخاً سَقى الإِخوانَ مِن رَاوقِهِ

بِوِدادِ لا صَلِفٍ وَلا تَيّاهِ

And a brother who quenched the thirst of brethren

With affection, neither harsh nor aloof

قَد كانَ شِعري شُغلَ نَفسِكَ فَاِقتَرِح

مِن كُلِّ جائِلَةٍ عَلى الأَفواهِ

My poetry was once your soul’s preoccupation, so suggest

From every impending doom, through mouths

أُنزِلتَ مِنهُ حينَ فاتَكَ جَمعُهُ

في مَنزِلٍ بَهِجٍ بِنورِكَ زاهِ

You were brought down from it when you missed gathering it

To a delightful abode, illuminated by your light

فَاِقرَأ عَلى حَسّانَ مِنهُ لَعَلَّهُ

بِفَتاهُ في مَدحِ الرَسولِ مُباهِ

So recite it over Hasan, perhaps through his distinction

In praising the Messenger, he will excel

وَاِنزِل بِنورِ الخُلدِ جَدَّكَ وَاِتَّصِل

بِمَلائِكٍ مِن آلِهِ أَشباهِ

And descend with the light of eternity to your grandfather, and join

The angels from his kin, who resemble him

ناعيكَ ناعي حاتَمٍ أَو جَعفَرٍ

فَالناسُ بَينَ نَوازِلٍ وَدَواهِ

Your elegist, the elegist of Hatem or Ja'far

While people are between occurrences and remedies