ضَرَبوا القِبابَ عَلى اليَبابِ
وَثَوَوا إِلى يَومِ الحِسابِ
They pitched tents upon the plains
And settled until the Day of Reckoning
هَمَدوا وَكُلُّ مُحَرَّكٍ
يَوماً سَيَسكُنُ في التُرابِ
They became still, though all things move
One day all shall rest in dust
نَزَلوا عَلى ذِئبِ البِلى
فَتَضَيَّفوا شَرَّ الذِئابِ
They descended upon the wolf of decay
Thus the worst of wolves they guested
وَكَأَنَّهُم صَرعى كَرى
بِالقاعِ أَو صَرعى شَرابِ
As though felled by wine
In the lowlands or by drink ensnared
فَإِذا صَحَوا وَتَنَبَّهوا
فَاللَهُ أَعلَمُ بِالمَآبِ
When they wake and become aware
God knows best what their state shall be
مِن كُلِّ مُنقَضِّ الوُفو
دِ هُناكَ مَهجورِ الجَنابِ
Of all whose glory is fleeting
There the shunned of mantle shall be
مَوروثِ كُلَّ مَضِنَّةٍ
إِلّا الذَخيرَةِ مِن ثَوابِ
Inheritor of every tribulation
Save the store of rewards
يا نائِحاتِ مُحَمَّدٍ
نُحتُنَّهُ غَضَّ الإِهابِ
O you who weep for Muhammad
Veiling him, sadness enshrouded
في مَأتَمٍ لَم تَخلُ في
هِ المَكرُماتُ مِن اِنتِحابِ
In a funeral where the noble
Were not bereft of selection
تَبكي الكَريمَ عَلى العَشي
رَةِ وَالحَبيبَ إِلى الصِحابِ
You weep for the generous unto eve
And for the beloved among comrades
حَسبُ الحِمامِ دُموعُكُن
نَ المُستَهِلَّةُ مِن عِتابِ
The tears of you doves suffice
As blame poured forth in profusion
فَاِرجِعنَ فيهِ لِحِكمَةٍ
أَو جِئنَ فيهِ إِلى اِحتِسابِ
So turn back to wisdom therein
Or come to acceptance serene
في العالَمِ الفاني مَصي
رُ العالَمينَ إِلى ذَهابِ
In the transient world the fate
Of world's dwellers is to pass
مَن سارَ لَم يَثنِ العِنا
نَ وَمَن أَقامَ إِلى اِقتِرابِ
Who travelled chided not fortune
And who stayed to his ruins drawn near
يا وارِثَ الحَسَبِ الصَمي
مِ وَكاسِبَ الأَدَبِ اللُبابِ
O inheritor of honor pure
Seeker of manners refined
وَاِبنَ الَّذي عَلِمَ الرِجا
لُ حَيائَهُ مِن كُلِّ عابِ
Son of him who taught men
Modesty from all reproach aloof
وَكَأَنَّهُ في كُتبِهِ
عُثمانُ في ظِلِّ الكِتابِ
In his books he is as though
Uthman in Quran's shade enwrapped
ماذا نَقَمتَ مِنَ الشَبابِ
وَأَنتَ في نِعَمِ الشَبابِ
What indignity have you seen
While in youth's bounty engulfed?
مُتَحَلِّياً هِبَةَ النُبو
غِ مُطَوَّقَ المِنَحِ الرِغابِ
Bestowed the gift of genius
Adorned with wishes granted
وَلِمَ التَرَحُّلُ عَن حَيا
ةٍ أَنتَ مِنها في رِكابِ
Why roam from a life
Where you stand in its stirrups?
لَم تَعدُ شاطِئَها وَلَم
تَبلُغ إِلى ثَبَجِ العُبابِ
Its coast you frequent not
Nor its billows' depths attain
رِفقاً عَلى مَحزونَةِ ال
أَبياتِ موحِشَةِ الحِجابِ
Gently, upon the sorrowful verses
Desolate, mantled in grief
فَقَدتُكَ في العُمرِ الطَري
رِ وَفي زَها الدُنيا الكِعابِ
I lost you in tender years
And in life's prime, forlorn
تَبكي وَتَندُبُ إِلفَها
بَينَ الأَفانينِ الرِطابِ
It weeps and wails for its intimates
Amidst mortals fleet and brief
وَاِنظُر أَباكَ وَثُكلَهُ
وَرُزوحَهُ تَحتَ المُصابِ
Look upon your father, his mourning
And his misery beneath the blow
لَو كانَ يَملُكُ سِرَّ يو
شَعَ رَدَّ شَمسَكَ مِن غِيابِ
If he could command your return
He would redden your set sun
أَعَلِمتَ غَيرَكَ مِن جَلا التَم
ثيلِ في جُدُدِ الثِيابِ
Did you notify others than him
Of representing the new attire?
وَكَسا غَرائِبَ جِدِّهِ
حُلَلاً مِنَ الهَزلِ العُجابِ
And don the curios of his ancestors
In garb of wit and wonder arrayed
مُتَمَيِّزاً حينَ التَمَيُّ
زُ لَيسَ مِن أَرَبِ الشَبابِ
Distinguished, when distinction
Comes not by the common herd
أُفُقُ العُلا كُنتَ الشِها
بَ عَلَيهِ وَلا ذَنَبَ الشِهابِ
The peak of glory you were
No sin upon you the shooting stars hurled
يا رُبَّ يَومٍ ضاقَ ذَر
عُكَ فيهِ بِالحُسُدِ الغِضابِ
Oh Lord of a day narrowed
By envy and malice for you
سَعهُم فَأَنتَ جَمَعتُهُمُ
الشَهدُ مائِدَةُ الذُبابِ
Vast for them, while you combined them
Carrion the feast of flies
خُذ مِنهُمُ نَقدَ العَفا
فِ وَدَع لَهُم نَقدَ السِبابِ
Take from them payment of pardon
And leave them payment of curses
دونَ النُبوغِ وَأَوجِهِ
ما لا تَعُدُّ مِنَ الصِعابِ
Below brilliance, their paths
Are not reckoned arduous climbs
فَإِذا بَلَغتَ الأَوجَ كُن
تَ الشَمسَ تَهزَءُ بِالضَبابِ
For when you reach the summit
You are the sun ridiculing clouds
لا تَبعُدَنَّ فَهَذِهِ
آمالُ قَومِكَ في اِقتِرابِ
Draw not away, for here
Are your people's hopes nearing
اِشرُف بِروحِكَ فَوقَهُم
مَلَكاً يُرَفرِفُ في السَحابِ
Ascend with your spirit angelic
Fluttering lofty in sky
وَاِنظُر بِعَينٍ نُزِّهَت
عَن زُخرُفِ الدُنيا الكِذابِ
And see, due to your charm, a nation
Who clothed homelands in awe
تَرَ مِن لِداتِكَ أُمَّةً
كَسَتِ الدِيارَ جَلالَ غابِ
A lion prowling without anger
Or roaring without vicious bite
أُسدٌ تَجولُ بِغَيرِ ظُف
رٍ أَو تَصولُ بِغَيرِ نابِ
As their steadfastness their weapon
Fine weapon with what is right
جَعَلوا الثَباتَ سِلاحَهُم
نِعمَ السِلاحُ مَعَ الصَوابِ
While matters have come
To decisive statement's domain
أَمّا الأُمورُ فَإِنَّها
بَلَغَت إِلى فَصلِ الخِطابِ
If you hold orientation to God
In sanctum of shrine sublime
فَإِذا مَلَكتَ تَوَجُّهاً
لِلَّهِ في قُدسِ الرِحابِ
Ask the Opener of Gates to open
For retreat the best of gates
سَل فاتِحَ الأَبوابِ يَف
تَح لِلكِنانَةِ خَيرَ بابِ
