أَمِن بَعدِ تَكفينِ النَبِيِّ وَدَفنِهِ
نَعيشُ بِآلاءٍ وَنَجنَحُ لِلسَلوى
After the Prophet's burial, do we live in comfort and incline towards heedlessness?
Is it that after the shrouding of the Prophet and his burial,
We have truly lost Allah's Messenger, so we will never see
We live on with blessings and incline toward consolation?
رُزِئنا رَسولَ اللَهِ حَقّاً فَلَن نَرى
بِذاكَ عَديلاً ما حَيينا مِنَ الرَدى
Anyone comparable, for as long as we live from harm's onset
We have truly been bereaved of Allah's Messenger, and we shall never see
You were like an unassailable fortress defending us
An equal to this loss among the dead as long as we live.
وُكُنتَ لَنا كَالحُصنِ مِن دونِ أَهلِهِ
لَهُ مَعقَلٌ حِرزٌ حَريزٌ مِن العِدى
With strongholds, shelters, and protection from enemies
You were to us like a fortress shielding its people,
You were the pinnacle by which we set our sights and goals
A sanctuary, an impregnable guard against the enemy.
وَكُنا بِهِ شُمُّ الأُنوفِ بِنَحوِهِ
عَلى مَوضِعٍ لا يُستطاعُ وَلا يُرى
On a position that cannot be accessed or seen by anyone
Through him, we walked with heads held high in dignity,
Through your presence, we saw light and guidance
Upon a summit unreachable and unseen.
وَكُنّا بِمَرآكُم نَرى النورَ وَالهُدى
صَباحَ مَساءَ راحَ فينا أَو اِغتَدى
Morning and evening, whether at rest or exerting effort
In your presence, we used to witness light and guidance,
Indeed, darkness has covered us since losing you
Morning and evening, whether you came or went among us.
لَقَد غَشِيَتنا ظُلمَةٌ بِعدَ فَقدِكُم
نَهاراً وَقَد زادَت عَلى ظُلمَةِ الدُجى
Even in daylight, exceeding the darkness of night
A darkness has surely overwhelmed us after your loss,
O best gatherer of comrades and loved ones
In the midst of day, yet darker than the gloom of night.
فَيا خَيرَ مَن ضَمَّ الجَوانِحَ وَالحَشا
وَيا خَيرَ مَيتٍ ضَمّهُ التُربُ وَالثَرى
O best of the deceased, covered by soil and dust
O best of those whom ribs and hearts have ever embraced,
It seems people's affairs after you were folded up
And O best of the dead whom the soil and moist earth have enfolded.
كَأَنَّ أُمورَ الناسِ بَعدَكَ ضُمِّنَت
سَفينَةُ مَوجٍ حينَ في البَحرِ قَد سَما
Like a ship amidst a tumultuous sea storm
It is as if the affairs of men, after you, have been entrusted
The spacious earth felt narrow to us without you
To a vessel amidst waves when the sea surges high.
وَضاقَ فَضاءُ الأَرضِ عَنّا بِرَحبِهِ
لَفَقدِ رَسولِ اللَهِ إِذ قيلَ قَد مَضى
When it was said the Messenger of God had passed
The expanse of the earth has narrowed for us despite its vastness,
An affliction has befallen the Muslims
At the loss of Allah's Messenger, when it was said: "He has passed."
فَقَد نَزَلَت بِالمُسلِمينَ مُصيبَةٌ
كَصَدعِ الصَفا لا صَدعٍ لِلشَعبِ في الصَفا
Like a crevice in Mount Safa, with no crevice in the mount itself
For a calamity has truly descended upon the Muslims,
People will never recover from what has befallen them
Like the shattering of a mountain, not a mere crack in the rock.
فَلَن يَستَقِلَّ الناسُ ما حَلَّ فيهُمُ
وَلَن يُجبِرَ العَظمُ الَّذي مِنهُمُ وَهَى
Nor will the broken bone that caused them to fall be mended
The people shall never recover from what has befallen them,
And at every prayer time Bilal will call it
Nor shall the bone that has fractured among them ever be set.
وَفي كُلِّ وَقتٍ لِلصَلاةِ يَهيجُها
بِلالٌ وَيَدعو بِاِسمِهِ كُلَّما دَعا
Invoking his name each time he makes the call
And at every time of prayer, the grief is stirred,
While some seek inheritance from one deceased
By Bilal, invoking his name whenever he calls.
وَيَطلُبُ أَقوامٌ مَواريثَ هالِكٍ
وَفينا مَواريثُ النُبُوَّةِ وَالهُدى
The inheritance of prophethood and guidance is within us
While other tribes seek the inheritance of a perished kin,
Oh what sorrow! We saw our Prophet
Among us remains the inheritance of Prophethood and guidance.
فَيا حُزناً إِنّا رَأَينا نَبِيَّنا
عَلى حينِ تَمَّ الدينُ وَاِشتَدَّتِ القُوى
When the religion was complete and power was strong
O what sorrow! For we have seen our Prophet,
The previous night his resemblance was like a journey in the night
Taken when the Religion was perfected and strength was firm.
وَكانَ الأُلى شُبهَتَهُ سَفرُ لَيلَةٍ
أَضَلُّ الهُدى لا نَجمَ فيها وَلا ضَوى
Most misguided with no stars or light to guide
And life without him is like a night-traveler's journey,
Bereft of guidance, with neither star nor glimmer of light.
