أَرى عبرات الكَون فاضَ عبابها

وَمُقلة هَذا الدَهر زادَ انسِكابها

I see the tears of the universe overflowing

And the eyelids of this life shedding more of them

أَلا فابك يا جفن الوُجود لدرة

رَسَت في الثَرى حَتّى عَلاها تُرابها

Oh, weep, o existence's eyelid, for a pearl

That settled in the soil until it was covered with dust

أَضاءَت عَلى وَجه البَسيطة وَاِنثَنَت

إِلى جَوفِها إِذ حانَ جَزماً خَرابها

It shone on the face of the plain and bent

Into its interior when the decree of its ruin came

مِن النَفر السامين وَالسَلَف الألى

بِهم طابَت الدُنيا وَراقَ شَرابها

Of the eminent people and the virtuous ancestors

Through whom the life was pleasant and its drink exquisite

مَناقبها مثل النُجوم وَفَضلها

بِه شَهدت شيب الوَرى وَشَبابها

Their virtues like the stars and their superiority

Through it the land witnessed its old age and youth

وَقَد رَجَعت مرضية لإلهها

فَأرخ لِرضوان جلي مآبها

And she has returned, pleasing, to her God

So allow for her the abode of His good pleasure