ثكلتْ أمٌّ فَتَاها
أجْمَلَ اللهُ عزاها
A mother mourned her son
May God grant her solace
ثَكَلَتْهُ رائعَ الصّحةِ
مَوفوراً قِواها
She grieved for him in full health
Abundant in his strength
مَن لأُمّ وبنوها
همُ في الدنيا حُلاها
Who can console a mother and her sons
They were her adornment in life
نظمت مِنهُمُ عِقداً
صائغٌ صاغ وباهى
I strung them as a necklace
A jeweler crafted and made it shine
هو للشيب كمالٌ
عقدته فزهاها
He was the peak of old age
I strung him and it sparkled
حمل لناعي إليها
شَرَّ ما يوماً دهاها
Fate brought us news of him
The worst of days has befallen
درّةٌ عصماء نالت
يدُ جانٍ من بَهاها
A flawless pearl was taken
By a treacherous hand from its luster
لألأت في العِقد حتى
أطفأ الموتُ سَنَاها
If only it remained on the necklace
Until death extinguished its light
قل لذاك النسر والموت
لمن هان وتاها
Tell that eagle and death
Who bowed down and went astray
غَفلةُ الرائد جوّاً
عَثْرة في منتهاها
The guardian's negligence made
Him stumble at the end of his path
ليس للقوَّة حدٌّ
كلُّ نفس ومداها
Power has no limit
Every soul has its term
كُلِّف الصانِعُ أمراً
وَلَدُنْ فاز تنَاها
The Maker was assigned a matter
He triumphed and attained it
خَلَقَ الآلةَ وحشاً
فاغِراً للموت فاها
He created the machine a beast
With death held open in its jaws
آيةُ الخالقِ لما
جَعَلَ القوّةَ جاها
A sign of the Creator when
He made power mighty
شَرَح الدهرُ عليها
إن لِلشّرّ إلها
Time elucidated it
Evil surely has a god
ربَّ تلك الروضةٍ الغنّاءِ
والموتُ ابتلاها
O Lord of the singing garden
Death has tested it
وردةٌ إحدى ثلاثٍ
يُبهج العينَ صباها
A rose among three
Delighting the eye in its youth
غُصِبت منها لتُسلمَ
للأماني وردتاها
Snatched away
To fulfill desires and reach wishes
