نامَ الخَلِيُّ وَما أُغَمِّضُ ساعَةً
أَرَقاً وَهاجَ الشَوقُ لي أَحزاني
The night has passed and I have not slept an hour
Restlessness and longing have saddened me
وَإِذا ذَكَرتُكَ يا اِبنَ موسى أَسبَلَت
عَيني بِدَمعٍ دائِمِ الهَمَلانِ
And when I remember you, O son of Musa,
My eyes shed copious tears
ما كُنتُ أَبكي الهالِكينَ لِفَقدِهِم
وَلَقَد بَكَيتُ وَعَزَّ ما أَبكاني
I did not weep for the departed because of their loss
Yet I cried, and rarely does crying console me
كَسَفَت لَهُ شَمسُ النَهارِ فَأَصبَحَت
شَمسُ النَهارِ كَأَنَّها بِدُخانِ
The sun of day eclipsed for him, so the sun
Became as if it was clouded with smoke
لا حَيَّ بَعدَكَ يا اِبنُ موسى فيهِمُ
يَرجونَهُ لِنَوائِبِ الحَدَثانِ
After you, O son of Musa, there is no life left in them
That they hope for in the vicissitudes of events
كانوا لَيالِيَ كُنتَ فيهِم أُمَّةً
يُرجى لَها زَمَنٌ مِنَ الأَزمانِ
They were a nation, in nights when you were among them
For whom an era of eras was hoped for
فَالناسُ بَعدَكَ يا اِبنَ موسى أَصبَحوا
كَقَناةِ حَربٍ غَيرِ ذاتِ سِنانِ
But after you, O son of Musa, people have become
Like a canal of war without dams
مُتَشابِهينَ بُيوتُهُم بِمَجازَةٍ
لِلسَيلِ بَينَ سَباسِبٍ وَمِتانِ
Their houses resembling each other with plaster
For the floods between fences and pillars
أَودى اِبنُ موسى وَالمَكارِمُ وَالنَدى
وَالعِزُّ عِندَ تَحَفُّظِ السُلطانِ
The son of Musa passed away, and with him generosity, glory
And honor in the preservation of power
جُمعَ اِبنُ موسى وَالمَكارِمُ وَالنَدى
في القَبرِ بَينَ سَبائِبِ الأَكفانِ
The son of Musa, generosity, glory and honor
Were gathered in the grave between winding sheets
ما ماتَ فيهِم بَعدَ طَلحَةَ مِثلُهُ
لِلسائِلينَ وَلا لِيَومِ طِعانِ
None like him has died among them after Talha
For those who ask and on a day of calamity
وَلَئِن جِيادُكَ يا اِبنَ موسى أَصبَحَت
مُلسَ المُتونِ تَجولُ في الأَشطانِ
And if your steeds, O son of Musa, have become
Smooth flanked roaming in the meadows
لَبِما تُقادُ إِلى العَدُوِّ ضَوامِراً
جُرداً مُجَنَّبَةً مَعَ الرُكبانِ
It is because they are led to the enemy as destriers
Bared, set aside with the riders
مِن كُلِّ سابِحَةٍ وَأَجرَدَ سابِحٍ
كَالسيدِ يَومَ تَغَيُّمٍ وَدُخانِ
Of every swimming one and bare swimming
Like the master on a cloudy and smoky day
كانَ اِبنُ موسى قَد بَنى ذا هَيبَةٍ
صَعبَ الذُرى مُتَمَنِّعَ الأَركانِ
The son of Musa had built with formidable might
Difficult of ascent, unassailable columns
فَثَوى وَغادَرَ فيكُمُ بِصَنيعَةٍ
خَيرَ البُيوتِ وَأَحسَنَ البُنيانِ
So he dwelt and left among you with an act
The best of homes and most beautiful of buildings
