قد علمنا فقرَ العفاة إليه

أفكان الردى من الفقراء

We knew the poverty of the helpless towards Him

Was adversity from the poor?

فحباه بنفسه مذ أتاه

مستميحاً يمشي على استحياءِ

So He granted him Himself when he came to Him

Walking modestly, asking to be excused

غسلوه والمكرمات تنادي

بينهم لا تغسّلوه بماءِ

They washed him while the generous ladies called

“Do not wash him with water among us”

وإليكم عنه فإنِّي أولى

منكمُ بالكريم من أبنائي

And to you from him, for I am more worthy

Than you, of the generous one, of my sons

ليس لي حاجة إليكم جميعاً

إنَّما عنكم بعيني غنائي

I have no need for all of you

Except from you, the delight of my eyes

هدبها السدرُ والبياض حنوطٌ

والزلالُ القراح ماءُ بكائي

Its withering is aloes wood and the shroud is white

And the fresh wound is the water of my crying

وكفاني بجفنها كفناً يض

فو على جسمه المسجَّى إزائي

And her eyelids suffice me as a shroud that cove

rs over his outstretched body next to me

ودعوا قبرَه فمقلتي القب

ر لإنسان عيني البيضاءِ

And leave his grave for my gaze is the gra

ve for the human, my white-eyed one