لَقَد سَفَحَت مِن دَمعِ عَينَيكَ عَبرَةٌ

وَحُقَّ لِعَيني أَن تُفيضَ عَلى سَعدِ

Tears have poured from your eyes in sorrow,

And my eyes have the right to overflow for Sa'd.

قَتيلٌ ثَوى في مَعرَكٍ فُجِعَت بِهِ

عُيونٌ ذَواري الدَمعِ دائِمَةِ الوَجدِ

A slain man buried in battle, for whom

Eyes shed copious tears and endless grief.

عَلى مِلَّةِ الرَحمَنِ وارِثِ جَنَّةٍ

مَعَ الشُهَداءِ وَفدُها أَكرَمُ الوَفدِ

Upon the religion of the Merciful, inheritor of Paradise,

Among the martyrs, his delegation the most honored.

فَإِن تَكُ قَد وَدَّعتَنا عَن مَوَدَّةٍ

وَأَمسَيتَ في غَبراءَ مُظلِمَةِ اللَحدِ

If you have bid us farewell out of affection,

And passed your night in the darkness of the grave.

فَأَنتَ الَّذي يا سَعدُ أُبتَ بِمَشهَدٍ

كَريمٍ وَأَثوابِ المَكارِمِ وَالحَمدِ

Then you, O Sa'd, have been granted a noble death,

And the reward of virtues and praise.

بِحُكمِكَ في حَيَّي قُرَيظَةَ بِالَّذي

قَضى اللَهُ فيهِم ما قَضَيتَ عَلى عَمدِ

By your judgement regarding Qurayza with what

God decreed for them, which you executed deliberately.

فَوافَقَ حُكمَ اللَهِ حُكمُكَ فيهِمِ

وَلَم تَعفُ إِذ ذُكِّرتَ ما كانَ مِن عَهدِ

So God's judgement aligned with yours regarding them,

And you did not pardon when reminded of the covenant.

فَإِن كانَ رَيبُ الدَهرِ أَمضاكَ في الأولى

شَرَوا هَذِهِ الدُنيا بِجَنّاتِهِ الخُلدِ

If the tricks of fate have carried you away in the first,

They exchanged this life for the gardens of eternity.

فَنِعمَ مَصيرُ الصادِقينَ إِذا دُعوا

إِلى اللَهِ يَوماً لِلوَجاهَةِ وَالقَصدِ

Excellent then is the fate of the truthful, when called

To God one day for glory and purpose.