عَلى مِثْلِها مِنْ فَجْعَةٍ خانَني الصَّبرُ

فِراقُ حَبيبٍ دُونَ أَوبَتِهِ الحَشْرُ

In sorrow like this, patience has betrayed me,

Parting with a beloved, while his burial shroud was prepared.

وَلي كَبدٌ مَشطورَةٌ في يَدِ الأَسى

فَتَحْتَ الثَّرى شَطْرٌ وفَوْقَ الثَّرى شَطرُ

My liver is torn apart in the hands of anguish,

The earth split open halfway, and above the earth as well.

يَقولونَ لي صَبِّرْ فُؤادَكَ بَعْدَهُ

فَقُلتُ لهُمْ ما لِي فؤادٌ ولا صَبْرُ

They tell me be patient after him, console your heart,

I said to them, I have no heart or patience.

فُرَيْخٌ مِنَ الحُمْرِ الحَواصلِ ما اكْتَسى

مِنَ الرِّيشِ حَتَّى ضَمَّهُ المَوْتُ والقَبْرُ

A fledgling, still featherless, seized from the nest

By death and the grave before it could fully grow.

إذَا قُلْتُ أَسْلو عَنْهُ هَاجَتْ بَلابِلٌ

يُجَدِّدُها فِكْرٌ يُجَدِّدُهُ ذِكْرُ

When I speak his name, passions are kindled,

Thoughts renewed, his memory reawakened.

وَأَنْظُرُ حَوْلي لا أرَى غَيرَ قَبرِهِ

كأنَّ جميعَ الأَرضِ عِنْدِي لَهُ قَبرُ

I look around me, I see only his grave,

As if for me, the whole world is just his tomb.

أَفَرْخَ جِنَانِ الخُلْدِ طِرْتَ بِمُهْجَتي

وَليْسَ سِوى قَعْرِ الضَّريحِ لَهُ وَكرُ

You took flight to the gardens of eternity, my heart,

Leaving me no solace but the depths of your tomb.