الْعًمْرُ نَوْمٌ وَالْمُنَى أَحْلاَمُ

مَاذَا عَسَى أَنْ يَسْتَمِرَّ مُقَامُ

Life is but sleep, and death is a dream

What can continue to remain?

وَإِذَا تَحَقَّقْنَا لِشَيءٍ بَدْأَةً

فَلَهُ بِمَا تَقْضِي الْعُقُولُ تَمَامُ

When we become sure of something at first

It will end as minds require

وَالنَّفْسُ تَجْمَحُ فِي مَدَى آمَالِهَا

رَكْضَاً وَتَأْبَى ذَلِكَ الأيَّامُ

And the soul ambitiously rushes

Galloping, though time refuses that

مَنْ لَمْ يُصَبْ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَمُصَابُهُ

بِحَبِيبِهِ نَفَذَتْ بِذَا الأَحْكَامُ

He whose loss does not pain his own soul

The laws have been carried out for his beloved

بَعْدَ الشَّبِيبِةِ كَبْرَةٌ وَوَرَاءَها

هَرَمٌ وَمِنْ بَعْدِ الْحَيَاةِ حِمَامُ

After youth comes aging, and after it

Decrepitude, and after life a tomb

وَلِحِكْمَةٍ مَا أَشْرَقَتْ شُهْبُ الدُّجَى

وَتَعَاقَبَ الإِصْبَاحُ وَالإِظْلاَمُ

By some wisdom, the gleams of darkness shone

And dawn and dusk alternated

دُنْيَاكَ يَا هَذَا مَحلَّةُ نُقْلَةٍ

وَمُنَاخُ رَكْبٍ مَا لَدِيْهِ مَقَامُ

Your world, O you, is a stopping place for travelers

An abode of journey where there is no stay

هَذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَمَنْ بِهِ

وُجِدَ السَّمَاحُ وَأُعْدِمَ الإِعْدَامُ

This is the Prince of the Believers, by whom

Leniency was found and executing abolished

سِرُّ الأَمَانَةِ وَالْخِلاَفَةِ يُوسُفٌ

غَيْثُ الْمُلُوكِ وَلَيْثُهَا الضِّرْغَامُ

The secret of trusteeship and caliphate is Yusuf

A rain for kings and their roaring lion

قَصَدَتْهُ عَادِيَةُ الزَّمَانِ فَأَقْصَدَتْ

وَالْعِزُّ سَامٍ وَالْخَمِيسُ لُهَامُ

The vicissitudes of time attacked him, so it transgressed

And glory is high and the Fifth is vanquished

فُجِعَتْ بِهِ الدُّنْيَا وَكُدِّرَ شِرْبُهَا

وَشَكَا الْعِرَاقُ مُصَابَهُ وَالشَّامُ

The world was anguished by him and its drink was bitter

And Iraq lamented its affliction and Syria

أَسَفاً عَلَى الْخُلُقِ الْجَمِيلِ كَأَنَّمَا

بَدْرُ الدُّجُنَّةِ قَدْ جَلاَهُ تَمَامُ

Alas! For the beautiful manners, as if

The full moon of darkness was eclipsed completely

أسفاً عَلَى الْعُمُرِ الْجَدِيدِ كَأَنَّهُ

زَهْرُ الْحَدِيقَةِ زَهْرُهُ بَسَّامُ

Alas! For the young age, as if it is

The garden flower whose bloom is plucked

أَسَفاً عَلَى الْخُلُقِ الرَّضِيّ كَأَنَّهُ

زَهْرُ الرِّيَاضِ هَمى عَلَيْهِ غَمَامُ

Alas! For the pleasing disposition, as if it is

The flower of gardens smothered by clouds

أَسَفاً عَلَى الْوَجْهِ الَّذِي مَهْما بَدَا

طَاشَتْ لِنُورِ جَمَالِهِ الأَفْهَامُ

Alas for the face that however it appeared

Minds were bewildered by the light of its beauty

يَانَاصِرَ الثَّغْرِ الْغَرِيبِ وَأَهْلِهِ

وَالأَرْضُ تَرْجُفُ وَالسَّمَاءُ قَتَامُ

O defender of the strange border and its people

While the earth trembles and the sky is dark

يَاصَاحِبَ الصَّدَقَاتِ فِي جُنْحِ الدُّجَى

وَالنَّاسُ فِي فُرُشِ النَّعِيمِ نِيَامُ

O owner of charity in the darkness of night

While people are sleeping in beds of bliss

يَاحَافِظَ الْحَرَمِ الَّذِي بِظِلاَلِهِ

سُتِرَ الأَرَامِلُ وَاكْتَسَى الأَيْتَامُ

O protector of the sanctuary, in whose shade

Widows were veiled and orphans clothed

مَوْلاَيَ هَلْ لَكَ للْقُصُورِ زِيَارَةٌ

بَعْدَ انْتِزَاحِ الدَّارِ أَوْ إِلْمَامُ

My Master, do you have a visit to the palaces

After the house was emptied, or any knowledge?

مَوْلاَيَ هَلْ لَكَ للْعَبِيدِ تَذَكُّرٌ

حَاشَاكَ أَنْ يُنْسَى لَدَيْكَ ذِمَامُ

My Master, do you have any remembrance of servants?

You are far above forgetting promises

يَا وَاحِدَ الآحَادِ وَالْعَلَمُ الَّذِي

خَفَقَتْ بِعِزَّةِ نَصْرِهِ الأَعْلاَمُ

O Unique of the unique, and the banner

Whose glory the banners shook

وَافَاكَ أَمْرُ اللهِ حِينَ تَكَامَلَتْ

فِيكَ النُّهَى وَالْجُودُ وَالإِقْدَامُ

The command of God befell you when

Asceticism, generosity, and courage were perfected in you

وَرَحَلْتَ عَنَّا الرَّكْبَ خَيْرَ خَلِيفَةٍ

أَثْنَى عَلَيْكَ اللهُ وَالإِسْلاَمُ

And you journeyed from us, the best successor

God and Islam praised you

نِعْمَ الطَّرِيقُ سَكْتَ كَانَ رَفِيقُهُ

وَالزَّادُ فِيهِ تَهَجُّدٌ وَصِيَامُ

Good is the path you walked, whose companion was silence

And provision was night vigil and fasting

وَكَسَفْتَ يَا شَمْسَ الْمَحَاسِنِ ضَحْوَةً

فَالْيَوْمُ لَيْلٌ وَالضِّياءُ ظَلاَمُ

You veiled, O sun of beauty, at dawn

So today is night and light is darkness

وَسَقَاكَ عِيدُ الْفِطْرِ كَأَسَ شَهَادَةٍ

فِيهَا مِنَ الأَجَلِ الْوُحِيِّ مُدَامُ

And Eid al-Fitr quenched you with a cup of martyrdom

In which was perpetual inspiration from fate

وَخَتَمْتَ عُمْرَكَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَحَبَّذَا

عَمَلٌ كَرِيمٌ سَعْيُهُ وَخِتَامُ

And you ended your life with prayers, so excellent

Is the noble deed whose effort is an end

مَوْلاَيَ كَمْ هَذَا الرُّقَادُ إِلَى مَتَى

بَيْنَ الصَّفَائِحِ وَالُّترَابِ تَنَامُ

My Master, how long will this slumber be

Between the planks and soil you sleep?

أَعِدِ التَّحِيَّةَ وَاحْتَسِبْهَا قُرْبَةً

إِنْ كَانَ يُمْكِنُكَ الْغَدَاةَ كَلاَمُ

Offer greetings and count it as devotion

If you can speak in the morning

تَبْكِي عَلَيْكَ مَصَانِعٌ شَيَّدْتَهَا

بِيضٌ كَمَا تَبْكِي الْهَدِيلَ حَمَامُ

Structures you erected weep for you

White like pigeons weeping

تَبْكِي عَلَيْكَ مَسَاجِدٌ عَمَّرْتَهَا

فَالنَّاسُ فِيهَا سُجَّدٌ وَقِيَامُ

Mosques you renovated weep for you

So people in them bow and stand

تَبْكِي عَلَيْكَ خَلاَئِقٌ أَمَّنْتَهَا

بِالسِّلْمِ وَهْيَ كَأَنَّهَا أَنْعَامُ

Creatures you secured weep for you

With peace while they are like cattle

عَامَلْتَ وَجْهَ اللهِ فِيمَا رُمْتَهُ

مِنْهَا فَلَمْ يَبْعُدْ عَلَيْكَ مَرَامُ

You dealt with the sake of God in what you intended

So your goal was not far from you

لَوْ كُنْتَ تُفْدَى أَوْ تُجَارُ مِنَ الرَّدَى

بُذِلَتْ نُفُوسٌ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ كِرَامُ

Had you been ransomed or rescued from harm

Noble souls would have been sacrificed for you

لَوْ كُنْتَ تُمْنَعُ بِالصَّوارِمِ وَالْقَنَا

مَا كَانَ رَكْبُكَ بِالْغِلاَبِ يُرَامُ

Had you been protected with swords and spears

Your army would not have been defeated

لَكِنَّهُ أَمْرُ الإِلَهِ وَمَا لَنَا

إِلاَّ رِضاً بِالْحُكْمِ وَاسْتِسْلاَمُ

But it is the command of God, and we have

Only consent to the decree and submission

وَاللهُ قَدْ كَتَبَ الْفَنَا عَلَى الْوَرَى

وَقَضَاؤُهُ جَفَّتْ بِهِ الأَقْلاَمُ

And God has written extinction on creation

And His ordainment, pens have run dry

نَمْ فِي جِوَارِ اللهِ مَسْرُوراً بِمَا

قّدَّمْتَ يَوْمَ تُزَلْزَلُ الأَقْدَامُ

Sleep content near God for what

You forwarded on the day when feet stumble

وَاعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ سَلِيلَ مُلْكِكَ قَدْ غَدَا

فِي مُسْتَقَرِّ عُلاَكَ وَهْوَ إِمَامُ

And know that the scion of your kingdom has become

In the seat of your height, and he is the Imam

سِتْرٌ تَكَنَّفَ مِنْهُ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَهُ

ظِلُّ ظَلِيلٌ فَهْوَ لَيْسَ يُضَامُ

A protection enveloping those you left behind

A shady shadow, so he does not oppress

كُنْتَ الْحُسَامَ فَصِرْتَ فِي غِمْدِ الثَّرَى

وَلِنَصْرِ مُلْكِكَ سُلَّ مِنْهُ حُسَامُ

You were the sword, so you became in the scabbard of soil

And for the victory of your kingdom, swords are drawn from it

خَلَّفْتَ أُمَّةَ أَحْمَدٍ لِمُحَمَدٍ

فَقَضَتْ بِسَعْدِ الأُمَّةِ الأَحْكَامُ

You left the nation of Ahmad for Muhammad

So by the nation's prosperity, matters were decided

فَهُوَ الْخَلِيفَةُ لِلْوَرَى فِي عَهْدِهِ

تُرْعَى الْعُهُودُ وَتُوصَلُ الأرْحَامُ

For he is the Caliph of the world in his era

Covenants are kept and kinships connected

أَبْقَى رُسُومَكَ كَلَّهَا مَحْفُوظَةً

لَمْ يَنْتَثِرْ مِنْهَا عَلَيْكَ نِظَامُ

All your conventions are preserved

No system of yours was scattered about you

الْعَدْلُ وَالشِّيَمُ الْكَرِيمَةُ وَالتُّقَى

وَالدَّارُ وَالأَلْقَابُ وَالْخُدَّامُ

Justice, noble traits, piety

The house, titles and servants

حَسْبِي بِأَنْ أَغْشَى ضَرِيحَكَ لاَثِماً

وَأَقُولُ وَالدَّمْعُ السَّفُوحُ سِجَامُ

It suffices me to cover your tomb kissing

And say, with tears flowing,

يَا مَدْفَنَ التَّقْوَى وَيَا مَثْوَى الْهُدَى

مِنِّي عَلَيْكَ تَحِيَّةٌ وَسَلاَمُ

O burial ground of piety, O abode of guidance

Greetings and peace be upon you from me

أَخْفَيْتُ مِنْ حُزْنِي عَلَيْكَ وَفِي الْحَشَا

نَارٌ لَهَا بَيْنَ الضُّلُوعِ ضِرَامُ

I have hidden from my grief for you, and in solitude

A fire, blazing between ribs

وَلَو أَنَّنِي أَدَيْتُ حَقَّكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ

لِي بَعْدَ فَقْدِكَ فِي الْوُجُودِ مُقَامُ

Had I fulfilled your due, there would have been

No stay for me in existence after you

وَإِذَا الْفَتَى أَدَّى الَّذِي فِي وِسْعِهِ

وَأَتَى بِجُهْدٍ مَا عَلَيْهِ مَلاَمُ

When a young man does what he can

And makes effort, no blame is upon him