لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم
ما مات لكن صار في الأنجم
Do not grieve for the inspired poet
He did not die, but became a star
ما كان إلا زائراً عابراً
لأي سر جاء لم نعلم
He was just a passing visitor
For what secret did he come, we do not know
والآن قد رُدَّ إلى سربه
في قدس ذاك الفلك الأعظم
And now he has returned to his flock
In the sanctity of that greatest sphere
الآن قد رُدَّ إلى ربه
فتى إلى الخلد مشوقٌ ظمي
Now he has returned to his Lord
A lad longing for eternity, eminent
الآن قد أصبح في قربه
فتى لآفاق السما ينتمي
Now he has come close to Him
A lad belonging to the horizons of the sky
كان فراشاً حائراً في الدنى
في نورها أو نارها يرتمي
He was a moth confused in this lowly world
Throwing himself into its light or its fire
فإن نجا من نارها مرة
فمن لهيب النفس لم يسلم
And if he survived its fire once
He did not escape the flames of the self
لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم
بنضرة الأيام لم ينعم
Do not grieve for the inspired poet
He did not enjoy the bloom of days
مرَّ بهذا الكون في لحظة
طالت كعمر الأبد الأعظم
He passed through this universe in a moment
As long as that greatest eternity
أي جلالٍ فاته وصفه
وأي حسن فيه لم يرسم
What majesty beyond his description
What beauty in it he did not depict
فإن يكن ردَّ إلى حضنه
فعودة المغرم للمغرم
If he has returned to His embrace
It is the return of the enamored to the Beloved
ورجعة القلب إلى صدره
بالعطف في أحنائه يرتمي
And the heart's return to its chest
Cuddling in its folds
لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم
والله ما نام مع النوَّم
Do not grieve for the inspired poet
By God, he did not sleep with the sleepy
ولم ينل منه أكول البلى
وإنما غاب إلى موسمِ
Nor did the ravages of time affect him
He only disappeared for a season