اخي الى الموت سلك
اخي قضى اخي هلك
My brother walked the path to death
My brother passed away, my brother perished
دار عليه برحا
ه طاحنا له الفلك
Fate turned against him bitterly
The heavens ground him down
اخي عن النور تولى
راحلا الى الحلك
My brother turned from the light
Departing to the grave
ليس طريقا للرجو
ع ماله أخي سلك
No path of hope remained
For the path my brother took
ما دلكت شمس النها
ر انما اخي دلك
The light of dawn did not guide him
Rather, my brother guided himself
اخي اخي اني انا
ديك ولا جواب لك
My brother, my brother, it is I
Calling you, with no reply from you
اخي اخي ماذا من
الاسباب عني شغلك
My brother, my brother, what could have
Distracted you from me?
ليت آله الطب وا
فاك فداوى شللك
If only medicine's power
Could have cured your paralysis
قد زرت قبرك الذي
ترابه قد شملك
I visited your grave, which
Dirt has enveloped you
من ذا بهذا الحديث الضنك
اخي قد جعلك
With this sorrowful talk
My brother, you have made me
من ذا عن الحراك في
هذا الحفير كبّلك
With this movement in
This dug pit, you have shackled me
درست يا قبر وقد
زرتك ابكي طللك
I studied, O grave, when
I visited you, crying for your beauty
لم يبق غير الحزن لي
اما دموعي فهي لك
Nothing remains except sorrow
As for my tears, they are for you
كيف وجدت يا اخي
في جوف قبر منزلك
How did you find, O my brother
A home in the belly of a grave?
وعندما دخلت
منه الباب من ذا استقبلك
And when you entered
Through its door, who welcomed you?
من ذا نضا عنك الثيا
ب البيض من ذا دللك
Who removed your white garments? Who pampered you?
Who of the dead gave you life? Who kissed you?
من ذا من الأموات حيا
ك ومن ذا قبلك
It is best to remain ignorant of
Your dreaded future
والخير ان تجهل في
ملحودة مستقبلك
Do not fear the eternal
Who will meet your prime
لا تخشين من ابد
سوف يلاقي ازلك
Why do I see you mute, unmoving your limbs?
Your miserable end belies your beginning
ما لي اراك ذا صمو
ت غير مبد جذلك
I weep for you whenever
My imagination conjures you
آخرك المثير للحزن
ينافي اولك
I weep recalling you
As I wept the day you died
ابكي عليك كلما
لي الخيال مثلك
I weep for your traces that
Were beautiful, and your perfect form
ابكي لذكراك كما
بكيت يوم مت لك
O day that in your dawn revealed
To my eyes your child self
ابكي خلالك التي
طابت وابكي جملك
O death that unfurled over
The chest of my brother your path
يا يوم في صبحك اظهرت
لعيني طفلك
O night of my sorrows after
My brother, how long you are
يا موت اشرعت على
صدر شقيقي اسلك
And O day, you were poison
So who could replace you?
يا ليل احزاني من
بعد اخي ما اطولك
O eyes, shed your remaining, ceaseless tears
O grief, what has happened
ويا نهار كنت بسا
ما فمن ذا بدلك
From my tears could not wash you away
O heart, none returns from
يا طرف اهرق من دمو
عك البواقي وشلك
Those loved, so sever your hopes
O poetry, chronicle
يا همّ ان ما جرى
من ادمعي ما غسلك
Abdul Ghani has perished
يا قلب لا يرجع من
احببت فاقطع املك
يا شعر قل مؤرخاً
عبد الغني قد هلك
