بَحَرِيَّ قومي هَيِّجي الأَحزانا
وَاِستَعجِلِنَّ بِدَمعِكِ الإِرنانا
O Bahariyya, rise and stir up sorrows;
and hasten the wailing with your tears.
وَلَقَد تَواضَعَ مَن بِحَضرَةِ مالِكٍ
ما بَينَ مِصرَ إِلى قُصورِ عُمانا
And indeed, those around Malik bowed low,
from Egypt to the palaces of Oman.
قالَت رَبيعَةُ إِذ تُوُفِّيَ مالِكٌ
لا رُزءَ أَكبَرُ مِن أَبي غَسّانا
Rabi'a said when Malik died:
"No loss is greater than the loss of Abu Ghassan."
وَلَقَد تَرَكتُ بَني الزُبَيرِ بِمَأزِقٍ
لا طاعَةً تَبِعوا وَلا سُلطانا
And indeed, I left the sons of al-Zubayr in a predicament:
they followed neither obedience nor authority.
Sol 6.1