لانَتْ صِلابُ العَزَائِمْ

وانْبَتَّ عِقْدُ العَظَائِمْ

Since resolute determination declined,

And the assemblage of grave matters increased,

قَضَى حَبِيبُ المَعالِي

قَضَى عَدُّوُّ المَظَالِمْ

The beloved of exalted ideals passed away,

The enemy of injustices passed away,

قَضَى فَتَى الْحِلْمِ وَالبَأْ

سِ وَالعُلَى وَالمَكَارِمْ

The young man of forbearance and good mannerism passed away,

The sublime and the noble passed away,

عَصْرٌ طَوَاهُ وَشيكاً

هَذَا الْقَضَاءُ الدَّاهِمْ

An era which he soon enveloped,

With this overwhelming decree,

وَأُمَّةٌ مِنْ سَجَايَا

بَادَتْ كَأَحْلامِ حَالِمْ

And a nation from whose chastisements

Illusions of a dreamer perished,

فِي كُلِّ مَجْمَعِ فَضْلٍ

قَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ المَآتِمْ

In every assembly of merit,

The bereavements stood over it,

مَاذَا دَهَى العِلْمَ فِيهِ

وَكَانَ أَعْمَلَ عَالِمْ

What did knowledge avail in it?

While the most expert scholar passed away,

أَلَمَّ بِالطبِّ رَيْبٌ

كَأَنَّهُ فَأْسُ هَادِمْ

Doubt has stuck to medicine,

As if it were a destructive axe,

وَصَحَّ فِي كُلِّ نَفْسٍ

أَنَّ الْحِجَى غَيْرُ عَاصِمْ

And it became well-known in every soul,

That caution does not make immune,

بِرَغْمِ كُلِّ شُجَاعٍ

يَا شِبْلُ أَنَّكَ رَاغِمْ

In spite of every courageous man,

O lion cub you surely overwhelmed,

فُوجِئْتَ حَتْفاً وَهَذَا

أَوْلَى بِعِزِّ الضَّيَاغِمْ

You were stricken suddenly, and this

Is more appropriate for the pride of the strong,

فَاليَوْمَ تَسْكُنُ كَرْهاً

وَالدَّهْرُ حَوْلَكَ قَائِمْ

Today you rest unwillingly,

While time around you stands,

قِيَامَ بَحْرٍ تَلاقَى

حَبَابُهُ وَالغَمَائِمْ

Like the standing of a sea, whose billows

And clouds have collided,

غَريقُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ

وَمَوْجُهُ مُتَلاطِمْ

Its drowned rests reassured,

And its waves clash,

مَا كَانَ مِنْكَ بِعَهْدِ

هَذَا الجُمُودُ الدَّائِمْ

This lasting inertia was not of your morals,

After the struggle constantly unwearying,

بَعْدَ الجِهَادِ تُوَالِي

هِ دَائِباً غَيْرَ سَائِمْ

And after the zeal of great efforts,

For praise not blaming,

وَبَعْدَ غرِّ مَسَاعٍ

لِلحَمْدِ غَيْرِ ذَمَائِمْ

O inhabitant of the narrow tomb,

While the horizons were expansive,

يَا سَاكِنَ الرَّمْسِ ضَيْقاً

وَكَانَ وُسْعَ المَعَالِمْ

Perhaps your heart in it,

Is awake while the eyelids sleep,

لَعَلَّ قَلْبَكَ فِيهِ

يَقْظَانَ وَالجَفْنُ نَائِمْ

A secret I ask about,

The day of fire every resolute person,

سِرٌّ أُسَائِلُ عَنْهُ

يَوْمَ النَّوَى كُلَّ حَازِمْ

What perplexes an answer,

Removes perplexity from an assailant,

فَمَا يُحِيرُ جَوَاباً

يُزِيلُ حَيْرَةَ وَاجِمْ

Do you rest while you were

A guarantor for the protected?

أَتَسْتَرِيحُ وَقَدْ كُنْ

تَ ضَامِناً لِلْمَغَارِمْ

You have spent the most tiring that passed,

Without a disputed right,

قَدْ بِتَّ أَتْعَبَ مَا بَا

تَ دُونَ حَقٍّ مُخَاصِمْ

And you went where the most resting of visitors would despair,

In the captivity of soft yarn,

وَرُحْتَ أَيْأَسَ مَا رَا

حَ زَائِرٌ لِلْمَآتِمْ

While you can undo the strong,

You left your world afire,

فِي قَيْدِ خَزٍّ رَقِيقٍ

وَقَدْ تُفَكُّ الأَدَاهِمْ

Kindled at the hands of a tyrant,

It has become a place for deaths,

تَرَكْتَ دُنْيَاكَ نَاراً

شُبَّتْ عَلَى يَدِ غَاشِمْ

Between the warring armies,

You were the band of harmony in it, and the war of generosity,

أَضْحَتْ مَجَالَ مَنَايَا

بَيْنَ الْجُيُوشِ الْخَضَارِمْ

You invigorate the mind, justice, and the unjust nations,

Against the panel of disobedience,

وَكُنْتَ سِلْمَ التَّآخِي

فِيهَا وَحَرْبَ السَّخَائِمْ

And the violator of the prohibited,

You complain of misery for a rapacious one,

تَسْتَنْهِضُ الْعَقْلَ وَالعَدْ

لَ وَالشُّعُوبَ الْجَوَاثِمْ

Who some spoils are claimed for him,

You blame every painful blamer,

عَلَى مُحِلِّ المَعَاصِي

وَمُسْتَبِيحِ المَحَارِمْ

Since there is no blamer among the people,

You have not ceased being loyal,

تَشْكُو أَسًى لِنِهَابٍ

يُزْعَمْنَ بَعْضَ الْغَنَائِمْ

To every amicable opponent,

And you have not ceased being a supporter,

تَلُومُ كُلَّ مُلِيمٍ

إِذْ لَيْسَ فِي الخَلْقِ لائِمْ

Of your brother while time was hostile,

If fate faced you one day,

وَمَا بَرِحْتَ وًَفِيّاً

لِكُلِّ خِلٍ مُخَالِمْ

You distributed all its shares,

Leaving you only,

وَمَا بَرِحْتَ مُعِيناً

أَخَاكَ وَالْوَقْتُ عَارِمْ

The lowest portion of partners,

And if you passed away in absence,

إِنْ أَقْبَلَ الدَّهْرُ يَوْماً

قَاسَمْتَ كُلَّ مُقَاسِمْ

Then who would make your absent revert?

The house of healing is a frequented shrine,

لا مُبْقِياً لَكَ إِلاَّ

أَدْنَى نَصِيبِ المُسَاهِمْ

That every passing visitor arrives to it,

Undeterred by a departed,

وَإِنْ مُنِيتَ بِعُدْمٍ

فَمَا مُرَجِّيكَ عَادِمْ

Until meeting a newcomer,

In it is a cure for illness,

بَيْتُ الشفَاءِ مَزَارٌ

يَؤمهُ كُل رَائِمْ

And ointments for wounds,

Not by God’s reckoning, but

مَا يَنْثَنِي عَنْهُ مَاضٍ

حَتَّى يُوَافِي قَادِمْ

The generosity and mercy of the Merciful,

Of a great aromatic plant,

لِلدَّاءِ فِيهِ دَوَاءٌ

وَلِلْجِرَاحِ مَرَاهِمْ

That was not arrogant,

It heals the bodies and casts

لا حِسْبةَ اللهِ لَكِنْ

جُودٌ وَرَحْمَةُ رَاحِمْ

Off the worries from the minds,

It seeks the guidance for every nation,

مِنْ أَرْيَحيٍّ عَظِيمٍ

مَا كَانَ بِالمُتَعَاظِمْ

To the suitable reform,

And it does not resent sincere advice,

يَشْفِي الْجُسُومَ وَيُلْقِي

عَنِ العُقُولِ الشَّكَائِمْ

Firm and a conclusive opinion,

As if in its hands, is lightning,

يَبْغِي هُدَى كُلِّ قَوْمٍ

إِلَى الصَّلاحِ المُلائِمْ

Striking on swords unsheathed,

The signs of clear prose,

وَلا يَضَنُّ بِنُصْحٍ

ثَبْتٍ وَرَأْيٍ حَاسِمْ

And the verses of the composer,

Are the purpose of every wise person,

كَأَنَّمَا فِي يَدَيْهِ

بَرْقٌ عَلَى الطِّرْسِ رَاقِمْ

And the piety of every ruler,

Fantasies sometimes overwhelm the facts in it,

آيَاتُ نَثْرٍ مُبِينٍ

تُجْلَى وَأَبْيَاتُ نَاظِمْ

For God you are a fancy,

A pleasant recurring one,

مَرَامُ كُلِّ حَكِيمٍ

وَمُتَّقَى كُلِّ حَاكِمْ

For the sake of your nation how much

You spent in nights keeping them company,

تَغْشَى الْحَقَائِقَ فِيهَا

حِيناً مَخِيلاتُ وَاهِمْ

No distress of yours will be relieved,

That has been growing,

للهِ أَنْتَ وَهَمٌّ

مُبَرِّحٌ مُتَقَادِمْ

And you do not tire from a struggle,

For which hope is a constant companion,

مِنْ أَجْلِ قَوْمِكَ كَمْ بِ

تَّ فِي لَيَالٍ جَوَاهُمْ

Those far countries,

On the obstinate tyrants,

مَا إِنْ يُفَرَّجَ بَثٌّ

مِنْ كَرْبِكَ المُتَفَاقِمْ

Become more inflamed for them,

The more crimes increased in them,

وَمَا تَنِي فِي جِهَادٍ

لَهُ الرَّجَاءُ مُلازِمْ

You disdain any injustice to them,

While time is biased,

تِلْكَ البِلادُ الغَوَالِي

عَلَى الْحُمَاةِ الصَّلادِمْ

If not for it and ignorance - I mean -

There would have remained no unjust on earth,

تَزْدَادُ لَهْفاً عَلَيْهَا

مَا ازْدَادَ فِيهَا الْجَرَائِمْ

O you who passed away from praise,

Filling the generous souls,

تَأْبَى لَهَا الضَّيمَ مَا فِي

يَدَيْكَ وَالدَّهْرُ ضَائِمْ

Your remembrance has dwelt,

In skins among humankind,

لَوْلاهُ وَالجَهْلُ أَعْنِي

لَمْ يَبْقَ فِي الأَرْضِ ظَالِمْ

By it the ship of light sailed,

On pouring tearful waters,

يَا مَنْ مَضَى عَنْ ثَنَاءٍ

مِلْءَ النفوسِ الكَرَائِمْ

To the shores of illuminated glory,

With landmarks,

قَدْ أُوطِنَتْ فِي جُلُودٍ

ذِكْرَاكَ بَيْنَ العَوَالِمْ

So the course between seasons was not missed that day,

The rains of your place were poured unstinting,

جَرَتْ بِهَا فُلْكُ نُورٍ

عَلَى الدمُوعِ السَّوَاجِمْ

With the merciful downpour.

إِلَى شَوَاطِيءِ مَجْدٍ

مُنَوَّرَاتٍ بَوَاسِمْ

فَلَمْ يََلْ يَوْمَ ذَاكَ الرَّ

حِيلِ بَيْنَ المَوَاسِمْ

سَقَتْ ثَرَاكَ غُيُوثٌ

مُخَضَلَّة بِالمَرَاحِمْ