مَا تُرَى غَيْرَ ذِكْرَيَاتٍ بَوَاقِ

مِنْ عُيُونِ الآدَابِ وَالأَخْلاَقِ

I see naught but memories of morals

From eyes of etiquette and ethics

أَفَلَ الفَرْقَدُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَجْلُوهَا

سَنَاءً فَآذَنَتْ بِلِحَاقِ

Did the radiant moon that lit them up

Fade to proclaim its setting?

وَإِذَا مَا طَفَاوَةُ النَّجمِ بَانَتْ

تَبِعَتْهَا مَبَاهِجُ الإِشْرَاقِ

And when the star's glow appeared

The joys of dawn followed in sequence

يَا حُسَيْنَ النَّبيلِ فِي كُلِّ مَعْنَى

وَالكَرَمِ الأُصُولِ وَالأَعْرَاقِ

Oh Hussein, noble in every meaning

And in lineage, origin and branch

عَاقَنِي الدَّاءُ عَنْكَ يَوْمَ تَوَلَّيْتَ

وَمَا كُنْتَ عَنْكَ بِالمُعْتَاقِ

Illness kept me from you the day you turned away

Though I was not done with you

فَالصِّبا مُقْعِدِي وَمَوْكِبُك ال

ذخَّارُ يَمْشِي فِي قَلْبِي الخَفَّاقِ

So my youth is my seat and your procession

A throbbing heart walking in my breast

مَا كَفَتْنِي مُعْجِلَ السُّوءِ أَيَّا

مِي وَمَا مِنْ مُؤَجَّل السُّوءِ وَاقِ

Evil's haste did not suffice me

Nor evil's respite console me

كَيْفَ لَمْ تَدْرَإِ الفَضَائِلَ مَا رُحْتَ

تُعَانِي مِنَ الأَذَى وَتُلاَقِي

How could you miss what virtues you bore

As you suffered harm and met

شَرِبَ الطَّالِحُونَ عَذْباً زِلاَلاً

وَشَرِبْتَ القِذَى بِكَأْسٍ دِهَاقِ

The wicked drank pure, cool water

While you drank grit in a cup of bile

إِنَّ مَوْتاً وَالعَيْشُ مَا زَالَ مَنْصُو

راً شَهِيَّ الحَيِّي لِمُرِّ المَذَاقِ

Death and life remaining balanced

Though death's taste bitter for the living

أَيُّ غُبْنٍ أَنْ يَقْصِبَ الغِصْنُ

مِخْصَلاً طَرِيفَ الأَزْهَارِ وَالأَوْرَاقِ

What loss that the blooming branch would wither

Its flowers and leaves once exquisite

وَشَجِيٌّ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بِالْكَوْكَبِ السَّا

طِعِ ظِلٌّ فَيَبْتَلِي بِالْمُحَاقِ

What pain that over the shining star

A shadow would pass to eclipse it

لاَ اعْتِرَاضَ عَلَى القَضَاءِ وَلَكِنْ

أَشَد الأَحْكَامِ حِكْمُ الفِرَاقِ

No objection to fate, but of rulings

Parting's rule harshest of edicts

كَانَ لِلأَعْيُنِ ابْتِسَامُكَ نُوراً

فَقَدَتْهُ فَمَاؤُهَا غَيْرُ رَاقِ

Your smile was light to eyes

Now their tears flow unchecked

وَنَبَا بِالآذَانِ أَشْهَى سَمَاعٍ

بَعْدَ أَلْفَاظِكَ اللِّطَافِ الرِّقَاقِ

Ears heard most beloved sounds

After your gentle, subtle words

قَلَّ مَنْ عَاشَ مِثْلَ مَا عِشْتَ

فِي أَنْزَهِ حَالٍ عَنْ رِيبَةٍ وَنفَاقِ

Few lived as you did

Without doubt or hypocrisy

وَالْتِمَاسٌ لِوَجْهِ رَبِّك فِي

إِسْعَافِ ذِي عِلَّةٍ وَذِي إِمْلاَقِ

Seeking your Lord in aiding

The infirm and destitute

وَابْتِغَاءٌ لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ

لَمْ يَذَعْهُ الطَّنينُ فِي الآفَاقِ

And pursuing each great matter

Unmarred by echoes in horizons

ظَلْتَ سِبَّاقَ غَايَةٍ بَعْدَ أُخْرَى

فِي المَعَالِي فُدِيْتَ مِنْ سَبَّاقِ

You preceded every summit with another

In the heights, you were redeemed from rivalry

فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا إِلى المَجْدِ رَاقٍ

وَإِلى اللهِ فِي المَنيَّة رَاقِ

In life, to glory refined

And to God in death, sublime

تُهَيءُ الخُلْدَ صُورَةً كَمُلَتْ

زِينَاتُهَا مِنْ جَلاَئِلٍ وَدَقَاقِ

You were prepared for eternity

Perfect in majesty and detail

نَزَعَهَا المَنُونُ نَزْعاً أَلِيماً

مِنْ سِوَادِ القُلُوبِ وَالأَحْدَاقِ

But death tore you painfully

From hearts and eyes in darkness

سَلَخَ التَّوْأَمَ الحَبِيبَ فَمَاذَا

حَلَّ مِنْهُ بِصِنْوِهِ المُشْتَاقِ

Severing the beloved companions

What solace for the bereft remains?

وَهُمَا مُنْذُ قُدِّرَا فِي ضَمِيرِ الدَّهْ

رِ حِلْفَا هَوَى وَإِلْفَا عِنَاقِ

Since destiny bound their love and embrace

His brother consoles him though

إِنْعَزَى أَخَاهُ عَنْهُ وَمَا

نَمْلِكُ حَبْسَ الدُّمُوعِ فِي الآمَاقِ

We cannot curb tears' flow

Sorrow shared lessens its clutch

وَيَسِيرُ فِي ذَلِكَ الحُزْنِ مَا يَنْقُصُ

مِنٌ بُرْحِهِ اقْتِسَامُ الرِّفَاقِ

For companions ease the touch

He has only God's grace and care

مَا لَهُ فِي مُصَابِهِ غَيْرَ عَوْنِ اللَّ

هِ وَاللُّطْفِ مِنْهُ وَالإِشْفَاقِ

Gentle comfort in his despair

The cure lies in the wounded one

وَالعَلاَجُ الأَكْفَى إِذ الجُرْحُ أَشْفى

فِي اعْتِصَامِ المَخْلُوقِ بِالخَلاَّقِ

Clinging to the Healer, the only One

So let Sherine rest in his Master's precinct

فَلْيَطِبُ فِي جِوَارِ مَوْلاَهُ شِيرينُ

وَيَأْخُذْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ بِخَلاَقِ

And take of His bounty with grace

He was a believer, trusted

إِنَّه كَانَ مُؤْمِناً وَأَمِيناً

وَوَفِيّاً بِالعَهْدِ وَالمِيثَاقِ

Loyal of oath and covenant

What devotion, faith and life

أَيُّ تَقْوَى وَأَيُّ دِينٍ وَدُنْيَا

حَمَلَتْ نَعْشَهُ عَلَى الأَعْنَاقِ

Bore his bier upon their backs

Farewell him beautifully, for nothing

أَجْمَلُوا يَا مُوَدِّعِيهِ فَمَا حَالُ

تَنَائِيهِ دُونَ كُلِّ تَلاَقِ

Hinders every visitation

If you miss the beloved created face

إِنْ يَفُتْكُمْ وَجْهُ العَزِيزِ المُوَلَّى

لَمْ يَفُتْكُمْ وَجْهُ العَزِيزِ البَاقِي

The Beloved Ever-Living's face remains