فِي فُؤَادِي مِنْ أَسىً مَا فِي فُؤَادِكْ

وَبِجِفْنَيَّ سُهَادٌ كَسُهَادِكْ

In my heart is a sorrow like yours,

And my eyelids are as heavy with sleep as yours.

كَيْفَ لاَ أُطْلِقُ دَمْعِي وَلَقَدْ

كُنْتُ مَا عِشْتُ أَسِيراً لِوِدَادِكْ

How can I not shed a tear when

I have always been a prisoner of your love?

يَا فَتَى الأَخْلاَقِ وَالآدَابِ كَمْ

فِي المُحِبِّينَ شَرِيكُ فِي حدَادِكْ

O noble youth, so many

Join me in mourning for you.

كَمْ أَخِي علْمٍ وَفَضْلٍ مُكْبِرٌ

فِي مَجَالاَتِهَا قَدْرَ جِهَادِكْ

How many learned, virtuous men

Strive in their fields as hard as you strove.

جَلَّ فِي أَوْحَدِكَ الخَطْبُ كَمَا

جَلَّ فِي أَوْحَدِهَا خَطْبُ بِلاَدِكْ

You were supreme among your peers,

As your country was supreme among lands.

كَانَ فِي نَشْءِ الحِمَى نَابِغَةً

يَقْتَفِي إِثْرَكَ فِي أَعْلَى مَرَادِكْ

In defending the faith you were

A rising star tracing your lofty goals.

فَرَمَى الدَّهْرُ بِهِ مِنْ حَالِقٍ

لاَ تَكِلْ لِلْيَأْسِ تَصْرِيفَ قِيَادِكْ

But fate cast you down from your saddle,

Do not let despair sway your reins.

ومن البرّ بمن تبكيه أن

لا يكون الثّكل أقوى من رشادك

It is kind to mourn one you weep for, so long

As grief strengthens, and does not misguide, your heart.

فلقد أعقب طفلاً ماله

بعد فقد الأب عونٌ كافتقادك

You left a child no older than your sorrow,

Needing care to replace your fatherly watch.

رد ّما اسطعت على إنمائه

كلّ ذخرٍ من حنانٍ في سوادك

Give him all the tenderness your shade nursed,

And teach him to walk the paths his father trod.

وليهيأ للمعالي وليفق

شأنه شأن أبيه باجتهادك

This verse for God, if added to,

Will be the best provision on your child’s road.

هذه تقدمةٌ لله إن

زدتها كانت لديه خير زادك

O God, unite us though parted by sorrow,

You know best, my God, what we need.

يا إلهاً سامنا أقسى النّوى

أنت أدرى يا إلهي بمرادك

Comfort the bereaved in their loneliness,

And incline their steps towards your guidance.

آنس المحبوب في وحشته

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