يَا مَنْ بَكَى وَالخَطْبُ جِدُّ أَلِيمِ
مَا حِيلَةُ البَاكِي سِوَى التَّسْلِيمِ
O you who wept when fate was cruelly harsh
What can the weeping one do but resign?
زَيْنُ الشَّبَابِ أَتَى الحَيَاةَ مُسَلِّماً
أَوْدَاعُهُ فِي مَوْقِفِ التَّسْلِيمِ
The bloom of youth came to life submitting
Its farewells at the station of resignation
هَنْرِي تَوَلَّى وَهْوَ مِنْكَ خُلاصَةٌ
إِنَّ الجَزُوعَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ مُلِيمُ
Henry passed away in the prime of life
To grieve him overly is not kind
مَا كَانَ أَنْضَرَهُ وَأَطْهَرَ نَفْسِهِ
مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْنٍ فِي الخِلالِ ذَمِيمِ
None greener than he, of purer soul
Than any baseness, any blemish mean
مَا كَانَ أَنْجَبَهُ وَأَوْفَرَ قِسْطَهُ
مِنْ فَضْلِ آدَابِ وَفَيْضِ عُلُومِ
None nobler, of more abundant justice
Of finer manners and profounder lore
أَعْظِمْ بِحَرْقَةِ أَهْلِهِ وَبِلادِهِ
إِذْ كَانَ مَرجُوّاً لِكُلِّ عَظِيمِ
Greatest in the torment of his people, his land
For he gave hope to every great one
أَيُّ الكَلامِ وَإِنْ سَمَا إِلهَامُهُ
يَأْسُو جِرَاحَةَ قَلْبِكَ المُكْلُومِ
What words, though exalted by inspiration
Can soothe the wounds of your suffering heart?
لَكِنَّهُ حُكْمُ القَدِيرِ لِحِكْمَةٍ
لا يَسْتَرِيبُ بِهَا ضَمِيرُ حَكِيمِ
But such is the Wise One's destined decree
No reasonable soul doubts its hidden wisdom
فَاذْخَرْ فُؤَادَكَ لِلَّذِينَ تَخَلَّفُوا
فَهُمُ الضِّعَافُ وَأَنْتَ أَيُّ كَرِيمِ
So steel your heart for those left behind
For they are frail, while you are generous
حَقُّ البَنِينَ عَلَيْكَ كَيفَ يُضِيعُهُ
كَهْفُ الغَرِيبِ وَمَوْئِلُ المَحْرُومِ
The rights of children are binding on you
Shelter of the estranged, refuge of the deprived
مَا لِي أُعَزِّي يُوسُفاً وَهْوَ أَمْرُوءٌ
رَاضَ الصِّعَابَ وَلَمْ يَنُوءْ بِجِسِيمِ
Why should I console Yusuf in his trial
When he welcomes adversity, undaunted by the worst?
لَمْ تَكْتُمِ الأَيَّامُ سِرَّ حَدِيثِهَا
عَنْهُ وَلَمْ يُخْطِئْهُ عِلْمُ قَدِيمِ
The days have not concealed from him their course
Nor has his age-old knowledge led him astray
مَنْ مِثْلُهُ فِي كُلِّ نَازِلَةٍ لَهُ
تَقْوَى صَبْورٍ وَامْتِثَالِ حَكِيمِ
Who faces each tribulation as he has
With patience, with wise acquiescence
يَكْفِيهِ عَوْناً أَنَّ مُنْجِبَ وُلْدِهِ
هِيَ فِي المُصَابِ لَهُ أَبَرُّ قَسِيمِ
It is enough support that she who bore his sons
Shares now his calamity, his truest partner
إِيمَانُهَا لا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِهِ الرُّبَى
كَيْفَ اسْتَقَلَّ بِهِ مَزَاجُ نَسِيمِ
Her faith bears adversity beyond compare
How could a gentle constitution weather such storms?
العَقْلُ بِالرَّجْحَانِ عَقْلُ حَصِيفَةٍ
وَالقَلْبُ بِالتَّحْنَانِ قَلْبُ رَؤُومِ
Reason ruled by clearness is reason sound
While feeling ruled by kindness is feeling humane
يَا مَنْ أَطَاعَا بِالرِّضَى مِنْ أَمْرِهِ
سِيَّانَ فِي التَّأْخِيرِ وَالتَّقْدِيمِ
O you both who obeyed His will contentedly
Whether sooner or later it came to pass
إِنَّ الَّذِي بَيْنَ الجَوَانِحِ ذِكْرُهُ
وَمِثَالُهُ مُتَرَحِّلٌ كَمٌقِيمِ
For he who lives on in your hearts and ideals
Moves from breast to breast, resident forever
وَلَّى وَلَمْ يَحْجُبْ مِنْ الدُّنْيَا قِذَىً
عَنْهُ تَجَلِّي رَبِّهِ القَيُّومِ
He is gone, with no worldly speck to veil
The manifestation of his timeless Lord
أَيْنَ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا وَأَيْنَ مَكَانَهُ
مِنْ نُصْرَةٍ أَبَدِيَّةٍ وَنَعِيمِ
Where are those left? And where his place
Of eternal triumph and bliss?
