قوموا بنا نَسأَلُ الأَمواتَ في الرُّجَمِ
ما يذكُرونَ منَ اللَذاتِ والأَلمِ
Rise, let us ask the dead in their graves
What they remember of pleasures and pain
قد كانَ ما كانَ حُلماً فانقَضى ومضى
كأَنَّ رائيهِ لم يَحلُمْ ولم يَنَمِ
What has passed was but a dream that faded and went
As if its seer had not dreamed nor slept
العيشُ في الأرضِ وَهمٌ أَهلُهُ عَدَمٌ
وما الذي يا تُرَى نرجو من العَدَمِ
To live on earth while its people are naught
What is it that we hope for from naught?
بالأمسِ قد كانَ إبراهيمُ صاحبَنا
واليومَ في التُربِ أَضحَى صاحبَ الرِمَمِ
Yesterday, Ibrahim was our companion
Today, in dust, he became a friend of worms
كأنَّهُ لم يَكُنْ رُكناً لطائفةٍ
ولا مَناراً لدارِ العِلمِ والحِكَمِ
As if he had not been a pillar of his clan
Nor a beacon of science and wisdom's house
أجَابَ طَوعاً دُعاءَ اللهِ حينَ دَعا
وتلكَ شيمةُ إِبراهيمَ في القِدَمِ
He willingly answered God's call when called
That was Ibrahim's nature since old
كسا الحِدادَ سِوى القِرطاسِ مُصطحِباً
بَياضَهُ حينَ جَفَّتْ عَبْرَةُ القَلَمِ
He donned mourning but for paper as his companion
Its whiteness dried when the pen's tears ceased
وعاهَدَ العينَ لا تُجري مَدَامِعَها
عليهِ ما لم تَكُنْ ممزوجَةً بِدَمِ
And he vowed his eyes not to shed tears for him
Unless mingled with blood
مَضى سريعاً فلم تَثبُتْ لهُ قَدَمٌ
مَن كانَ في كلِّ فَنٍّ ثابتَ القَدَمِ
He went swiftly, no foot established for him
Who was firmly rooted in every art
وراحَ كَهلاً كأنَّ اللهَ عاجَلَهُ
شَوقاً إليهِ فلم يلبَثْ إلى الهَرَمِ
And he went as an old man, as if God hastened him
Yearning for him, he did not linger to old age
بَكَى عليهِ ذَوُو الحاجاتِ من أسَفٍ
ومَن بَكَى قاضيَ الحاجاتِ لم يُلَمِ
Those needy of him wept in sorrow
And he who weeps the fulfiller of needs is not blamed
وكادتِ الصُّحْفُ تبكي بَعدَ مَصرَعِهِ
لو لا مَخَافَةُ مَحْوِ الدَّمعِ للكَلِمِ
The pages almost cried after his death
Had they not feared wiping the words with tears
بني مُشاقةَ إِنَّ الصَّبرَ حاجتُهُ
عندَ البَلا كاحتياجِ الطِبِّ للسَّقَمِ
O people of hardship, patience is needed
In afflictions as medicine is needed for illness
هذا الذي كلُّ مَولودٍ يُصابُ بهِ
فلا حِمَى عِندَنا منهُ سِوى العُقُمِ
This is what every newborn is destined for
We have no refuge but sterility
لا يَشتَكِ المَرْءُ غَدرَ البينِ مُتَّهِماً
إذ ليسَ بَينَهُما شيءٌ من الذِمَمِ
One does not complain of the treachery of separation
For between them is nothing of blame
هذا الذي خُلِقَتْ كلُّ النُفوسِ لهُ
فتُحسَبُ النَّاسُ مَوتى قَبلَ موتِهِمِ
This for which all souls were created
And people deemed dead before their death
هذا هو المَلِكُ الجَبَّارُ مُقتَدِراً
على المَمالِكِ من عُرْبٍ ومن عَجَمِ
This is the Almighty King
Powerful over Arab and non-Arab kingdoms
والعادلُ الحُكمِ لا يُرشَى على عَمَلٍ
وليسَ يَفرُقُ مخدوماً عن الخَدَمِ
The Just Judge not bribed for any deed
Who does not differentiate servant from master
مِنَّا السَّلامُ على مَن لا سَلامَ لَنا
منهُ ولا بَرْدَ يُطفي غُلَّةَ الضَرَمِ
Peace from us to Him from Whom we have no peace
Nor freshness to cool the heat of ailment
وَلّى وقد سارَ عَنّا غَيرَ مُلتَفِتٍ
نبكي فيَضحَكُ مِنَّا غيرَ مُبتَسِمِ
He turned away and left us not glancing back
We cry while He laughs at us, unsmiling
ضاعَ النُّواحُ كما ضاعتْ مَدامِعُنا
عندَ الذي قد رَماهُ البينُ بالصَّمَمِ
Condolences were lost like our tears
To Him whom separation has deafened
قد أدركَ الحَقَّ يَمشي في الضِّياءِ بهِ
والقومُ في باطلٍ يَمشُونَ في الظُّلَمِ
He attained the truth walking in its light
While people walk in falsehood, in darkness
يا أَيُّها النَّاسُ هَيُّوا الزادَ وانتَبِهوا
فالموتُ للنَّاسِ كالجَزَّارِ للغَنَمِ
O people, prepare provisions and take heed
For death to people is like the butcher to sheep
من رَامَ أنْ لا يَرَى فَقْداً لصاحِبِهِ
يَسبُقْ إلى المَوتِ كي ينجو كمُنهَزِمِ
Whoever desires not to see a friend lost
Will precede him in death to escape like one defeated
