بموتِ أمير المؤمنين محمدٌ

زها الموت واختالَت عليه المقابر

With the death of the Commander of the Faithful Muhammad

With the death of the Commander of the Faithful, Muhammad,

Death was adorned and the graves were disturbed for him

Death swelled with pride, and the graves strutted over him.

رأيت المنايا يفتَخِرنَ بموته

كأنّ المنايا تبتغي من تُفاخِر

I saw death boasting of his death

I saw the Fates boasting of his demise,

As if death was seeking someone to boast about

As if the Fates were seeking a rival to glory against.

فلو بكت الأيّام ميتاً بكَت له

سوالفُها والباقيات الغوابِر

If the days cried for a deceased, they would cry for him

For if the Days were to weep for a dead man, they would weep for him—

Their past events and pressing calamities

Their bygone pasts and those remaining yet to come.

وما الناسُ إلا للفناء مصيرهُم

لكلّ امرىءٍ من يومه ما يحاذِرُ

And people are only destined for death

And people are nothing but destined for annihilation,

Every person has what he fears from his day

For every man, from his day, comes that which he dreads.