بموتِ أمير المؤمنين محمدٌ

بموتِ أمير المؤمنين محمدٌ

زها الموت واختالَت عليه المقابر

زها الموت واختالَت عليه المقابر

With the death of Muhammad, Commander of the Faithful,

With the death of the Commander of the Faithful Muhammad

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

Death grew proud, and the graves strutted proudly over him.

Death was adorned and the graves were disturbed for him

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

رأيت المنايا يفتَخِرنَ بموته

رأيت المنايا يفتَخِرنَ بموته

كأنّ المنايا تبتغي من تُفاخِر

كأنّ المنايا تبتغي من تُفاخِر

I saw the fates boasting of his death,

I saw death boasting of his death

I saw the Fates boasting of his demise,

As though the fates sought someone to vie with in pride.

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

فلو بكت الأيّام ميتاً بكَت له

سوالفُها والباقيات الغوابِر

سوالفُها والباقيات الغوابِر

So, had the days wept for a dead man, they would have wept for him—

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 bygone days and those remaining yet to come.

Their past events and pressing calamities

Their bygone pasts and those remaining yet to come.

وما الناسُ إلا للفناء مصيرهُم

وما الناسُ إلا للفناء مصيرهُم

لكلّ امرىءٍ من يومه ما يحاذِرُ

لكلّ امرىءٍ من يومه ما يحاذِرُ

And people's fate is nothing but extinction;

And people are only destined for death

And people are nothing but destined for annihilation,

For every man, his day holds what he dreads.

Every person has what he fears from his day

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