عَلى فَقد مِثلَكَ تَبكى العُيون

عَلى فَقد مِثلَكَ تَبكى العُيون

وَتَجفو لَذيذ المَنامِ الجُفون

وَتَجفو لَذيذ المَنامِ الجُفون

For the loss of one like you, eyes weep.

For your loss, eyes weep

And eyelids shun sweet sleep.

And sweet sleep is denied to eyelids

يُهَوّن فَقدك عنا الخلى

يُهَوّن فَقدك عنا الخلى

وَكَيف يُهَوِّن ما لا يَهون

وَكَيف يُهَوِّن ما لا يَهون

The untroubled one would ease your loss for us,

Your absence brings us solace

But how can he ease what cannot be eased?

How can what cannot be consoled bring solace?

لَقَد خانَنا فيكَ هذا الزَمان

لَقَد خانَنا فيكَ هذا الزَمان

فَلا كانَ هذا الزَمان الخؤن

فَلا كانَ هذا الزَمان الخؤن

Indeed, this age has betrayed us in your loss;

This age has betrayed us in you

So may this treacherous age be no more!

If not, this mournful age would not be

فَوا أَسَفى كَم سَهِرت الدُجى

فَوا أَسَفى كَم سَهِرت الدُجى

وَأَبرَزت سِرّ الجَمالِ المَصون

وَأَبرَزت سِرّ الجَمالِ المَصون

Alas, my grief! How often you kept vigil through night's darkness,

Alas! How much did I stay up at night

And revealed the guarded secret of beauty,

And reveal the secret of protected beauty

وَأَوضَحت لِلطالِبينَ الهُدى

وَأَوضَحت لِلطالِبينَ الهُدى

وَلَيتُكَ أَتمَمتَ ما يَطلُبون

وَلَيتُكَ أَتمَمتَ ما يَطلُبون

And made guidance clear to the seekers.

And clarify to seekers of guidance

And would that you had completed what they seek!

If only you had completed what they seek

رَمَتكَ المَنون عَلى غُرّة

رَمَتكَ المَنون عَلى غُرّة

فَما أَخطَأتُك سِهام المَنون

فَما أَخطَأتُك سِهام المَنون

Death shot at you unawares,

Death aimed its arrows at you suddenly

And death's arrows did not miss you.

But the arrows of death did not miss you

طَنناك تُبقى لِنَفع العِباد

طَنناك تُبقى لِنَفع العِباد

فَخابَت بِمَوتِك تِلكَ الظُنون

فَخابَت بِمَوتِك تِلكَ الظُنون

We thought you would be spared to benefit humankind,

We thought you would remain for the benefit of worshipers

But with your death, those expectations came to nothing.

But those hopes failed with your death

فَبِاللَهِ قِف ساعَة يَشتَفى

فَبِاللَهِ قِف ساعَة يَشتَفى

فُؤاد لِفَقدِكَ فيهِ شُجون

فُؤاد لِفَقدِكَ فيهِ شُجون

For God's sake, pause a moment, that relief may come

So, by God, pause a moment to quench

To a heart filled with sorrows at your loss.

A heart in anguish for your loss

لَقَد سِرت نَحو السَرى مُسرِعا

لَقَد سِرت نَحو السَرى مُسرِعا

وَخَلَفت أَهلِكَ لا يَفقَهون

وَخَلَفت أَهلِكَ لا يَفقَهون

Indeed, you set off swiftly on the night journey,

You went towards the Divine Presence hastily

And left your family unable to comprehend.

Leaving behind those who do not understand

وَلَيتُكَ وَاِعدتهم عودة

وَلَيتُكَ وَاِعدتهم عودة

وَهيهات هَيهات ما يوعَدون

وَهيهات هَيهات ما يوعَدون

And would that you had promised them a return!

If only you had promised to return

But far, far off is what they are promised.

But alas, alas what they were promised

رُوَيدُكَ لا تَرتَحِل عاجِلا

رُوَيدُكَ لا تَرتَحِل عاجِلا

فَعَنكَ الاحِبَّة لا يَصبرون

فَعَنكَ الاحِبَّة لا يَصبرون

Take your time; do not depart in haste,

Slow down, do not depart hastily

For your loved ones cannot bear to be without you.

For your loved ones cannot bear it

عَلَيكَ من اللَه سَحب الرِضا

عَلَيكَ من اللَه سَحب الرِضا

وَرَوّى ثَراكَ سِحاب هتون

وَرَوّى ثَراكَ سِحاب هتون

May clouds of favor from God be upon you,

Upon you, from God, clouds of satisfaction

And may a pouring raincloud drench your grave's soil.

Which watered your tomb and brought tranquility

وَأَزكى صَلاة عَلى الهاشِمِيّ

وَأَزكى صَلاة عَلى الهاشِمِيّ

ما هَب ريح وَمالَت غُصون

ما هَب ريح وَمالَت غُصون

And the purest blessing be upon the Hashimite,

And the finest prayer for the Hashemite

As long as the wind blows and branches sway.

Is what the winds blow and the branches tilt

كَذا الآل وَالصَحب ما أَنشَدوا

كَذا الآل وَالصَحب ما أَنشَدوا

عَلى فَقد مِثلِكَ تَبكي العُيون

عَلى فَقد مِثلِكَ تَبكي العُيون

Likewise upon his family and companions, whenever they recite:

Thus did the Family and Companions recite

For the loss of one like you, eyes weep.

For your loss, eyes weep