أعزّي وزير الأمتين وأشتكي
إليه من الأقدار موت أبيهِ
I console the minister of the two nations and complain
to him of fate over the death of his father.
مضى خاتم الجيل الممهد سبله
إلى المجد للجيل الذي سيليه
Gone is the last of the generation that paved the paths
to glory for the generation that will follow it.
أبوك أبو الأحرار في الأرض كلها
فخطبهمُ فيه كخطبك فيه
Your father was the father of free men throughout the earth;
so their loss in him is like your own.
وإن الذي أعطى بنيه خلاله
لباق على الدنيا بقاء بنيه
And he who has passed his virtues on to his sons
surely lives on in this world as long as his sons live.
وإن لم نجد عنه من الأمر شاغلاً
ففيك الغنى عنه لمفتقديه
And though we find no concern to distract us from him,
in you those who miss him find all they need in his stead.
وقد كان أولى أن يعيش إلى المدى
ترى فيه ما أمّلته وتريه
And it would have been more fitting for him to live until the time
when you could see what you had hoped for and show it to him.
Sol 6.1