إلى اللهِ أشكُو رَوعَتي ورزِيَّتي

إلى اللهِ أشكُو رَوعَتي ورزِيَّتي

وحُرقَةَ أحشائي لفَقْدِ أبي بَكرِ

وحُرقَةَ أحشائي لفَقْدِ أبي بَكرِ

To God I lament my terror and my grievous loss,

I complain to Allah of my anxiety and misery

and the burning pain in my entrails at the loss of Abu Bakr.

And the burning in my intestines from missing my father Bakr

خَلا ناظِري مِنه وكان سوادَهُ

خَلا ناظِري مِنه وكان سوادَهُ

ولم يَخْلُ من حزني ووجدي به صَدْري

ولم يَخْلُ من حزني ووجدي به صَدْري

My eye is bereft of him, though he was its pupil,

My eyes are empty of him and his image was their pupil

yet my breast is not empty of my sorrow and longing for him.

And my chest was never empty of sorrow and passion for him

خَشِيتُ عليه اليُتْمَ لكنَّ ثُكْلَهُ

خَشِيتُ عليه اليُتْمَ لكنَّ ثُكْلَهُ

ولوعَتَه لم يخطُرَا لي على فِكْرِ

ولوعَتَه لم يخطُرَا لي على فِكْرِ

I feared he would be orphaned, but losing him

I feared orphanhood for him but his bereavement and yearning

and the anguish of it never crossed my mind.

Never occurred to me in thought

فيا ليتَه لاقى الذي كنتُ أختَشي

فيا ليتَه لاقى الذي كنتُ أختَشي

عليه وأنّي دونَهُ صاحبُ القَبْرِ

عليه وأنّي دونَهُ صاحبُ القَبْرِ

Oh, if only he had faced what I had feared

If only he met what I used to fear for him

for him, and I, instead of him, were the one in the grave!

While I would be the companion of the grave

فما في حياتي بعدَهُ ليَ راحَةٌ

فما في حياتي بعدَهُ ليَ راحَةٌ

فيا طولَ حُزني إن تطاولَ بي عُمري

فيا طولَ حُزني إن تطاولَ بي عُمري

For there is no comfort for me in life after him;

After him there is no comfort left in my life

oh, how long my sorrow will be if my life is prolonged!

Oh how long my grief will last if my lifetime is prolonged

ولم تُسْلِني الأيَّامُ عنهُ وإنَّما

ولم تُسْلِني الأيَّامُ عنهُ وإنَّما

سُلُوِّي بما أرجو من الأجْرِ في الصَّبْرِ

سُلُوِّي بما أرجو من الأجْرِ في الصَّبْرِ

Nor have the days consoled me for his loss; rather,

The days did not ask me about him, rather

my solace lies in the reward I hope for through patience.

My consolation is in the reward I hope for in patience