فجعت لفرط فراقك الاخوان

فجعت لفرط فراقك الاخوان

وتأججت بقلوبهم نيران

وتأججت بقلوبهم نيران

The brothers were stricken by the anguish of your parting,

You bereaved your brothers through the severity of your parting,

and fires blazed within their hearts.

And fires blazed within their hearts.

يا زهرة النسرين بللها

يا زهرة النسرين بللها

الندى يا وردة يا قداح يا ريحان

الندى يا وردة يا قداح يا ريحان

O eglantine blossom, moistened

O wild-rose blossom, moistened by

by dew; O rose, O orange blossom, O sweet basil.

The dew—O rose, O orange blossom, O sweet basil!

كالبلبل الجذلان كنت مغردا

كالبلبل الجذلان كنت مغردا

تشدو فتطرب حولك الأغصان

تشدو فتطرب حولك الأغصان

Like a joyous nightingale, you were a songster,

Like the joyful nightingale, you sang,

singing until the branches around you thrilled.

You warbled, delighting the branches around you.

خل وفي ساكن متواضع

خل وفي ساكن متواضع

بمكارم وفضائل مزدان

بمكارم وفضائل مزدان

A faithful friend—calm and humble,

A faithful friend, serene and humble,

adorned with noble qualities and virtues.

Adorned with noble qualities and virtues.

خلقا وخلقا كنت فينا

خلقا وخلقا كنت فينا

آية كالشمس ليس يعوزها برهان

آية كالشمس ليس يعوزها برهان

In both character and form, among us you were

In form and character, you were among us

a marvel like the sun, needing no proof.

A marvel like the sun, needing no proof.

قد خضت دجلة للوضوء ولم

قد خضت دجلة للوضوء ولم

تكن تدري بما قد قدر الرحمن

تكن تدري بما قد قدر الرحمن

You waded into the Tigris for ablution, never

You waded into the Tigris for ablution, and did not

knowing what the All-Merciful had decreed.

Know what the Most Merciful had decreed.

فمضيت للباري ضميرك طاهر

فمضيت للباري ضميرك طاهر

وغرقت كيما يطهر الجثمان

وغرقت كيما يطهر الجثمان

Then you went to the Creator, your conscience pure,

So you departed to the Creator, your conscience pure,

and drowned, so that the body might be purified.

And drowned so that your body might be purified.

فارقت صبحك يا نزيه ولم

فارقت صبحك يا نزيه ولم

يكن يحلو لصحبك منكم الهجران

يكن يحلو لصحبك منكم الهجران

You left your companions, O Nazih, though

You left your morning behind, O Nazih, and

parting from you could never be sweet to them.

Parting from you brought your companions no joy.

في كل قلب من فراقك لوعة

في كل قلب من فراقك لوعة

وبكل عين مدمع هتان

وبكل عين مدمع هتان

In every heart, the anguish of losing you;

In every heart, anguish at your parting,

and from every eye, tears pour down.

And in every eye, a torrent of tears.

ماشيعوك وإنما قد شيعوا

ماشيعوك وإنما قد شيعوا

فيك النزاهة أيها الإنسان

فيك النزاهة أيها الإنسان

They did not escort you; rather, what they escorted

They did not escort you to burial; rather, they escorted

in you was integrity itself, O man.

Integrity embodied in you, O human being.

والتف صحبك حول نعشك مثلما

والتف صحبك حول نعشك مثلما

تلتف حول المقلة الأجفان

تلتف حول المقلة الأجفان

Your companions gathered around your bier, just as

And your companions gathered around your bier, just as

eyelids gather around the eye.

The eyelids enfold the eye.

كل ينادي يا نزيه فلم تجب

كل ينادي يا نزيه فلم تجب

أحدا وكلك منطق ولسان

أحدا وكلك منطق ولسان

Each one called, “O Nazih!”—but you answered

Everyone called, O Nazih, but you did not answer

no one, though your whole being was speech and tongue.

Anyone, though your whole being was speech and tongue.

وسكنت تنظر للوفاء مجسما

وسكنت تنظر للوفاء مجسما

من إخوة أيام كنت وكانوا

من إخوة أيام كنت وكانوا

And you lay still, awaiting loyalty embodied

And you lay still, gazing at loyalty embodied

from brothers—for years, you had been with them and they with you.

By brothers from the days when you and they were together.

يا راحلا عنا ولست براحل

يا راحلا عنا ولست براحل

القلب قبرك صار والوجدان

القلب قبرك صار والوجدان

O you who have departed from us, yet are not departed:

O you who have left us, yet are not gone,

the heart and soul have become your grave.

The heart and soul have become your grave.

أنت المنزه عن عيوب لم يكن

أنت المنزه عن عيوب لم يكن

عن مثلها يتنزه الشبان

عن مثلها يتنزه الشبان

You are unsullied by faults from whose like

You are untainted by faults

young men do not keep themselves free.

Of the kind young men would not shun.

صف الصلاة به مكانك فارغ

صف الصلاة به مكانك فارغ

تبدو عليه ضراعة وحنان

تبدو عليه ضراعة وحنان

In the prayer row, your place stands empty;

In the prayer row, your place stands empty,

upon it, humble supplication and tenderness appear.

Humility and tenderness appear upon it.

وتساءل المحراب عنك وعهده

وتساءل المحراب عنك وعهده

يعلو به لدعائك الأرنان

يعلو به لدعائك الأرنان

The prayer niche asks after you, remembering when

And the prayer niche asked after you, remembering

the echoes of your supplications rose within it.

The ringing echoes of your supplication rising within it.

والثانوية لا يكف نحيبها

والثانوية لا يكف نحيبها

حزنا عليك ويصرخ النعمان

حزنا عليك ويصرخ النعمان

The secondary school’s lament does not cease,

And the secondary school's sobbing does not cease,

in grief for you, while al-Nu‘man cries out.

In grief for you, and al-Nu'man cries out.