1.  أَعينايَ جُودي بالدموع السواكبِ

    وفيضي دماءً بعد فقد الحبائبِ

    O my eyes, pour forth streaming tears,

    And overflow with blood after the loss of loved ones.

  2. لعلَّكِ تطفى بعضَ ما خَامرَ الحشَى

    من النار أو تشفي جراح النَوادبِ

    Perhaps you may quench some of what has seized my heart—

    The fire—or heal the wounds of mourning women.

  3. طَوَى الدهر ما بيني وبين احبَّتي

    وجمَّع ما بيني وبين المصائبِ

    Time has folded away the ties between me and my loved ones,

    And brought me together with calamities.

  4. تتابعَت الأَرزآءُ من كلّ جانبٍ

    عليَّ كما ينهلُّ غيث السحائبِ

    Misfortunes have followed one another from every side

    Upon me, as rain pours down from the clouds.

  5. ولو كان همٌّ واحدٌ لاحتملتهُ

    ولكن همومٌ أَعَجزَت كلَّ حاسبِ

    And were it but one sorrow, I would have borne it,

    But these sorrows have baffled all who would count them.

  6. شقيقيَ عبد الله أَنّى تركتني

    بقلبٍ جريحٍ من فراقِكَ ذائبِ

    My brother Abdullah, how could you leave me

    With a wounded heart, melting from parting with you?

  7. أَيا غصنَ بانٍ قد بَغَى البين كسرَهُ

    ويا قمراً أخفَتهُ سحب النوائبِ

    O branch of a bān tree, which separation has sought to break,

    And O moon hidden by clouds of calamity,

  8. ويا كوكباً قد غاب عَني في الثَرَى

    وما هكَذَا عهدي غياب الكواكبِ

    And O star that has vanished from me into the earth,

    Yet never have I known stars to vanish this way.

  9. لئن غبتَ عن عيني فشخصُكَ لم يزل

    أَمامي في طيّ الحَشَى والترائبِ

    Though you have vanished from my sight, your form remains

    Before me, within the folds of my heart and ribs.

  10. وقد كنتُ أَرجو أن أَرَى لكَ عودةً

    فخاب رجائي فيكَمن كل جانبِ

    And I had hoped to see you return,

    But my hope for you was dashed on every side.

  11. فيا دمعَ عيني لا تجفَّ من البكا

    ويا جدمرَ قلبي لا برَحتَ مُصَاحبي

    So, O tears of my eye, never run dry of weeping,

    And O ember of my heart, may you never cease to be my companion.

  12. سَلاَمٌ على ذاكَ الضريحِ وَرَحمةٌ

    تفيضُ عليهِ كالغيوثِ السَواكبِ

    Peace be upon that tomb, and mercy

    Pouring over it like streaming rains.

  13. سأَبكيكَ دهري ما حَييتُ وأن أَمُت

    ستبكي عظَامي تَحتَ طيّ الترائبِ

    I shall weep for you all my days, as long as I live; and if I die,

    My bones will weep beneath the folds of my ribs.