أَبا خالِدٍ بادَت خُراسانُ بَعدكُم

أَبا خالِدٍ بادَت خُراسانُ بَعدكُم

وصاحَ ذوو الحاجاتِ أَينَ يَزيدُ

وصاحَ ذوو الحاجاتِ أَينَ يَزيدُ

O Abu Khalid, Khurasan has perished after you.

O Abu Khalid, Khorasan has withered after you all,

And those in need cried out, "Where is Yazid?"

And those in need cried out, where is Yazid?

فَلا مُطِرَ المَروانِ بَعدك مطرَةً

فَلا مُطِرَ المَروانِ بَعدك مطرَةً

وَلا اخضَرَّ بالمَروَينِ بَعدَك عودُ

وَلا اخضَرَّ بالمَروَينِ بَعدَك عودُ

So may not a single shower fall upon the two Mervs after you.

No rain of Marwan's fell after you a drop,

Nor may a branch turn green in the two Mervs after you.

Nor did, after you, a branch grow green in Marw,

فَما لِسَريرِ المُلكِ بَعدَك بَهجَةٌ

فَما لِسَريرِ المُلكِ بَعدَك بَهجَةٌ

وَلا لِجَوادٍ بَعدَ جودكَ جودُ

وَلا لِجَوادٍ بَعدَ جودكَ جودُ

For the royal throne has no splendor after you.

So the throne of kingship had no joy after you,

Nor has any generous man generosity after yours.

Nor to a generous man after your bounty, any bounty.