إنَّ الأَكارم والمكارم

إنَّ الأَكارم والمكارم

والأَفاضل والأَماجدْ

والأَفاضل والأَماجدْ

The noble and all noble virtues—

Truly, the noble and noble virtues,

The virtues, honors, excellences, and glories

the excellent and the illustrious—

and the worthy and the illustrious,

Have lost Muhammad, their trusted one.

فقدت محمَّدها الأَمينَ

فقدت محمَّدها الأَمينَ

فيا لمفقود وفاقدْ

فيا لمفقود وفاقدْ

have lost their faithful Muhammad:

have lost their Muhammad al-Amin.

So what a loss for the lost one!

alas for the one lost, and those bereft!

Alas for the one lost and the one bereaved!

The abodes of piety are empty,

وخَلَتْ معاهدُ للتُّقى

وخَلَتْ معاهدُ للتُّقى

وتعطَّلتْ تلك المساجد

وتعطَّلتْ تلك المساجد

The sanctuaries of piety stand deserted,

And the seats of piety stand empty,

And those mosques are inactive.

and those mosques have fallen idle;

and those mosques lie idle.

Schools wept for him after he was gone,

وبكت عليه مدارسٌ

وبكت عليه مدارسٌ

من بعده وخلتْ مساجد

من بعده وخلتْ مساجد

schools have wept for him,

And schools wept for him,

And the mosques became empty.

and after him the mosques stand empty.

after his passing, and mosques stood empty.

He was the greatest authority

قد كانَ أعظم حجَّةٍ

قد كانَ أعظم حجَّةٍ

في الدِّين تُفْحِمُ كلَّ حاجد

في الدِّين تُفْحِمُ كلَّ حاجد

He was the mightiest proof

He was indeed the greatest proof

In religion, silencing all dissenters.

of the faith, silencing every denier.

in the faith, silencing every denier.

In all the land, there was none

ما في البريَّة كلِّها

ما في البريَّة كلِّها

أقوى وأعدل منه شاهد

أقوى وأعدل منه شاهد

In all creation there is

In all creation there is no

Stronger or more just than him as witness.

no witness stronger or more just than he.

witness stronger and more just than he.

I swear by God, he was the only one

بالله أُقسِمُ إنَّه

بالله أُقسِمُ إنَّه

في ملَّة الإِسلام واحد

في ملَّة الإِسلام واحد

By God, I swear that he

By God, I swear that he

In the religion of Islam.

was peerless in the creed of Islam.

is peerless in the faith of Islam.

The sources of his knowledge

كانت موارد علمه

كانت موارد علمه

شِرَعاً شُرعن لكلِّ وارد

شِرَعاً شُرعن لكلِّ وارد

The wellsprings of his knowledge

The wellsprings of his knowledge were

Were a canon legislated for every visitor.

were open paths, laid out for every seeker.

paths to water laid open to all who came.

For the upright religion - if you look -

قد كانَ للدين القويم

قد كانَ للدين القويم

إذا نظرت يداً وساعد

إذا نظرت يداً وساعد

To the upright faith he was—

He was indeed, for the upright faith,

He was a hand and a helper.

whenever one looked—a hand and supporting arm.

as you could see, a hand and an arm.

O preacher! By his existence,

يا واعظاً بوجوده

يا واعظاً بوجوده

عِظمةٌ تلين لها الجلامد

عِظمةٌ تلين لها الجلامد

O preacher, whose very presence

O preacher, in whose very presence lies

A loftiness that softens the solid rocks.

held a majesty that softened stone!

a greatness before which hard rocks soften!

O you remote from his company!

يا نائياً عن صحبه

يا نائياً عن صحبه

هل أنت بعد النأي عائد

هل أنت بعد النأي عائد

O you who have gone far from your companions,

O you, far from your companions,

Will you return after remoteness?

will you return after this long absence?

will you return after this separation?

So you have granted a request

فلكم سددت على امرئٍ

فلكم سددت على امرئٍ

بابَ المطالب والمقاصد

بابَ المطالب والمقاصد

How often you barred a man

How often, then, you have shut against a man

To one who sought objectives and aims.

from the gate of his desires and designs;

the door to hopes and aims!

And you let flow a tear that for me

وأذَبْتَ دَمعاً كانَ لي

وأذَبْتَ دَمعاً كانَ لي

من قبل هذا اليوم جامد

من قبل هذا اليوم جامد

and you melted tears of mine

And you melted tears of mine that were

Before this day was frozen.

that, until this day, had been frozen.

frozen before this day.

Where are the precious tenets and principles,

أينَ الفرائدُ والشرائدُ

أينَ الفرائدُ والشرائدُ

والعرائدُ والفوائدْ

والعرائدُ والفوائدْ

Where are the precious pearls, the rare creations,

Where are the peerless gems and wandering verses,

The doctrines, and the benefits?

the original works and rich insights?

and the grand odes and the benefits?

I did not hope that I

ما كنت آمل أنَّني

ما كنت آمل أنَّني

أنعي على الأيام واجد

أنعي على الأيام واجد

I never imagined that I

I never expected that I

Would lament over the days, finding them transient.

would mourn, indignant at the days,

would reproach the days, grief-stricken,

And that after my loved ones,

وألين بعد أحبَّتي

وألين بعد أحبَّتي

للحادثات من الشدائد

للحادثات من الشدائد

or, after losing my loved ones, yield

and, after my loved ones, yield

I would be soft towards the calamities of fate.

to calamities and their afflictions—

to the grievous calamities.

My time does not aid me with a strong hand,

لا ساعدي فيه القويّ

لا ساعدي فيه القويّ

ولا على زمني مساعد

ولا على زمني مساعد

with neither my strong arm beside me

My arm is not strong in this,

Nor does it help me.

nor any helper against my age.

nor have I a helper against my times.

And indeed I am weary of life

ولقد سئمت من الحياة

ولقد سئمت من الحياة

بما أُشاهد أو أُكابد

بما أُشاهد أو أُكابد

I have indeed grown weary of life

And I have indeed grown weary of life,

With what I see and endure.

from what I witness and endure.

because of what I witness or endure.

When we lost the righteous ones,

لما فقدنا الصالحين

لما فقدنا الصالحين

علمتُ أنَّ الدهر فاسد

علمتُ أنَّ الدهر فاسد

When we lost the righteous,

When we lost the righteous,

I learned that time is corrupt.

I knew that time itself was corrupt.

I knew that Time was corrupt.