تَوَلّى فَكانَ الحَيا

تَوَلّى فَكانَ الحَيا

يَشي الأَرضَ إِن جادَها

يَشي الأَرضَ إِن جادَها

He passed away; he had been the rain

He departed, and he was the life-giving rain,

that adorns the earth whenever it waters it.

That embroiders the earth when it pours generously upon it.

وَلَو عاشَ لي خُوِّلَت

وَلَو عاشَ لي خُوِّلَت

بِهِ الخَيلُ إِنجادَها

بِهِ الخَيلُ إِنجادَها

And had he lived for me, there would have been granted

And had he lived for me, the horses would have been granted,

through him, succor to the steeds.

Through him, their ascent to the heights.

يُؤَسِّسُ عَلياءَهُ

يُؤَسِّسُ عَلياءَهُ

عَلى البِرِّ إِن شادَها

عَلى البِرِّ إِن شادَها

He lays the foundations of his lofty renown

He establishes his eminence,

on goodness whenever he builds it.

Upon righteousness whenever he raises it.

فَحَسبي مَراثٍ لَهُ

فَحَسبي مَراثٍ لَهُ

أُرَدِّدُ إِنشادَها

أُرَدِّدُ إِنشادَها

So elegies for him must suffice me;

So my share is but elegies for him,

I recite them over and over.

That I repeat in recitation.