يا مَن بِمَقتَلِهِ دَهى الدَهرُ

يا مَن بِمَقتَلِهِ دَهى الدَهرُ

قَد كانَ مِنكَ وَمِنهُمُ أَمرُ

قَد كانَ مِنكَ وَمِنهُمُ أَمرُ

O you, through whose slaying Time wrought calamity!

O you whose killing made time grieve,

A matter had indeed arisen between you and them.

There was a matter between you and them.

زَعَموا قُتِلتَ وَعِندَهُم عُذرٌ

زَعَموا قُتِلتَ وَعِندَهُم عُذرٌ

كَذَبوا وَقبرِكَ مالَهُم عُذرُ

كَذَبوا وَقبرِكَ مالَهُم عُذرُ

They claimed you were slain and that they had an excuse.

They claimed you were killed while they had an excuse,

They lied—by your grave, they have no excuse.

They lied, and for your grave they have no excuse.

يا قَبرَ سَيّدِنا المجنِّ سَماحه

يا قَبرَ سَيّدِنا المجنِّ سَماحه

صَلّى عَلَيكَ اللَهُ يا قَبرُ

صَلّى عَلَيكَ اللَهُ يا قَبرُ

O grave of our lord, concealing his bounty,

O grave of our noble forgiving master,

May God bless you, O grave.

May God pray upon you, O grave.

ما ضَرَّ قَبراً أَنتَ ساكِنهُ

ما ضَرَّ قَبراً أَنتَ ساكِنهُ

أَن لا يَمرّ بِأَرضِهِ القَطرُ

أَن لا يَمرّ بِأَرضِهِ القَطرُ

A grave you inhabit suffers no harm

It does no harm to a grave when you inhabit it,

If rain does not pass over its ground.

That rain does not pass through its land.

فَليعدِلَنَّ سَماحَ كَفِّكَ قَطرَه

فَليعدِلَنَّ سَماحَ كَفِّكَ قَطرَه

وَليورِقَنَّ بِقُربِكَ الصَخرُ

وَليورِقَنَّ بِقُربِكَ الصَخرُ

Then surely its rain shall match your hand's bounty,

So may your forgiving palm make its rain just,

And surely the rocks shall put forth leaves near you.

And may the boulders bloom in your vicinity.

وَإِذا رَقَدتَ فَأَنتَ مُنتَبهٌ

وَإِذا رَقَدتَ فَأَنتَ مُنتَبهٌ

وَإِذا انتَبهتَ فَوجهُكَ البَدرُ

وَإِذا انتَبهتَ فَوجهُكَ البَدرُ

And when you sleep, you are awake;

When you sleep, you are awake,

And when you awaken, your face is the full moon.

And when you wake, your face is the full moon.

وَإِذا غَضِبتَ تَصَدَّعَت فَرَقاً

وَإِذا غَضِبتَ تَصَدَّعَت فَرَقاً

مِنكَ الجِبالُ وَخافَكَ الذُعرُ

مِنكَ الجِبالُ وَخافَكَ الذُعرُ

And when you grow angry, they split apart in fear

And when you get angry, mountains crack into pieces,

Of you—the mountains—and terror itself fears you.

And creatures shiver in fear of you.

يا ساكِنَ القَبر السلامُ عَلى

يا ساكِنَ القَبر السلامُ عَلى

مَن حال دونَ لِقائِهِ القَبرُ

مَن حال دونَ لِقائِهِ القَبرُ

O dweller in the grave, peace be upon

Peace be upon the inhabitant of the grave,

Him whom the grave prevents me from meeting.

Whom the grave prevented from meeting us.

يا هاجِري إِذ جِئتُ زائِرَهُ

يا هاجِري إِذ جِئتُ زائِرَهُ

ما كانَ مِن عاداتِكَ الهَجرُ

ما كانَ مِن عاداتِكَ الهَجرُ

O you who shunned me when I came to visit you,

O emigrant, when I came to visit you,

Shunning was never one of your ways.

Estrangement was never your way.

واللَهِ لَو بِكَ لَم أَدَع أَحَداً

واللَهِ لَو بِكَ لَم أَدَع أَحَداً

إِلّا قَتَلتُ لفاتني الوِترُ

إِلّا قَتَلتُ لفاتني الوِترُ

By God, even if for you I spared no one

By God, if you were here, I would leave no one,

But killed them all, vengeance would still elude me.

Except I killed whoever separated us.