أنعى إليك إشارات القلوب معاً

أنعى إليك إشارات القلوب معاً

لم يبق منهن إلا دارس العلم

لم يبق منهن إلا دارس العلم

I mourn to You all the heart’s intimations;

I announce to you the passing of all the hearts’ intimations.

I lament to you the signs of hearts together

Nothing remains of them but an effaced trace.

Nothing remains of them but a faded landmark.

None remains except the student of knowledge

أنعى إليك قلوباً طالما هطلت

أنعى إليك قلوباً طالما هطلت

سحائب الجود منها أبحر الحكم

سحائب الجود منها أبحر الحكم

I mourn to You hearts from which, time and again,

I announce to you the passing of hearts that so often rained down

I lament to you hearts from which for long

Clouds of bounty rained down oceans of wisdom.

seas of wisdom from their clouds of bounty.

Poured down showers of generosity, oceans of wisdom

أنعى إليك نفوساً طاح شاهدها

أنعى إليك نفوساً طاح شاهدها

فيما ورا الحيث بل في شاهد القدم

فيما ورا الحيث بل في شاهد القدم

I mourn to You souls whose witnessing was swept away

I announce to you the passing of souls whose witness fell away

I lament to you souls whose monument lies

Beyond all where-ness—nay, into the vision of pre-eternity.

into what lies beyond the ‘where’—rather, into the witness of beginningless eternity.

Beyond perception, nay in the monument of antiquity

أنعى إليك لسان الحق مذ زمن

أنعى إليك لسان الحق مذ زمن

أودى وتذكاره في الوهم كالعدم

أودى وتذكاره في الوهم كالعدم

I mourn to You the tongue of Truth, which long ago

I announce to you the passing of the tongue of Truth, which long ago

I lament to you the tongue of truth since an epoch

Perished; even its memory is as nothing in the mind.

perished, and its remembrance in the imagination is as nothing.

It perished and its remembrance is like nonexistence in the mind

أنعى إليك بياناً تستكين له

أنعى إليك بياناً تستكين له

أسماع كل فصيح مقول فهم

أسماع كل فصيح مقول فهم

I mourn to You an eloquence before which submit

I announce to you the passing of eloquence to which submit

I lament to you an eloquence which ears

The ears of every eloquent, articulate, discerning soul.

the ears of every eloquent, articulate, discerning speaker.

Of every eloquent speaker of coherent speech used to seek

أنعى وحقك أخلاقاً لطائفة

أنعى وحقك أخلاقاً لطائفة

كانت مطاياهم من مكمن الكظم

كانت مطاياهم من مكمن الكظم

I mourn—by Your truth—the virtues of a fellowship:

I announce, by your honor, the passing of the virtues of a company

I lament - by your right - manners of a group

They were their steeds, issuing from the hidden depths of restraint.

that were their mounts from the hidden recess of restraint.

Whose mounts were from the source of patience

مضى الجميع فلا عين ولا أثر

مضى الجميع فلا عين ولا أثر

مضي عادٍ وفقدان الألى إرم

مضي عادٍ وفقدان الألى إرم

All have passed away, leaving neither sight nor trace—

All have passed away; neither a person nor a trace remains,

They all passed away, no eye or trace

As ʿĀd passed away and the people of Iram were lost.

like the passing of ‘Ad and the loss of the people of Iram.

Passing of a people and loss of loved ones, a ruin