لِيَبكِ رَسولَ اللَهِ مَن كانَ باكِيا

لِيَبكِ رَسولَ اللَهِ مَن كانَ باكِيا

وَلا تَنسَ قَبراً بِالمَدينَةِ ثاوِيا

وَلا تَنسَ قَبراً بِالمَدينَةِ ثاوِيا

Let whoever would weep weep for God's Messenger.

Let the Prophet of Allah be mourned by whoever mourns,

And do not forget a grave that lies in Medina.

And do not forget a grave in Medina left barren.

جَزى اللَهُ عَنّا كُلَّ خَيرٍ مُحَمَّداً

جَزى اللَهُ عَنّا كُلَّ خَيرٍ مُحَمَّداً

فَقَد كانَ مَهديّاً دَليلاً وَهادِيا

فَقَد كانَ مَهديّاً دَليلاً وَهادِيا

May God reward Muhammad with every good on our behalf.

May Allah reward Muhammad for all the good from us,

For he was rightly guided, a guide and a giver of guidance.

For he was a guide, evidence and leader.

وَلَن تَسرِيَ الذِكرى بِما هُوهَ أَهلُهُ

وَلَن تَسرِيَ الذِكرى بِما هُوهَ أَهلُهُ

إِذا كُنتَ لِلبِرِّ المُطَهِّرِ ناسيّا

إِذا كُنتَ لِلبِرِّ المُطَهِّرِ ناسيّا

And remembrance will not spread as he deserves,

Remembrance will not flow with what he deserves,

if you forget purifying righteousness.

If you forget the pure and cleansing righteousness.

أَتَنسى رَسولَ اللَهِ أَفضَلَ مَن مَشى

أَتَنسى رَسولَ اللَهِ أَفضَلَ مَن مَشى

وَآثارُهُ بِالمَسجِدَينِ كَما هِيا

وَآثارُهُ بِالمَسجِدَينِ كَما هِيا

Do you forget God's Messenger, the best of those who walked,

Can you forget the Messenger of Allah, the best of all who walked,

while his traces in the two mosques remain unchanged?

And his traces in the two mosques as they are?

وَكانَ أَبَرَّ الناسِ بِالناسِ كُلِّهِم

وَكانَ أَبَرَّ الناسِ بِالناسِ كُلِّهِم

وَأَكرَمَهُم بَيتاً وَشِعباً وَوادِيا

وَأَكرَمَهُم بَيتاً وَشِعباً وَوادِيا

And he was the kindest of people toward all people,

He was the most righteous of all people,

and the noblest of them in house, ravine, and valley.

The most generous of home, lineage and valley.

تَكَدَّرَ مِن بَعدِ النَبيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ

تَكَدَّرَ مِن بَعدِ النَبيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ

عَلَيهِ سَلامُ اللَهِ ما كانَ صافِيا

عَلَيهِ سَلامُ اللَهِ ما كانَ صافِيا

After the Prophet Muhammad, there grew turbid—

After the Prophet Muhammad,

God's peace be upon him—what once was clear.

Peace of Allah be upon him, it has not stayed pure.

فَكَم مِن مَنارٍ كانَ أَوضَحَهُ لَنا

فَكَم مِن مَنارٍ كانَ أَوضَحَهُ لَنا

وَمِن عَلَمٍ أَمسى وَأَصبَحَ عافِيا

وَمِن عَلَمٍ أَمسى وَأَصبَحَ عافِيا

So how many beacons he had made clear to us,

So many a minaret was made clear to us by him,

and how many landmarks now lie effaced, evening and morning!

And from a flag that turned both night and day unharmed.

رَكَنّا إِلى الدُنيا الدَنيَّةِ بَعدَهُ

رَكَنّا إِلى الدُنيا الدَنيَّةِ بَعدَهُ

وَكَشَّفَتِ الأَطماعُ مِنّا المَساوِيا

وَكَشَّفَتِ الأَطماعُ مِنّا المَساوِيا

We leaned toward the base world after him,

We clung to the lowly world after him

and greed laid bare the faults within us.

And ambitions exposed from us the smooth.

وَإِنّا لَنُرمى كُلَّ يَومٍ بِعِبرَةٍ

وَإِنّا لَنُرمى كُلَّ يَومٍ بِعِبرَةٍ

نَراها فَما تَزدَدُ إِلّا تَمادِيا

نَراها فَما تَزدَدُ إِلّا تَمادِيا

And we are surely struck each day by a lesson;

And we are certainly cast with a lesson every day

we see it, yet you only persist further in error.

That we see but it only increases continuously.

نُسَرُّ بِدارٍ أَورَثَتنا تَضاغُناً

نُسَرُّ بِدارٍ أَورَثَتنا تَضاغُناً

عَلَيها وَدارٍ أَورَثَتنا تَعادِيا

عَلَيها وَدارٍ أَورَثَتنا تَعادِيا

We rejoice in an abode that has bequeathed us mutual rancor

We are delighted by a house that bequeathed us contention over it,

over it, and in an abode that has bequeathed us mutual enmity.

And a house that bequeathed us hostility.

إِذا المَرءُ لَم يَلبَس ثِياباً مِنَ التُقى

إِذا المَرءُ لَم يَلبَس ثِياباً مِنَ التُقى

تَقَلَّبَ عُرياناً وَإِن كانَ كاسِيا

تَقَلَّبَ عُرياناً وَإِن كانَ كاسِيا

If a man does not wear garments of piety,

When a man does not wear clothes of piety,

he goes about naked, even if clothed.

He tosses bare even if he was clothed.

أَخي كُن عَلى يَأسٍ مِنَ الناسِ كُلِّهُم

أَخي كُن عَلى يَأسٍ مِنَ الناسِ كُلِّهُم

جَميعاً وَكُن ما عِشتَ لِلَّهِ راجِيا

جَميعاً وَكُن ما عِشتَ لِلَّهِ راجِيا

My brother, place no hope in people, all of them,

My brother, despair from all the people entirely,

without exception; and hope in God as long as you live.

And live whatever you live for Allah hopeful.

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ اللَهَ يَكفي عِبادَهُ

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ اللَهَ يَكفي عِبادَهُ

فَحَسبُ عِبادِ اللَهِ بِاللَهِ كافِيا

فَحَسبُ عِبادِ اللَهِ بِاللَهِ كافِيا

Have you not seen that God suffices His servants?

Do you not see that Allah suffices His servants?

So God is sufficient for God's servants.

So sufficient for the slaves of Allah is Allah as guardian.

وَكَم مِن هَناتٍ ما عَلَيكَ لَمَستَها

وَكَم مِن هَناتٍ ما عَلَيكَ لَمَستَها

مِنَ الناسِ يَوماً أَو لَمَستَ الأَفاعِيا

مِنَ الناسِ يَوماً أَو لَمَستَ الأَفاعِيا

And how many ills! What difference does it make whether you suffer them

And how many soft sorrows you have not touched

from people one day, or touch vipers?

From the people one day or the snakes have touched?

أَخي قَد أَبى بُخلي وَبُخلُكَ أَن يُرى

أَخي قَد أَبى بُخلي وَبُخلُكَ أَن يُرى

لِذي فاقَةٍ مِنّي وَمِنكَ مُؤاسِيا

لِذي فاقَةٍ مِنّي وَمِنكَ مُؤاسِيا

My brother, my stinginess and yours have kept us from being seen

My brother, my stinginess and your stinginess refused

giving aid to anyone in need, whether you or I.

To be seen by one needy, a comforter from me or you.

كِلانا بَطينٌ جَنبُهُ ظاهِرُ الكُسى

كِلانا بَطينٌ جَنبُهُ ظاهِرُ الكُسى

وَفي الناسِ مَن يُمسي وَيُصبِحُ طاوِيا

وَفي الناسِ مَن يُمسي وَيُصبِحُ طاوِيا

Each of us is potbellied, his sides visibly clothed,

We both are bellies, its exterior is clothing,

yet among the people are those who go hungry evening and morning.

And among the people are those who sleep and wake famished.

كَأَنّا خُلِقنا لِلبَقاءِ وَأَيُّنا

كَأَنّا خُلِقنا لِلبَقاءِ وَأَيُّنا

وَإِن مُدَّتِ الدُنيا لَهُ لَيسَ فانِيا

وَإِن مُدَّتِ الدُنيا لَهُ لَيسَ فانِيا

As though we were created to last forever—and which of us,

It is as if we were created to remain, and which of us

even if life in this world is prolonged for him, is not mortal?

And though the life of the world for him is not ephemeral?

أَبى المَوتُ إِلّا أَن يَكونَ لِمَن ثَوى

أَبى المَوتُ إِلّا أَن يَكونَ لِمَن ثَوى

مِنَ الخَلقِ طُرّاً حَيثُما كانَ لاقِا

مِنَ الخَلقِ طُرّاً حَيثُما كانَ لاقِا

Death insists that it shall meet whoever dwells

Death refused except to be for whoever of creation withered,

among all creation, wherever he may be.

Wherever he was, a flying particle.

حَسَمتَ المُنى يا مَوتُ حَسماً مُبَرِّحاً

حَسَمتَ المُنى يا مَوتُ حَسماً مُبَرِّحاً

وَعَلَّتَ يا مَوتُ البُكاءَ البَواكِيا

وَعَلَّتَ يا مَوتُ البُكاءَ البَواكِيا

You have cut off hopes, O Death, with an agonizing cut.

You have decided, O death, a relieving decision,

And, O Death, you gave the weeping women repeated draughts of weeping.

And you have raised, O death, the crying and weeping.

وَمَزَّقتَنا يا مَوتُ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ

وَمَزَّقتَنا يا مَوتُ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ

وَعَرَّفتَنا يا مَوتُ مِنكَ الدَواهِيا

وَعَرَّفتَنا يا مَوتُ مِنكَ الدَواهِيا

And you have torn us utterly apart, O Death,

And you have torn us, O death, all torn,

and you have shown us, O Death, the calamities you bring.

And you have acquainted us, O death, from you warnings.

أَلا يا طَويلَ السَهوِ أَصبَحتَ ساهِيا

أَلا يا طَويلَ السَهوِ أَصبَحتَ ساهِيا

وَأَصبَحتَ مُغتَرّاً وَأَصبَحتَ لاكِيا

وَأَصبَحتَ مُغتَرّاً وَأَصبَحتَ لاكِيا

Ah, you long heedless one, you have become heedless,

Do not, O lengthy heedlessness, you have become forgetful,

and you have become deluded, and you cling on.

And you have become deluded and you have become frolicsome.

أَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ نَحنُ نَلقى جَنازَةً

أَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ نَحنُ نَلقى جَنازَةً

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ نَحنُ نَسمَعُ ناعِيا

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ نَحنُ نَسمَعُ ناعِيا

Do we encounter a funeral every day,

Do we every day meet a funeral,

and every day hear someone announcing a death,

And every day do we hear a wailing?

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ مِنكَ نَرثي لِمُعوِلٍ

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ مِنكَ نَرثي لِمُعوِلٍ

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ نَحنُ نُسعِدُ باكِيا

وَفي كُلِّ يَومٍ نَحنُ نُسعِدُ باكِيا

and every day, because of you, pity a wailer,

And every day from you we eulogize for an afflicted one,

and every day join a weeper in mourning?

And every day we are made happy by a crying one.

أَلا أَيُّها الباني لِغَيرِ بَلاغِهِ

أَلا أَيُّها الباني لِغَيرِ بَلاغِهِ

أَلا لِخَرابِ الدَهرِ أَصبَحتَ بانِيا

أَلا لِخَرابِ الدَهرِ أَصبَحتَ بانِيا

Ah, you who build beyond what suffices you,

Do not, O you who build for other than reaching it!

ah, you have become a builder of what time will ruin.

Do not, for the ruin of fate you have become building!

أَلا لِزَوالِ العُمرِ أَصبَحتَ جامِعاً

أَلا لِزَوالِ العُمرِ أَصبَحتَ جامِعاً

وَأَصبَحتَ مُختالاً فَخوراً مُباهِيا

وَأَصبَحتَ مُختالاً فَخوراً مُباهِيا

Ah, you have become a hoarder, only for life to pass away,

Do not, for the passing of life you have become collecting,

and you have become conceited, boastful, and vainglorious.

And you have become strutting, arrogant and boasting!

كَأَنَّكَ قَد وَلَّيتَ عَن كُلِّ ما تَرى

كَأَنَّكَ قَد وَلَّيتَ عَن كُلِّ ما تَرى

وَخَلَّفتَ مَن خَلَّفتَهُ عَنكَ سالِيا

وَخَلَّفتَ مَن خَلَّفتَهُ عَنكَ سالِيا

As though you had turned away from all you see,

It is as if you have turned away from all that you see,

and left those you left behind forgetful of you.

And left whom you left from you roaming.