أَمسَت هُمومٌ ثِقالٌ قَد تَأَوَّبُني

أَمسَت هُمومٌ ثِقالٌ قَد تَأَوَّبُني

مَثلُ الصُخورِ عِظامٌ هَدَّتِ الجَسَدا

مَثلُ الصُخورِ عِظامٌ هَدَّتِ الجَسَدا

At evening, heavy sorrows have returned to me,

The burdens are now heavy upon me, bending me over

huge as rocks, they have crushed my body.

Like rocks my bones weakened my body

لَيتَ القِيامَةَ قامَت عِندَ مَهلِكِهِ

لَيتَ القِيامَةَ قامَت عِندَ مَهلِكِهِ

كَيلاً نَرى بَعدَهُ مالاً وَلا وَلَداً

كَيلاً نَرى بَعدَهُ مالاً وَلا وَلَداً

If only the Resurrection had come at his death,

Would that the Day of Resurrection was upon my killer

so that after him we would see neither wealth nor offspring.

So I no longer see, after it, property or child

وَلَستُ آسى عَلى شَيءٍ فُجِعتُ بِهِ

وَلَستُ آسى عَلى شَيءٍ فُجِعتُ بِهِ

بَعدَ الرَسولِ إِذا اَمسى مَيِّتاً فُقِدا

بَعدَ الرَسولِ إِذا اَمسى مَيِّتاً فُقِدا

And I grieve for nothing I have been bereft of

And I do not grieve for anything I was anguished by

after the Messenger, now that he lies dead and is gone.

After the Messenger, when the deceased is missed

كانَ المُصَفّى مِنَ الآفاتِ قَد عَلِموا

كانَ المُصَفّى مِنَ الآفاتِ قَد عَلِموا

وَفي العَفافِ فَلا تَعدِل بِهِ أَحَدا

وَفي العَفافِ فَلا تَعدِل بِهِ أَحَدا

He was free of flaws, as they well knew;

The chosen one knew to be pure of flaws

and in chastity, set no one equal to him.

And in chastity none can match him

كَم لِيَ بَعدَكَ مِن هَمٍّ يُنَصِّبُني

كَم لِيَ بَعدَكَ مِن هَمٍّ يُنَصِّبُني

إِذا تَذَكَّرتُ أَنّي لا أَراكَ اَبَدا

إِذا تَذَكَّرتُ أَنّي لا أَراكَ اَبَدا

How much grief is mine after you, wearing me down,

How much grief remains for me after you

when I remember that I shall never see you again.

When I remember I will never see you again

نَفسي فِداؤُكَ مِن مَيتٍ وَمِن بَدَنٍ

نَفسي فِداؤُكَ مِن مَيتٍ وَمِن بَدَنٍ

ما أَطيَبَ الذِكرَ وَالأَخلاقَ وَالجَسَدا

ما أَطيَبَ الذِكرَ وَالأَخلاقَ وَالجَسَدا

My soul be your ransom, as a dead man and as a body—

My soul is your ransom from a dead and lifeless body

how sweet your remembrance, your character, and your body!

How beautiful your memory, character and body