أُعَزّي يا مُحَمَّدُ عَنكَ نَفسي

أُعَزّي يا مُحَمَّدُ عَنكَ نَفسي

مَعاذَ اللَهِ وَالمِنَنِ الجِسامِ

مَعاذَ اللَهِ وَالمِنَنِ الجِسامِ

Shall I console myself for your loss, O Muhammad?

I console my own soul for your loss, O Muhammad,

God forbid, by the mighty favors!

I seek refuge in God and His immense bounties.

فَهَلّا ماتَ قَومٌ لَم يَموتوا

فَهَلّا ماتَ قَومٌ لَم يَموتوا

وَدوفِعَ عَنكَ لي أَجَلُ الحِمامِ

وَدوفِعَ عَنكَ لي أَجَلُ الحِمامِ

Why, then, did some who still lived not die,

Why did not those people die who have yet to die,

And death’s appointed hour not be held off from you for my sake?

So that the appointed time of death might be diverted from you?

كَأَنَّ الدَهرَ صادَفَ مِنكَ ثَأراً

كَأَنَّ الدَهرَ صادَفَ مِنكَ ثَأراً

أَوِ اِستَشفى بِهُلكِكَ مِن سَقام

أَوِ اِستَشفى بِهُلكِكَ مِن سَقام

As though Time had found in you a blood-debt to settle,

It is as though Time found in you a vendetta to settle,

Or sought healing from sickness through your death.

Or sought a cure for its own sickness through your destruction.