لا عَيشَ أَو يَتَحامى جِسمَكَ الوَصَبُ

لا عَيشَ أَو يَتَحامى جِسمَكَ الوَصَبُ

فَتَنجَلي بِكَ عَن خُلصانِكَ الكُرَبُ

فَتَنجَلي بِكَ عَن خُلصانِكَ الكُرَبُ

There is no life until sickness shuns your body,

No life or vigor remains in your weary body,

so that through you sorrows are lifted from your closest friends.

So your troubles can be relieved through you.

لَعاً أَبا جَعفَرٍ وَاِسلَم فَقَد سَلِمَت

لَعاً أَبا جَعفَرٍ وَاِسلَم فَقَد سَلِمَت

بِكَ المروءَةُ واِستَعلى بِكَ الحَسَبُ

بِكَ المروءَةُ واِستَعلى بِكَ الحَسَبُ

May you recover, Abu Ja‘far, and be well, for preserved

Curse Abu Ja'far and bid him farewell, for you are now at peace.

through you is noble character, and through you ancestral honor has risen high.

Through you, chivalry thrived, and nobility stood tall.

إِنّا جَهِلنا فَخِلناكَ اِعتَلَلتَ وَلا

إِنّا جَهِلنا فَخِلناكَ اِعتَلَلتَ وَلا

وَاللَهِ ما اِعتَلَّ إِلاّ المُلكُ وَالأَدَبُ

وَاللَهِ ما اِعتَلَّ إِلاّ المُلكُ وَالأَدَبُ

We were ignorant, so we thought you had fallen ill—but no:

We were ignorant when we abandoned you in illness, but,

by God, only kingship and literature have fallen ill.

By God, only leadership and grace fell ill.