1. يا عين بكى فوادا

    ولا تذوقي رقادا

    O eye, weep for Fuad,

    and taste no sleep.

  2. ويا لهيب فوادى

    زد ما استطعت اتقادا

    And O flame of my heart,

    increase your burning as much as you can.

  3. لم يبق في العيش خير

    ومعدن الخير فادا

    No good remains in life,

    and the source of goodness has died.

  4. قضى الذي ما اطلقت

    له القلوب بعادا

    He has died, whom hearts never

    allowed to grow distant.

  5. ولم تكن تتمنى

    سوى رضاه تلادا

    Nor did they ever desire

    any lasting treasure but his favor.

  6. وكان يغنى ويقنى

    الغياب والاشهادا

    He enriched and endowed

    those absent and those present.

  7. وكان للملك ركنا

    وللعباد عمادا

    He was a pillar of the realm,

    and a mainstay for the people.

  8. اني يموت همام

    قد كان يحيى البلادا

    How can a valiant man die,

    who once gave life to the lands?

  9. اني يغيب في الترب

    من اظل العبادا

    How can he vanish into the dust,

    who sheltered the people?

  10. وكان في الحرب يلقى

    جيشا يسد السوادا

    In war he would confront

    an army that filled the horizon,

  11. كانه كان يلقى

    وفدا لجدواه غادى

    as though he were meeting

    a delegation come early for his bounty.

  12. ما سل يوما حساما

    الا واعلى الجهادا

    Never did he draw a sword

    without exalting jihad.

  13. ولم يخط كتابا

    الا واغلى المدادا

    Nor did he pen a letter

    without making the ink more precious.

  14. بعد الارائك امسى

    له الحضيض مهادا

    After couches, he now has

    the lowly ground as his bed.

  15. وبعد تلك المذاكى

    قد وسد الاعوادا

    And after those full-grown steeds,

    he is now pillowed on wooden planks.

  16. يا طالما قصدته

    وفد الملوك اعتمادا

    Ah, how often he was sought out by

    kings' delegations, relying on him!

  17. واسرعت لرضاه

    جماعة وفرادى

    And they hastened to win his favor,

    in groups and singly.

  18. فياله من مصاب

    يقلقل الاطوادا

    What a calamity it is,

    that shakes the mountains!

  19. ويا له من مناب

    يفتت الاكبادا

    And what an affliction,

    that shatters the livers!

  20. ان الذي كان ينمى

    الجماد صار جمادا

    He who once gave growth to

    lifeless matter has become lifeless matter.

  21. يا من رأى بدر مجد

    هوى وحل الوهادا

    O you who saw a full moon of glory

    fall and settle in the hollows!

  22. يا من رأى طود عز

    الى الثرى قد عادا

    O you who saw a mountain of might

    return to the dust!

  23. يا من رأى يوم بأس

    فتى يلذ الجلادا

    O you who saw, on a day of battle,

    a young man delighting in combat,

  24. ويوم سلم يبر

    العفاة والورادتا

    and, on a day of peace, showing kindness to

    petitioners and visitors—

  25. صف لي التصبر ان لم

    تعد على الرشادا

    Describe patient endurance to me, if you do not

    transgress against good sense.

  26. قل لي انأسو أسانا

    اذا لبسنا الحدادا

    Tell me: can we heal our sorrow

    by putting on mourning clothes,

  27. او ان شققنا جيوبا

    او ان لزمنا السهادا

    or by tearing our collars,

    or by keeping sleepless vigil?

  28. هيهات ليس عزاء

    وما اراه مفادا

    Far from it: there is no consolation,

    and I see no benefit in it.

  29. فالخطب اعظم من ان

    يجيب فيه المنادى

    For the calamity is too great

    for the one called upon to answer.

  30. والقدر ليس يداعى

    والدهر ليس يعادى

    And fate cannot be challenged,

    and time cannot be opposed.

  31. فلا تحاةل مراما

    ولا تجاول مرادا

    So do not pursue an aim,

    nor strive for a desired end;

  32. فما يرد صلاحا

    ولا يرد فسادا

    for that restores no good,

    nor averts any harm.

  33. ان الحمام كما قد

    رووا يرى نقادا

    Death, as they have

    related, is deemed a keen appraiser:

  34. فليس يختار منا

    الا الخيار الجيادا

    so it chooses none from among us

    except the choicest and finest.

  35. اين الذثي ساس قوما

    وساد دهرا وجادا

    Where is he who governed a people,

    ruled for an age, and gave generously?

  36. ومن بنى واشادا

    ومن جدا واجادا

    And he who built and raised high,

    and he who bestowed gifts and excelled,

  37. ومن اذال الاعادي

    ومن اذل الشدادا

    and he who humbled his enemies,

    and he who abased the mighty,

  38. ومن اطال نجادا

    ومن انال عتادا

    and he who lengthened his sword-belt,

    and he who bestowed equipment,

  39. ومن حمى ما لديه

    ومن حوى ما ارادا

    and he who protected what he possessed,

    and he who gained whatever he desired?

  40. عم البلاء اطرادا

    والموت كلا ابادا

    Affliction spread without cease,

    and death annihilated everyone.

  41. فما تحامى ثمودا

    ولا تهيب عادا

    It did not spare Thamud,

    nor shrink in awe from Ad.

  42. فاعجب لشي يغول

    الاضداد والاندادا

    So marvel at a thing that devours

    opposites and equals alike.

  43. واعجب لدنيا ملول

    تمل منا الودادا

    And marvel at a world quick to tire,

    that wearies of the affection we offer.

  44. ان تبغ منها اقترابا

    زادتك عنها ابتعادا

    If you seek closeness to it,

    it makes you farther away from it.

  45. والعمر كالحلم فيها

    لكنه لن يعادا

    Life in it is like a dream,

    but it will never be repeated.

  46. ما طال للحي عمى

    الا ولاقى نادا

    No living person's lifespan grows long

    without meeting its end.

  47. وكل ما حم آت

    عن يومه لن يحادا

    And whatever is decreed will come;

    it will not be diverted from its day.

  48. فكل من دب فان

    وكل من عاش بادا

    So all that creeps must perish,

    and all who lived have passed away.

  49. وما نمى في ربيع

    اذواه فعل جمادى

    Whatever grew in spring

    was withered by Jumada's force.

  50. لو كان حي يفادى

    ما كان ذا الرزء آدا

    If a living soul could be ransomed,

    this calamity would not have weighed us down.

  51. فان الف فؤاد

    منا ليفدى فؤادا

    For a thousand hearts

    among us would surely ransom Fuad.

  52. يا ليت شعري الى كم

    بنا الاماني تمادى

    Ah, would that I knew how far

    hopes will keep carrying us onward!

  53. وكم نراود صبرا

    وقد اضعنا السدادا

    And how long shall we woo patience,

    when we have lost sound judgment?

  54. اذا الورى احسنوا في

    يوم الخميس اعتقادا

    If people have thought favorably of

    Thursday as a matter of belief,

  55. فان ذكراه كادت

    توحى الى اعتقادا

    then its remembrance has almost

    inspired a belief in me.

  56. لما اقلوا سريرا

    له صرعنا ارتعادا

    When they lifted a bier

    for him, we were struck down trembling.

  57. وامنا الارض مادت

    حزنا عليه ممادا

    And our mother, the earth, swayed,

    in sorrow for him, rocking to and fro,

  58. فما كأن الرواسي

    كانت لها اوتادا

    as though the steadfast mountains

    had never served as her pegs.

  59. ارثيه والعين شكرى

    والصبر عز ارتيادا

    I lament him, my eye brimming with tears,

    and patience is hard to find.

  60. والهف قلبي عليه

    حتى اصبر رمادا

    And oh, my heart's anguish for him,

    until I turn to ashes.

  61. يا من يسائل مالي

    ارى النهار سوادا

    O you who ask what ails me,

    that I see daylight as blackness:

  62. تاريخه حل اد

    رمس يضم فؤادا

    His chronogram: 'A calamity has befallen—

    a grave that holds Fuad.'