1. جَعْدَةُ بَكِّيةِ وَلاَ تَسْأمِي

    بَعْدَ بُكَاءِ المُعْوِلِ الثَّاكِلِ

    Jaʿda, weep for him, and do not grow weary,

    after the wailing lament of a parent bereft of a child,

  2. عَلَى ابْنِ بِنْتِ الطَّاهِرِ المُصطَفَى

    وابْنِ ابْنِ عَمّ المُصْطَفَى الفَاضِلِ

    for the son of the daughter of the pure Chosen One,

    and son of the Chosen One’s noble cousin.

  3. لَمْ يَسَلِ السُّم عَلَى مِثْلِهِ

    فِي الأرضِ مِنْ حَافٍ وَمِنْ نَاعِلِ

    Never has poison flowed over his equal

    on earth, among the barefoot and the shod.

  4. كَانَ إذَا شُبَّتْ لَهُ نَارُهُ

    يَرْفَعُهَا بِالسَّيِّدِ الْقَاتِلِ

    He would, whenever his fire was kindled for him,

    raise it high with the slaying lord,

  5. كَيْمَا يَرَاهَا بَائسٌ مُرْمِلٌ

    أوْ فَرْدُ قَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِالآهِلِ

    so that a wretched man, out of provisions, might see it,

    or a lone tribesman, not at home with his family.

  6. يُغلِي بَنِي اللَّحْمِ حَتَّى إذا

    أنْضِجَ لَمْ يُغْلِ عَلى آكِلِ

    He boiled raw meat until, when

    it was cooked, he charged no eater dearly.

  7. أَعْنِي الَّذِي أسْلَمَنَا هُلْكُهُ

    لِلزَّمَنِ الْمُسْتَخْرِجِ المْاحِلِ

    I mean the man whose death surrendered us

    to Time, which strips us bare and schemes against us.