خَلفَ المَدائِح بَعدَكَ التَأبينُ

خَلفَ المَدائِح بَعدَكَ التَأبينُ

عَن أَيِّ حادِثَةٍ يُعَزّى الدينُ

عَن أَيِّ حادِثَةٍ يُعَزّى الدينُ

After your passing, funeral eulogy has replaced praise.

After your praise, elegy followed

For what calamity can the faith be consoled?

For what misfortune can religion be consoled?

ما كانَ في الدُنيا كَيَومِكَ مَشهَدٌ

ما كانَ في الدُنيا كَيَومِكَ مَشهَدٌ

بَهَرَ العُقولَ وَلا نَراهُ يَكونُ

بَهَرَ العُقولَ وَلا نَراهُ يَكونُ

No spectacle in this world has been like your day:

Nothing in life was like your day

It overwhelmed minds, and we foresee no such sight again.

It dazzled minds, and we see it will not be again

لَم يَبقَ مَحذوراً فَكُلُّ مُصيبَةٍ

لَم يَبقَ مَحذوراً فَكُلُّ مُصيبَةٍ

جَلَلٌ لَدَيهِ وَكُلُّ خَطبٍ دونُ

جَلَلٌ لَدَيهِ وَكُلُّ خَطبٍ دونُ

Nothing remains to dread, for every calamity

No danger remained, so every misfortune

Is slight beside it, and every disaster lesser.

Is insignificant to it, and every calamity seems minor

هَب لِلهُدى مِن بَعدِ فَقدِكَ سَلوَة

هَب لِلهُدى مِن بَعدِ فَقدِكَ سَلوَة

فَحِراكَهُ مُذ غِبتَ عَنهُ سُكونُ

فَحِراكَهُ مُذ غِبتَ عَنهُ سُكونُ

Grant guidance solace after the loss of you,

Guidance lost its serenity after your absence

For since you left it, its movement is stillness.

Its movement has been stillness since you were gone

أَبقى نَعِيُّكَ في القَبائِلِ لَوعَةً

أَبقى نَعِيُّكَ في القَبائِلِ لَوعَةً

فيها لِمُنسَرِبِ الدُموعِ مَعينُ

فيها لِمُنسَرِبِ الدُموعِ مَعينُ

The news of your death left burning grief among the tribes,

Does the news of your death still cause anguish among the tribes?

Within which lies a wellspring for streaming tears.

In it the tearful have a spring

أَرَبيعَةَ الفُرسَ اِستَجَدّى نَجدَةً

أَرَبيعَةَ الفُرسَ اِستَجَدّى نَجدَةً

فَسُهولُ عِزِّكِ بِالمُصابِ حُزُنُ

فَسُهولُ عِزِّكِ بِالمُصابِ حُزُنُ

O Rabiʿat al-Faras, beg for aid,

The four quadrants sought aid from Najd

For this calamity has turned your glory's plains to rugged ground.

For the plains of your glory are saddened by the affliction

كُن كَأَنتَ أَسىً وَلكِن بِالحجى

كُن كَأَنتَ أَسىً وَلكِن بِالحجى

يَتَفاضَلُ المَحزونُ وَالمَحزونُ

يَتَفاضَلُ المَحزونُ وَالمَحزونُ

Be as you are in grief; yet through wisdom

Be as you are, sorrowful, but with composure

One mourner surpasses another.

The grieved differ from the grieving

وَلى بِسَيفِ الدَولَةِ العِزُّ الَّذي

وَلى بِسَيفِ الدَولَةِ العِزُّ الَّذي

كانَت عَلَيهِ مِنَ الخُطوبِ تَهونُ

كانَت عَلَيهِ مِنَ الخُطوبِ تَهونُ

With Sayf al-Dawla departed the glory for which

The glory that diminished misfortunes

Calamities had once seemed slight.

With the sword of the state, passed away