لئن غيّبوا في الترب عادل قدّه

لئن غيّبوا في الترب عادل قدّه

فقد غيّبوا بدراً وغصناً من البان

فقد غيّبوا بدراً وغصناً من البان

If indeed they have buried his well-proportioned form in the earth,

Though they buried the just leader in the earth

Then they have indeed buried a full moon and a bough of the bān tree.

They buried a full moon and branch of eglantine

لقد مات في بحر تعاظم موجُهُ

لقد مات في بحر تعاظم موجُهُ

فها أنا في بحرين همّي واشجاني

فها أنا في بحرين همّي واشجاني

He died indeed in a sea whose waves grew mighty;

He died in a sea with mounting waves

So here I am in two seas: my anguish and my sorrows.

So here I am, in two seas of worry and longing

هُو الدّر غار الدهرُ منهُ فردّهُ

هُو الدّر غار الدهرُ منهُ فردّهُ

لمعدنه إذ ما لهُ منهُ من ثان

لمعدنه إذ ما لهُ منهُ من ثان

He is the pearl: Time envied him and returned him

He is the pearl, time envied him, making him unique

To his source, since there is no second of his kind.

For his essence, as he had no equal

نراكم بي وقعُ الأسى بعد فقده

نراكم بي وقعُ الأسى بعد فقده

وكم لعلي وقعةٌ بعدُ عثمان

وكم لعلي وقعةٌ بعدُ عثمان

We see you [wording unclear]; sorrow's blow is upon me after his loss.

I see you after losing him in deep sorrow

And how many blows has Ali endured after Uthman!

And how many times more sorrow will befall me after Uthman