يا بُؤسَ لِلدَهرِ أَيّ خَطبٍ

يا بُؤسَ لِلدَهرِ أَيّ خَطبٍ

وَهابَهُ الدَهرُ في اِبنِ حامد

وَهابَهُ الدَهرُ في اِبنِ حامد

Woe to Time! What a calamity!

Alas, what calamity has befallen the era,

And Time feared it in Ibn Hamid.

And what misfortune has the era suffered in the son of Hamid!

قَدِ اِستَوى الناسُ إِذ تَولّى

قَدِ اِستَوى الناسُ إِذ تَولّى

فَما تَرى مَوقِفاً لِحامِد

فَما تَرى مَوقِفاً لِحامِد

Indeed, people became equal when he departed;

People became equals when he assumed authority,

So you see no place for a praiser.

Yet you see no stance taken by Hamid.

يَبكي عَلى فَقدِهِ ثَلاثٌ

يَبكي عَلى فَقدِهِ ثَلاثٌ

العِلمُ وَالزُهدُ وَالمَحامِد

العِلمُ وَالزُهدُ وَالمَحامِد

Three weep for his loss:

Three things weep for his loss:

Knowledge, asceticism, and praiseworthy qualities.

Knowledge, asceticism, and praises.