هَوَى مِن سَمَاءِ المَجْدِ لِلأَرْضِ كَوْكَبُ

هَوَى مِن سَمَاءِ المَجْدِ لِلأَرْضِ كَوْكَبُ

فَحَقَّ العُلا تَبكي عليهِ وَتَنْدُبُ

فَحَقَّ العُلا تَبكي عليهِ وَتَنْدُبُ

A star fell from the sky of glory to the earth;

A star has fallen from the sky of glory to the earth

So it is fitting that lofty glory weep for him and lament.

The heights of greatness weep for him and lament

تَراهُ رَأى أَنّ التَّواضِعَ شِيمَةٌ

تَراهُ رَأى أَنّ التَّواضِعَ شِيمَةٌ

بِها قَدْ سَمَا فَوقَ السِّماكِ لَهُ أَبُ

بِها قَدْ سَمَا فَوقَ السِّماكِ لَهُ أَبُ

Perhaps he thought that humility was a virtue

Seeing that humility is a trait

By which his father had risen above al-Simak;

With which he excelled above the highest summits

فَأَمَّ الثَّرَى عَن قَدْرِهِ مُتنزِّلاً

فَأَمَّ الثَّرَى عَن قَدْرِهِ مُتنزِّلاً

بِغِرَّةِ طِفْلٍ لَمْ يَرُضْهُ التَّدرُّبُ

بِغِرَّةِ طِفْلٍ لَمْ يَرُضْهُ التَّدرُّبُ

So he sought the earth, descending from his station,

So he shed his grandeur to become one with the soil

With the naivety of a child whom experience had not schooled.

With the innocence of a child not yet versed in the ways of life