نُعاوِدُهُ لَحْداً بَكَتْهُ الغَمائِمُ

نُعاوِدُهُ لَحْداً بَكَتْهُ الغَمائِمُ

وَشُقَّتْ عليهِ لِلرِّياضِ كَمائِمُ

وَشُقَّتْ عليهِ لِلرِّياضِ كَمائِمُ

We revisit him in a grave over which the clouds have wept,

We bid him farewell, though clouds have rained tears for him,

And the gardens' bud-sheaths were rent in mourning for him.

And the standards bowed in grief for him towards the meadows.

يُجدِّدُ حُزْني أَنَّهُ اليومَ راحِلٌ

يُجدِّدُ حُزْني أَنَّهُ اليومَ راحِلٌ

وَصَوْمٌ عَدِمْنا بِرَّهُ وَهْوَ قَادِمُ

وَصَوْمٌ عَدِمْنا بِرَّهُ وَهْوَ قَادِمُ

It renews my grief that he departs today,

My sorrow is renewed that today he is leaving,

And the fast approaches, with his bounty lost to us.

While his righteousness remains after he is gone.

وَكَمْ مَكرَماتٍ لِلوَزِيرِ مُحمَّدٍ

وَكَمْ مَكرَماتٍ لِلوَزِيرِ مُحمَّدٍ

على شاطِئيها حَاتِمُ الجُودِ حَائِمُ

على شاطِئيها حَاتِمُ الجُودِ حَائِمُ

And how many noble deeds belong to the minister Muhammad,

And how many noble deeds has Minister Muhammad,

At whose two shores Hatim of generosity hovers!

While Hatim's generosity still remains by its shore.

أَتربتَهُ جَاوَرْتِ فخرينِ منهما

أَتربتَهُ جَاوَرْتِ فخرينِ منهما

تَساجَلُ أَعْرابٌ عُلا وأَعَاجِمُ

تَساجَلُ أَعْرابٌ عُلا وأَعَاجِمُ

O his tomb, you lie beside two glories, through whom

His tomb neighbored two glories, over which Arabs and non-Arabs contend,

Bedouin Arabs and non-Arabs vie in eminence.

And indeed, may Allah prolong the life of Ali,

وإنَّ عَليّاً طوَّلَ اللّهُ عمرَهُ

وإنَّ عَليّاً طوَّلَ اللّهُ عمرَهُ

وَعُمْرَ بَنيهِ لِلثَّوابِ لَغَانِمُ

وَعُمْرَ بَنيهِ لِلثَّوابِ لَغَانِمُ

And Ali—may God prolong his life

And the lives of his sons for reward, they are all winners.

and the lives of his sons—is surely reaping reward.

And indeed for him in every glorious deed is sublimity,

وإنَّ لهُ في كلِّ أجْرٍ أَجَلَّهُ

وإنَّ لهُ في كلِّ أجْرٍ أَجَلَّهُ

ولا مِثلَ هذا الأجْرِ واللَّهُ عَالِمُ

ولا مِثلَ هذا الأجْرِ واللَّهُ عَالِمُ

And in every reward, his is the greatest share;

And none equals this glory, and Allah is All-Knowing.

And no reward equals this—God knows.

And none equals him in patience without him, but only

ولا مثلَهُ في الصَّبرِ عنهُ وانِما

ولا مثلَهُ في الصَّبرِ عنهُ وانِما

على قَدْرِ أَهْلِ العَزْمِ تَأْتي العَزائِمُ

على قَدْرِ أَهْلِ العَزْمِ تَأْتي العَزائِمُ

Nor is anyone like him in bearing his loss; for only

According to the resolve of the resolute, come the resolutions.

in proportion to the stature of the resolute do great resolves come.