Sol 6.1

  1. يَعِزُّ عَلَيَّ فَقدُكَ يا عَلِيُّ

    أَلا لِلَّهِ ذا الأَجَلُ الوَحِيُّ

    Your loss is hard for me to bear, O Ali.

    Ah, God—what a swift death!

  2. تَكَدَّرَ فيكَ صافي العَيشِ لَمّا

    عَدِمتُكَ أَيُّها الخِلُّ الصَفِيُّ

    Life's clarity was clouded by your loss when

    I lost you, O true-hearted friend.

  3. لَئِن أَخلَيتُ مِنكَ مَحَلَّ أُنسي

    فَما أَنا فيكَ مِن أَسَفٍ خَلِيُّ

    Though I have left my place of solace bereft of you,

    Yet I am not free of grief for you.

  4. فَبَعدَكَ لَيسَ يُفرِحُني بَشيرٌ

    وَبَعدَكَ لَيسَ يُحزِنُني نَعِيُّ

    So after you, no bearer of good news can gladden me,

    And after you, no bearer of death's tidings can grieve me.

  5. وَلَوكانَ الرَدى بَشَراً سَوِيّاً

    لَهابَكَ أَيُّها البَشَرُ السَوِيُّ

    And had death been a well-formed man,

    It would have feared you, O well-formed man.

  6. عَصاني الصَبرُ بَعدَكَ وَهوَ طَوعي

    وَطاوَعَ بَعدَكَ الدَمعُ العَصِيُّ

    Patience defied me after you, though once it obeyed me;

    And after you, rebellious tears obeyed me.

  7. وَهَل أَبقَت لِيَ الأَيّامُ دَمعاً

    فَيُسعِدني بِهِ الجَفنُ الشَقِيُّ

    And have the days left me any tears

    So that my wretched eyelid might help me mourn with them?

  8. فَيا جَزَعي تَعَزَّ فَلَيسَ صَبرٌ

    وَيا ظَمَأي تَسَلَّ فَلَيسَ رِيُّ

    So, O my anguish, take comfort, for there is no patience;

    And, O my thirst, seek solace, for there is no quenching.

  9. أَتَمضي أَنتَ مُنفَرِداً وَأَبقى

    لَقَد غَدَرَتكَ نَفسُكَ ياوَفِيُّ

    Do you depart alone, while I remain?

    Your own soul has indeed betrayed you, O faithful one.

  10. فَهَل حَقٌّ حَياتُكَ يا زُهَيرٌ

    وَهَل حَقٌّ وَفَاتُكَ يا عَلِيُّ

    So is your life real, O Zuhayr?

    And is your death real, O Ali?

  11. وَحَقّاً صارَ ذاكَ البَحرُ يُبساً

    وَصَوَّحَ ذَلِكَ الرَوضُ البَهِيُّ

    And truly, that sea has dried up,

    And that splendid garden has withered,

  12. وَأَقلَعَ ذَلِكَ الغَيثُ المُرَجّى

    فَلا الوَسميُّ مِنهُ وَلا الوَلِيُّ

    And that hoped-for rain has ceased,

    So there is no first rain from it, nor any following rain.

  13. لَقَد طَوَتِ الحَوادِثُ مِنهُ جِسماً

    وَلَيسَ لِذِكرِهِ في الناسِ طَيُّ

    Indeed, calamities have folded away his body,

    But his memory among the people cannot be folded away.

  14. مَضَوا بِسَريرِهِ وَعَلَيهِ نورٌ

    جَلِيٌّ تَحتَهُ سِرٌّ خَفِيُّ

    They carried his bier away, and upon it was a light,

    Plain to see, with a hidden secret beneath it.

  15. وَفي أَكفانِهِ نَدبٌ سَرِيٌّ

    تَخَلَّفَ بَعدَهُ ذِكرٌ سَنِيُّ

    And in his shrouds lay a gallant, noble man;

    An illustrious memory remained after him,

  16. عَلى حينَ اِستَفاضَ الذِكرُ عَنهُ

    وَحينَ أَتى كَما اِندَفَعَ الأَتِيُّ

    At a time when word of him had spread far and wide,

    And when he came forth like a rushing torrent.

  17. وَكَم دَرَّت مَكارِمُهُ لِعافٍ

    كَما دَرَّت لِأَطفالٍ ثُدِيُّ

    And how often his generous deeds flowed for a supplicant,

    As breasts flowed with milk for children.

  18. وَكَم أَروى عَلى ظَمَإٍ نَداهُ

    سَقاهُ هاطِلُ الغَيثِ الرَوِيُّ

    And how often his bounty quenched thirst—

    May a copious downpour of rain water him.