يا رحمةَ اللَه لا تحيدي

يا رحمةَ اللَه لا تحيدي

عن ظلّ قبرٍ فيه أقام

عن ظلّ قبرٍ فيه أقام

O mercy of God, do not turn aside

O God's mercy do not stray

From the shade of a grave where he has taken his abode.

From the shade of a grave wherein he stayed

جودي على رقةٍ وجودِ

جودي على رقةٍ وجودِ

قد وقدا معهُ في سلام

قد وقدا معهُ في سلام

Bestow your bounty on tenderness and generosity,

My generosity upon tenderness and giving

Both of which blazed with him in peace.

Has lain down with him in peace

وابكي عيوني على مرادِ

وابكي عيوني على مرادِ

ولا تضني بمدمعي

ولا تضني بمدمعي

And weep, my eyes, for Murad,

And let my eyes weep for my desire

And do not be sparing with my tears.

Do not begrudge my tears

ابكي على الصادقِ الودادِ

ابكي على الصادقِ الودادِ

على الأديبِ المودعِ

على الأديبِ المودعِ

Weep for him whose affection was sincere,

I cry for the sincere affectionate one

For the man of letters laid to rest.

For the refined scholar laid to rest

ويا ثرىً قد حوى مرادا

ويا ثرىً قد حوى مرادا

فخراً وتيهاً على الثريا

فخراً وتيهاً على الثريا

And O soil that has embraced Murad,

And O soil that contained Murad

Take pride and vaunt yourself above the Pleiades!

Pride and wanderer of the land

حويت أذكى الورى فؤادا

حويت أذكى الورى فؤادا

فتى وان ماتَ ظلَّ حيا

فتى وان ماتَ ظلَّ حيا

You hold the keenest-hearted of humankind,

You contained the wisest soul

A young man who, though he died, remained alive.

Though he died he remains alive

هو العصاميُّ في الرجالِ

هو العصاميُّ في الرجالِ

قد نالَ ما نالَ باجتهاد

قد نالَ ما نالَ باجتهاد

He is the self-made man among men;

He is Al-Assami among the men

He attained what he attained through effort.

He attained what he attained with effort

أحدُّ عزماً من النصالِ

أحدُّ عزماً من النصالِ

مع رقَّةِ الطبع والفؤاد

مع رقَّةِ الطبع والفؤاد

Sharper in resolve than blades,

Sharper in resolution than blades

Yet gentle in temperament and heart.

With softness of manner and heart

كم ليلةٍ فحمَةِ الأَديمِ

كم ليلةٍ فحمَةِ الأَديمِ

ناداه في جوفها فقير

ناداه في جوفها فقير

How many a night, its skin coal-black,

How many nights with spark in the flint

A poor man called to him in its depths,

A poor called him in its depths

فنال من كفِّهِ الكريمِ

فنال من كفِّهِ الكريمِ

ونال من قلبهِ الكبير

ونال من قلبهِ الكبير

And received from his generous hand,

And from his generous hand attained

And received from his great heart.

And from his great heart attained

وكم أُناسٍ طيَّ الخفاءِ

وكم أُناسٍ طيَّ الخفاءِ

وقاهم ذلَّة السؤال

وقاهم ذلَّة السؤال

And how many people, in secret,

And how many people lowly and unseen

He spared the humiliation of begging.

Whom asking humility pained

هذا ويمناهُ في العطاءِ

هذا ويمناهُ في العطاءِ

لم تدرِ ما تفعل الشمال

لم تدرِ ما تفعل الشمال

This, while his right hand, in giving,

Yet his right hand gave them refuge

Did not know what the left hand was doing.

Unaware what the left hand does

قد عاشَ ما غشَّ ما كذب

قد عاشَ ما غشَّ ما كذب

ولا تباهى ولا أساء

ولا تباهى ولا أساء

He lived, never cheating, never lying;

He lived what he lived, never deceitful

Nor did he boast or do wrong.

Never boastful or cruel

ولم يكن طبعه الغضب

ولم يكن طبعه الغضب

بل كان كالبنت في الحياء

بل كان كالبنت في الحياء

And anger was not his nature;

Nor was anger his nature

Rather, he was like a girl in modesty.

Rather he was gentle as a girl

فمن يكن همه السماء

فمن يكن همه السماء

فبكذا تبتغي السماء

فبكذا تبتغي السماء

So whoever's concern is heaven,

So let him whose goal is heaven

Then this is how you seek heaven.

Seek it thus, thus heaven sought

فليقتدِ به من يشاء

فليقتدِ به من يشاء

خيرُ الورى خيرهُ اقتداء

خيرُ الورى خيرهُ اقتداء

Let whoever wishes follow his example;

Let whoever wishes model on him

The best of humankind is the best to emulate.

Best of creation is to model on the best

يا رحمةَ اللَهِ لا تحيدي

يا رحمةَ اللَهِ لا تحيدي

عن ظلّ قبرٍ فيه أقام

عن ظلّ قبرٍ فيه أقام

O mercy of God, do not turn aside

O God's mercy do not stray

From the shade of a grave where he has taken his abode.

From the shade of a grave wherein he stayed

جودي على رقةٍ وجودِ

جودي على رقةٍ وجودِ

قَد رقدوا معهُ في سلام

قَد رقدوا معهُ في سلام

Bestow your bounty on tenderness and generosity,

My generosity upon tenderness and giving

They have gone to rest with him in peace.

Has lain down with him in peace