ألا يا عين بكي لا تملي

ألا يا عين بكي لا تملي

فقد بكر النعي بمن هويت

فقد بكر النعي بمن هويت

Ah, O eye, weep; do not grow weary.

Oh eyes, weep, do not grow weary

For news came early of the death of the one I loved.

For early did the wailing begin for the one I loved

وقد بكر النعي بخير شخص

وقد بكر النعي بخير شخص

رسول الله حقا ما حييت

رسول الله حقا ما حييت

And news came early of the death of the finest person—

And early did the wailing begin for the best of people

God’s Messenger, truly, for as long as I live.

The Messenger of God truly, for as long as I lived

ولو عشنا ونحن نراك فينا

ولو عشنا ونحن نراك فينا

وأمر الله يترك ما بكيت

وأمر الله يترك ما بكيت

And had we lived, seeing you among us,

If only we had lived while seeing you among us

and had God’s decree been set aside, I would not have wept.

Yet God's command leaves what I wept over

فقد بكر النعي بذاك عمدا

فقد بكر النعي بذاك عمدا

فقد عظمت مصيبة من نعيت

فقد عظمت مصيبة من نعيت

For news came early of that one’s death, deliberately.

For early did the wailing begin for him with purpose

For great is the loss of the one whose death I mourned.

For grievous was the misfortune of the one I wailed over

وقد عظمت مصيبته وجلت

وقد عظمت مصيبته وجلت

وكل الجهد بعدك قد لقيت

وكل الجهد بعدك قد لقيت

And the calamity of losing him is great and grievous.

And grievous did his misfortune become and momentous

And after your loss, I have met with every hardship.

And every effort after you has met hardship

إلى رب البرية ذاك نشكو

إلى رب البرية ذاك نشكو

فإن الله يعلم ما أتيت

فإن الله يعلم ما أتيت

To the Lord of creation we complain of that.

To the Lord of the land that one we complain to

For God knows what I have done.

For God knows what I came with

أفاطم إنه قد هد ركني

أفاطم إنه قد هد ركني

وقد عظمت مصيبة من رزيت

وقد عظمت مصيبة من رزيت

O Fatimah, it has indeed shattered my pillar.

Oh Fatima, he has toppled my pillar

And great is the loss of the one of whom I was bereaved.

And grievous did the misfortune become of the one I was pleased with