أبا ثابِتٍ كُنْ في الشّدائِدِ ثابِتاً

أبا ثابِتٍ كُنْ في الشّدائِدِ ثابِتاً

أُعيذُكَ أنْ يُلْفَى عدوُّكَ شامِتا

أُعيذُكَ أنْ يُلْفَى عدوُّكَ شامِتا

O Abu Thabit, be steadfast in adversity.

O Abu Thabit, be steadfast in adversity

I seek protection for you, lest your enemy be found gloating.

I implore you not to let your enemy gloat over you

عَزاؤكَ عنْ عبْدِ العَزيزِ هوَ الّذي

عَزاؤكَ عنْ عبْدِ العَزيزِ هوَ الّذي

يَليقُ بعِزٍّ منْكَ أعْجَزَ ناعِتا

يَليقُ بعِزٍّ منْكَ أعْجَزَ ناعِتا

Your fortitude at the loss of Abd al-Aziz is what

Your consolation from Abd al-Aziz is he

befits your dignity, which defies description.

Who befits the dignity that rendered you helpless

فدَوْحَتُكَ الغَنّاءُ طالَتْ ذَوائِبا

فدَوْحَتُكَ الغَنّاءُ طالَتْ ذَوائِبا

وسَرْحَتُكَ الشّمّاءُ طابَتْ مَنابِتا

وسَرْحَتُكَ الشّمّاءُ طابَتْ مَنابِتا

For your luxuriant tree has grown tall in its topmost boughs,

Your pastures that were once melodious

And your lofty tree has goodly ground to grow in.

And your land that once flourished beautifully

لقدْ هدّ أرْكانَ الوجودِ مُصابُهُ

لقدْ هدّ أرْكانَ الوجودِ مُصابُهُ

وأنْطَقَ منهُ الشّجْوُ مَنْ كانَ صامِتا

وأنْطَقَ منهُ الشّجْوُ مَنْ كانَ صامِتا

The calamity of his loss has indeed shattered the pillars of existence,

Indeed his affliction shook the pillars of existence

And the grief it brought has made the silent speak.

And made the silent lament out of grief

فَمِنْ نَفْسِ حُرٍّ أوْثَقَ الحُزْنُ كَظْمَها

فَمِنْ نَفْسِ حُرٍّ أوْثَقَ الحُزْنُ كَظْمَها

ومِنْ نَفَسٍ بالوَجْدِ أصْبحَ خافِتا

ومِنْ نَفَسٍ بالوَجْدِ أصْبحَ خافِتا

So there are noble souls whose throats sorrow has bound fast,

So a free soul's grief has stifled her

And breaths that have grown faint with anguish.

And from anguish another soul grew faint

هوَ الموتُ في الإنْسانِ فصْلٌ لحَدِّهِ

هوَ الموتُ في الإنْسانِ فصْلٌ لحَدِّهِ

فكيْفَ نُرَجّي أنْ نُصاحِبَ مائِتا

فكيْفَ نُرَجّي أنْ نُصاحِبَ مائِتا

Death is a defining feature of the human being;

Death in man is an end to his lifespan

So how can we hope to keep company with a mortal?

How can we expect to befriend the deceased?

وللصّبْرِ أوْلَى أنْ يَكونَ رُجوعُنا

وللصّبْرِ أوْلَى أنْ يَكونَ رُجوعُنا

إذا لَمْ نَكُنْ بالحُزْنِ نُرْجعُ فائِتا

إذا لَمْ نَكُنْ بالحُزْنِ نُرْجعُ فائِتا

And it is more fitting that we turn to patience,

Patience deserves that our return be

If we cannot bring back the departed through grief.

If not, we would return in sorrow unsuccessful