كأنك بالزوار لي قد تبادروا

كأنك بالزوار لي قد تبادروا

وقيل لها أودي علي بن أحمد

وقيل لها أودي علي بن أحمد

It is as though you see the visitors already hastening to me,

As if you had hurried visitors to me

It is as though the visitors have already hastened toward me,

And she is told, “Ali ibn Ahmad has died.”

And it was said to her: This is Ali ibn Ahmad

And it was said to her: 'Ali ibn Ahmad has passed away!'

فيا رب محزونٍ هناك وضاحكٍ

فيا رب محزونٍ هناك وضاحكٍ

وكم أدمعٍ تدرى وخد مخدد

وكم أدمعٍ تدرى وخد مخدد

And oh, many a grieving soul there, and many a laughing one!

Oh Lord, sorrowful there and laughing here

Ah, how many will be grieving then, and how many laughing,

And how many tears are shed, how many cheeks furrowed!

And how many tears you know, and scratched cheeks

And how many tears will be shed, furrowing down the cheeks!

عفا اللَه عني يوم أرحل ظاعناً

عفا اللَه عني يوم أرحل ظاعناً

عن الأهل محمولاً إلى بطن ملحد

عن الأهل محمولاً إلى بطن ملحد

May God pardon me the day I depart, journeying

May Allah forgive me the day I depart, stumbling

May God pardon me on the day I depart on my journey,

From my family, borne into the depths of a grave,

Away from family, carried to the belly of an unbeliever

Carried away from my kin into the hollow of the grave,

وأترك ما قد كنت مغتبطاً به

وأترك ما قد كنت مغتبطاً به

وألقى الذي آنست منه بمرصد

وألقى الذي آنست منه بمرصد

And leave what I once delighted in,

And I leave what I had happily rejoiced in

Leaving behind all that I once rejoiced in and cherished,

And encounter, lying in wait, that of which I had caught a glimpse.

And I meet what I had kept watch for at my lookout

To meet that which lies in wait for me, keeping watch;

فوا راحتي إن كان زادي مقدماً

فوا راحتي إن كان زادي مقدماً

ويا نصيبي الذي أن كنت لم أتزود

ويا نصيبي الذي أن كنت لم أتزود

Then oh, my comfort, if my provisions have been sent ahead!

Oh my comfort, if my provisions are sent ahead

Oh, what sweet rest is mine if my provisions have gone ahead,

And oh, the lot that is mine, if I have taken no provisions!

Oh my fate, if I have not prepared

And oh, what distress if I have made no provision at all!