فؤاد قد أضر به التنائي

فؤاد قد أضر به التنائي

وعين لا تقر من البكاء

وعين لا تقر من البكاء

A heart that separation has harmed,

My heart has been hurt by separation

And an eye that finds no rest from weeping;

And my eyes do not rest from weeping

واجفان ينصل البين جرحى

واجفان ينصل البين جرحى

لفرط الحزن تذرف بالدماء

لفرط الحزن تذرف بالدماء

And eyelids wounded by separation's blade,

And my eyelids, my wounds between us bleed

From overwhelming grief, they shed tears of blood.

From the excess of sorrow they shed tears of blood

ودهر قد نعمت به فولي

ودهر قد نعمت به فولي

ولم ار ذاك الا من شقائي

ولم ار ذاك الا من شقائي

And a time in which I lived in bliss, then it departed;

And time has been good to me so it turned

And I saw that as nothing but my misfortune.

And I saw that only from my misery

ومن دون الورى لما عناني

ومن دون الورى لما عناني

رماني بالبعاد وبالعناء

رماني بالبعاد وبالعناء

And when it singled me out from all mankind,

And beyond creation when it weakened me

It struck me with estrangement and suffering.

It cast me into distance and hardship

فيا ظمأي لبحر كان جودا

فيا ظمأي لبحر كان جودا

يفيض لنا نداه بالوفاء

يفيض لنا نداه بالوفاء

So, oh my thirst for a sea that was generosity itself,

So O my thirst for a sea that was generosity

Whose bounty overflowed for us with fidelity;

Overflowing for us its compatibility

وبر لا يزال بنا رؤفا

وبر لا يزال بنا رؤفا

عطوفا بالوفا حسن العطاء

عطوفا بالوفا حسن العطاء

And a righteous man, ever compassionate toward us,

And righteousness that does not cease to be merciful to us

Tender in fidelity, gracious in giving;

Compassionate with compatibility, excellent bestowal

ومصباح العلوم لطالبيه

ومصباح العلوم لطالبيه

وللآمال مفتاح الرجاء

وللآمال مفتاح الرجاء

And a lamp of learning for those who sought him,

And the lantern of knowledge for its seekers

And for aspirations, a key to hope;

And for hopes the key to wishes

ومجدي السائلين الجود فضلا

ومجدي السائلين الجود فضلا

نعم واخو الندا يوم النداء

نعم واخو الندا يوم النداء

And one who freely bestowed bounty on petitioners—

And my glory of the generous their generosity

Yes, and a brother to generosity on the day of appeal.

Yes, and the brother of glory on the day of calling

ثوى تحت التراب وليس عهدي

ثوى تحت التراب وليس عهدي

بان الشمس الا في السماء

بان الشمس الا في السماء

He lay beneath the earth; I have never known

He dwelled under the soil and it is not my era

The sun to be anywhere but in the sky.

That the sun is anywhere but in the sky

ترى من بعده من للفتاوي

ترى من بعده من للفتاوي

اذا ما الامر اشكل في خفاء

اذا ما الامر اشكل في خفاء

Who, I wonder, after him will give legal opinions,

You see after him who for juristic opinion

When a matter becomes obscure and perplexing?

When the matter is obscured in ambiguity

ومن للنحو او للفقه او للأ

ومن للنحو او للفقه او للأ

صول او القواعد في البناء

صول او القواعد في البناء

And who for grammar, or jurisprudence, or the princi-

And who for grammar or jurisprudence or principles

ples, or the rules of construction?

Or the foundations in architecture

ومن للعلم او للحلم يوما

ومن للعلم او للحلم يوما

ومن للفهم او من للذكاء

ومن للفهم او من للذكاء

And who for knowledge or forbearance, ever?

And who for knowledge or forbearance one day

And who for understanding, or who for intelligence?

And who for understanding or who for intelligence

ومن لابن السبيل اذا اتاه

ومن لابن السبيل اذا اتاه

وسدت دونه سبل الغناء

وسدت دونه سبل الغناء

And who for the wayfarer when he came to him,

And who for the son of the path if he came to him

With the paths to sufficiency barred before him?

And the ways of livelihood were closed to him

فلو بالروح يفدى او بمال

فلو بالروح يفدى او بمال

لجدت وكنت اسمح بالفداء

لجدت وكنت اسمح بالفداء

So if he could be ransomed with a life or wealth,

So if with the soul he is ransomed or with money

I would give freely and be most generous with the ransom.

I would have found and been open to ransom

ولكن لا مفر ولا دفاعا

ولكن لا مفر ولا دفاعا

من الاجل المحتم في القضاء

من الاجل المحتم في القضاء

But there is no escape and no defense

But there is no escape or defense

Against the inevitable end ordained by decree.

From the destined predetermined decree

فما آجالنا الا هبات

فما آجالنا الا هبات

وما الانسان الا كالهباء

وما الانسان الا كالهباء

For our lifespans are nothing but gifts,

So our lifetimes are nothing but gifts

And man is but like motes of dust.

And man is nothing but like vapor

لئن كان انطوى فالذكر باق

لئن كان انطوى فالذكر باق

يفوح لطيبه نشر الثناء

يفوح لطيبه نشر الثناء

Though he has passed away, his memory endures;

If he has been folded then the memory remains

The fragrance of praise wafts forth for his goodness.

It fragrantly spreads the diffusion of praise

فصبرا يا بنيه اليوم صبرا

فصبرا يا بنيه اليوم صبرا

فان الصبر يؤذن بالجزاء

فان الصبر يؤذن بالجزاء

So patience, O his sons—patience today!

So patience O my children today, patience

For patience heralds reward.

For patience signals reward

فما اخلى الاله لكم ربوعا

فما اخلى الاله لكم ربوعا

وصيرها ربيعا بالهناء

وصيرها ربيعا بالهناء

So may God never leave your dwellings desolate,

For the God has not left you any open plains

And turn them into a springtime of happiness;

And made it spring with bliss

وباعد كل سوء عن حماكم

وباعد كل سوء عن حماكم

ولا نادى به نادي الفناء

ولا نادى به نادي الفناء

And keep every evil far from your sanctuary,

And distanced every evil from your protection

And may death's assembly never call within it.

And no caller has called to it the caller of demise

وضاعف بالاجور لكم ثوابا

وضاعف بالاجور لكم ثوابا

وأحسن في المصاب وفي العزاء

وأحسن في المصاب وفي العزاء

And may He multiply your recompense with rewards,

And doubled the compensation for you as reward

And act graciously in affliction and consolation.

And done excellently in the affliction and in the consolation

ومن غيث القبول سقى وحيا

ومن غيث القبول سقى وحيا

ثراه في الصباح وفي المساء

ثراه في الصباح وفي المساء

And with a swift shower from the rain of acceptance may He water

And from the rain of acceptance He quenched and gave life

His grave's earth, morning and evening;

To its fertility in the morning and the evening

وجدد فيض رحمته عليه

وجدد فيض رحمته عليه

واكرم نزله حتى اللقاء

واكرم نزله حتى اللقاء

And renew the outpouring of His mercy upon him,

And renewed the outpouring of His mercy upon it

And honor his lodging until the meeting;

And honored its descent until the meeting

واسكنه من الفردوس داراً

واسكنه من الفردوس داراً

مع الابرار اخوان الصفاء

مع الابرار اخوان الصفاء

And house him in a dwelling in Firdaws,

And settled it a house from Paradise

With the righteous, the brethren of purity.

With the righteous, brethren of serenity