جَرى مِن جُفُونِي مَا أذاب أجفَانِي

جَرى مِن جُفُونِي مَا أذاب أجفَانِي

وشَبَّت بِأحشَائي لَواعِجُ نِيرانِي

وشَبَّت بِأحشَائي لَواعِجُ نِيرانِي

From my eyelids flowed what melted my eyelids,

Tears flowed from my eyelids melting them,

And the searing flames of my fires blazed within my entrails,

And sorrows blazed in my heart like fires.

عَلَى فَقد خِلّ كَان رُوحِي وراحَتِي

عَلَى فَقد خِلّ كَان رُوحِي وراحَتِي

وروحِي وريحَانِي ونَاظِر إنسَانِي

وروحِي وريحَانِي ونَاظِر إنسَانِي

At the loss of a dear friend who was my soul and my comfort,

For the loss of a dear one who was my spirit, my comfort,

And my soul, my sweet basil, and the eye of my being.

My spirit, my delight, and the one who gazed at me.

حَبِيب مَضى صَبرِي عَلَيهِ وكَيف لي

حَبِيب مَضى صَبرِي عَلَيهِ وكَيف لي

بِصبرٍ عَلَى ذاك الحَبِيبِ وسُلوانِ

بِصبرٍ عَلَى ذاك الحَبِيبِ وسُلوانِ

A beloved over whom my patience is gone—and how could I

My beloved is gone, how can I have patience

Have patience over that beloved and find consolation?

With patience for that beloved who brought me joy.

كَأنَّ دُمُوع العَينِ مِنِّي لَفَقدِهِ

كَأنَّ دُمُوع العَينِ مِنِّي لَفَقدِهِ

عَلَى أمَد الأيَّامِ تَجرِي بِطُوفَانِ

عَلَى أمَد الأيَّامِ تَجرِي بِطُوفَانِ

It is as though the tears of my eye, at his loss,

It's as if the tears of my eyes for his loss

Flow in a deluge throughout the span of days.

Flow for ages in a deluge.

فَمَا دفَنُوا عُثمَان حَتَّى لِدفنِهِم

فَمَا دفَنُوا عُثمَان حَتَّى لِدفنِهِم

دفَنتُ مَسَرَّاتِي وَأحيَيتُ أحزانِي

دفَنتُ مَسَرَّاتِي وَأحيَيتُ أحزانِي

They had scarcely buried Uthman when, at that burial,

No sooner had they buried Uthman, than for his burial

I buried my joys and brought my sorrows to life.

I buried my joys and revived my sorrows.

فَإن غَيَّبُوا فِي التُّربِ عَادِل قَدّه

فَإن غَيَّبُوا فِي التُّربِ عَادِل قَدّه

فَقَد غَيَّبُوا بَدراً وغُصناً من البَانِ

فَقَد غَيَّبُوا بَدراً وغُصناً من البَانِ

So if they have hidden his well-proportioned figure in the dust,

If they have hidden in the earth the just one his height,

They have indeed hidden a full moon and a branch of the ban tree.

Then they have hidden a full moon and a branch in bloom.

لَقَد مَات فِي بَحرٍ تَعَاظَم مَوجُهُ

لَقَد مَات فِي بَحرٍ تَعَاظَم مَوجُهُ

فَمتُّ بِه فِي بَحرِ دمعِي وأشحَانِي

فَمتُّ بِه فِي بَحرِ دمعِي وأشحَانِي

Indeed, he died in a sea whose waves grew immense;

He died in a sea with towering waves,

So I died because of him in a sea of my tears and sorrows.

So I died in the sea of my tears and laments.

هُو الدُّرُّ غَار الدَّهرُ عَنهُ فَردَّهُ

هُو الدُّرُّ غَار الدَّهرُ عَنهُ فَردَّهُ

لِمَعدنِهِ إذ مَالَهُ عِندهُ ثَانِ

لِمَعدنِهِ إذ مَالَهُ عِندهُ ثَانِ

He is the pearl; Time grew jealous of him and returned him

He is the pearl, time has hidden him, so it sent him back

To his source, since it had no other like him.

To his place of origin, having no equal there.

عَلَيهِ اصطِبَارِي واقِعٌ بَعد فَقدِهِ

عَلَيهِ اصطِبَارِي واقِعٌ بَعد فَقدِهِ

وكَم لِعَلِيّ وَقعَة بَعد عُثمَانِ

وكَم لِعَلِيّ وَقعَة بَعد عُثمَانِ

My patience lies fallen over him after his loss,

After his loss, my patience has befallen me,

And how many battles Ali had after Uthman!

And how many tribulations befell Ali after Uthman.

عَلَيهِ مِن المَولَى سَحَائِبُ رحمَةٍ

عَلَيهِ مِن المَولَى سَحَائِبُ رحمَةٍ

تَرُوحُ وتَغدُو كُلَّ يَومٍ بِهَتَّانِ

تَرُوحُ وتَغدُو كُلَّ يَومٍ بِهَتَّانِ

May clouds of mercy from the Lord be upon him,

Upon him are clouds of mercy from the Master,

Passing at evening and morning each day with steady rain.

Coming and going every day constantly.