تُرى طرفي على قلبي مُعيني

تُرى طرفي على قلبي مُعيني

بحُسن الصّبر والدمع المُعينِ

بحُسن الصّبر والدمع المُعينِ

I wonder: will my eye aid me against my heart

My eyes are fixed upon my heart, steadied

with graceful patience and helpful tears?

By patience fair and tears that give me strength

وهل لي راجع نومٌ شَرود

وهل لي راجع نومٌ شَرود

يُنفّره الشتات من الجفون

يُنفّره الشتات من الجفون

And will elusive sleep return to me,

And can I ever hope for sleep weighed down

which separation drives from my eyelids?

By sorrow, kept from rest, from slumber torn?

لقد فقدَ الجمال ومَن حواه

لقد فقدَ الجمال ومَن حواه

وأوجَد فقدهُ فَقدَ الحزين

وأوجَد فقدهُ فَقدَ الحزين

Beauty and he who embodied it are truly lost,

For beauty vanished when its home was lost

and his loss has brought about the mourner's loss.

And absence but confirms the lover’s pain

وقد أمسى التراب له وسَاداً

وقد أمسى التراب له وسَاداً

وصافح صفحة الخدّ المصون

وصافح صفحة الخدّ المصون

And earth has now become his pillow,

The dust is now become for him a bed

and shaken hands with the surface of his inviolate cheek.

As with a veil his cheek is covered o’er

وعاه لسيل دمعي في خدود

وعاه لسيل دمعي في خدود

عيونٌ في عيون في عيون

عيونٌ في عيون في عيون

Holding him, for the torrent of my tears upon cheeks,

My copious tears flow down my face in streams

were eyes within eyes within eyes.

From eyes on eyes on eyes that fill with tears

فدته الروح من صَلِفٍ لَبيب

فدته الروح من صَلِفٍ لَبيب

عفيف طاهر سَمح أمين

عفيف طاهر سَمح أمين

May the soul ransom him—a proud, discerning man,

His noble soul was ransom for a friend

chaste, pure, generous, trustworthy.

So chaste, so pure, forgiving and so true

سقى الرحمن قبراً حلّ فيه

سقى الرحمن قبراً حلّ فيه

سحائب رحمة في كل حين

سحائب رحمة في كل حين

May the All-Merciful water the grave where he has settled

The Lord has sent down mercy in the grave

with clouds of mercy at every moment.

Where he now rests, caressed by clouds of grace