1. يقول ابن سودون وسودون علي

    وحزني على الأحباب مُقيم

    Ibn Sudun says—and Sudun is Ali—

    And my grief for loved ones abides.

  2. وجفني جفاه النوم والصبر قد مضى

    ودمعي جرى فوق الخدود حميم

    And sleep has forsaken my eyelids, and patience has departed,

    And my scalding tears have flowed over my cheeks.

  3. أيا موت كم فرّقت شمل حبايب

    وكدّرت عيشاً قد صفا بنعيم

    O Death, how often you have scattered a circle of loved ones,

    And clouded a life once serene in bliss.

  4. وكم من ديار أصبحت منك خليّة

    وكم من مشيد قد تركت هديؤم

    And how many homes have become empty because of you,

    And how many a lofty structure you have left in ruins.

  5. وكم ولد من والديه أخذته

    وكم من وليد قد تركت يتيم

    And how many a child you have taken from his parents,

    And how many an infant you have left an orphan.

  6. غدا منك شملي بالفراق مُشتتاً

    وفرحي من الأحزان فرّ هزيم

    Because of you, parting has scattered my circle of loved ones,

    And my joy has fled from sorrows, defeated.

  7. أخذت أحبائي وخلّفت مهجتي

    تُقاسي عذاباً للفراق أليم

    You took my loved ones and left my heart

    To suffer the painful torment of separation.

  8. وكل حزين حُزنه سوف ينعدم

    وحزن فقيد الحب غير عديم

    Every sorrowing person's grief will vanish,

    But the grief of one bereft of love never vanishes.

  9. أيا عين جودي بالدموع وساعدي

    على فَقد محبوب عليّ كريم

    O eye, be generous with tears, and help me

    Bear the loss of a beloved precious to me.

  10. تربّى بعزّ في الدلال وفي الهنا

    وعاد برغمي في التراب رميم

    He was raised in honor, in fond indulgence and happiness,

    And, against my will, became crumbling remains in the dust.

  11. ترحّل من دار بها الأنس لم يزل

    لوَحشَة لَحد بالتراب رديم

    He departed a home where companionship had never ceased,

    To the loneliness of a grave filled in with earth.

  12. وأمسى وحيداً لا يرى من يؤنسه

    سوى مَيّت تحت التُّراب يقيم

    And he has become alone, seeing none to keep him company,

    Save a dead man dwelling beneath the earth.

  13. فيا قلب كُن بالصبر عوني على الهوى

    وسلّم لأمر اللَه تبق سليم

    So, O heart, be my aid against passion through patience,

    And submit to God's command; you will remain unharmed.

  14. فما قدّر الرحمن لا بد كائن

    وموت الفتى حكم عليه حتيم

    For whatever the Most Merciful ordains must come to pass,

    And a young man's death is an inevitable decree upon him.

  15. أيا رب عاملنا بلطفك سيدي

    فإنك بَرّ بالعباد رحيم

    O Lord, treat us with Your gentleness, my Master,

    For You are kind and merciful to Your servants.

  16. وصلّ على خير الأنام محمد

    وسلّم سلاماً للقيام مقيم

    And bless Muhammad, the best of all creation,

    And grant him peace enduring until the Resurrection.