كلُّ الورى هَدَفٌ لِسهم حِمام

كلُّ الورى هَدَفٌ لِسهم حِمام

حُكْمٌ جرى حتى على الحكّام

حُكْمٌ جرى حتى على الحكّام

All humankind is a target for death's arrow;

All existence is the target of fate's arrow,

a decree that has fallen even upon rulers.

A decree that has run its course even on rulers.

كيف الدّوام وكلّ شيء هالك

كيف الدّوام وكلّ شيء هالك

لِنَزِيلِ دارٍ غَيْرِ ذات دوام

لِنَزِيلِ دارٍ غَيْرِ ذات دوام

How can there be permanence—when everything perishes—

How can permanence be when all things perish,

for a lodger in a dwelling that does not endure?

For a dweller in an abode that is without permanence?

فاعْمَلْ لنفسك صالحاً تلقاه إِذْ

فاعْمَلْ لنفسك صالحاً تلقاه إِذْ

يصحو الورى من سكرهم بمنام

يصحو الورى من سكرهم بمنام

So do good for yourself; you will find it when

So do good for yourself that you may find

mortals sober up from their drunkenness through sleep.

When people awake from their slumber of heedlessness.

وانفض يداً من هذه الدّار التي

وانفض يداً من هذه الدّار التي

سَحَرَتْ بأحلامٍ ذوي الأحلام

سَحَرَتْ بأحلامٍ ذوي الأحلام

And shake your hand free of this abode, which

And shake off your hands from this house which

has bewitched those of sound judgment with dreams.

Has enchanted with dreams those lost in dreams.

وهي التي وعظت وحسبُك واعظا

وهي التي وعظت وحسبُك واعظا

مَوْتُ العلوم ونُقْلَةُ الأعلام

مَوْتُ العلوم ونُقْلَةُ الأعلام

And it is this that has admonished; a sufficient preacher for you is

It is the house that admonished you, and admonition suffices you,

the death of learning and the departure of the luminaries.

The death of knowledge and the displacement of signs.

انظر إلى هذا الضّريح وما حَوَى

انظر إلى هذا الضّريح وما حَوَى

من عَالِمٍ عَلَمٍ وبَحْرٍ طامي

من عَالِمٍ عَلَمٍ وبَحْرٍ طامي

Look at this tomb and what it holds:

Look at this tomb and what it contains

a scholar, a luminary, and an overflowing sea.

Of a knowing scholar and an overflowing sea.

بَحْرٌ من التّحقيق قلّد دُرَّه

بَحْرٌ من التّحقيق قلّد دُرَّه

نحرَ الطّروس أنامل الأقلام

نحرَ الطّروس أنامل الأقلام

A sea of rigorous inquiry, whose pearls were strung

An ocean of verification whose pearls

around the neck of manuscript pages by the fingertips of pens.

Were threaded by the necks of cranes of pens.

كنز من التّدقيق كم حَلْيٍ به

كنز من التّدقيق كم حَلْيٍ به

من دمية الإِفتاء والأحكام

من دمية الإِفتاء والأحكام

A treasury of meticulous study—how many ornaments it holds

A treasure of precision - how much fine jewelry in it

from the fair figure of legal opinions and rulings!

Of figurines of jurisprudence and judgments.

هذا الإِمام حُسَيْنٌ العَلَمُ الذي

هذا الإِمام حُسَيْنٌ العَلَمُ الذي

نظم التُّقَى والعلمَ أيّ نظام

نظم التُّقَى والعلمَ أيّ نظام

This is Imam Husayn, the luminary who

This imam Hussein, the flag of knowledge that

strung piety and learning together in splendid order.

Ordered piety and knowledge - what system!

يا مجمَعَ البَحْرَيْنِ يا برنازُ مَنْ

يا مجمَعَ البَحْرَيْنِ يا برنازُ مَنْ

أبقيت نوراً في دُجى الإِظلام

أبقيت نوراً في دُجى الإِظلام

O confluence of the two seas, O Barnaz, whom

O gathering of two seas! O burnoose of one

have you left as a light in the deep darkness?

Who left a light in the darkness of ignorance!

قد كنتَ مصباحَ الهُدَى وصباحَه

قد كنتَ مصباحَ الهُدَى وصباحَه

وجمالَ وجه محافلِ الأيّام

وجمالَ وجه محافلِ الأيّام

You were indeed the lamp of guidance and its dawn,

You were the lamp of guidance and its morning

and the beauty on the face of the days' gatherings.

And the beauty of the face of the days' assemblies.

إن غِبْتَ عن نظر العيون فلم تزل

إن غِبْتَ عن نظر العيون فلم تزل

بين الجوانح في أعزّ مقام

بين الجوانح في أعزّ مقام

Though you have vanished from the eyes' sight, you still remain

If you are absent from the eyes' sight, still

between the ribs, in the most cherished place.

You remain among the hearts in the most precious place.

يَهْنِيك ما خلّفتَ من شكرٍ وما

يَهْنِيك ما خلّفتَ من شكرٍ وما

قدَّمْتَه ذُخراً لِنَيْلِ مَرَامِ

قدَّمْتَه ذُخراً لِنَيْلِ مَرَامِ

May the gratitude you left behind gladden you, and what

May you be congratulated for what you left of gratitude and what

you sent ahead as treasure for attaining your goal.

You presented as provision for attaining hopes.

لا غرو أن يجد المُنى فضلاً وفي

لا غرو أن يجد المُنى فضلاً وفي

تاريخه حصل الهنا بختام

تاريخه حصل الهنا بختام

No wonder he attains his wishes through grace; and in

No wonder that death may find virtue, and in

his chronogram, bliss came at the close.

Its date this felicity reached its conclusion.