وباكيةٍ حِراءَ تَحْزَنُ بالبُكا

وباكيةٍ حِراءَ تَحْزَنُ بالبُكا

وَتَلْطمُ مِنها خَدَّها والمُقلَّدا

وَتَلْطمُ مِنها خَدَّها والمُقلَّدا

And a weeping woman at Hira grieves in tears,

Weeping bitterly, she grieves with crying,

and beats her own cheek and necklace-bearing neck,

And strikes her cheek and necklace.

على هالِكٍ بَعْدَ النَّبيّ مُحمَّدٍ

على هالِكٍ بَعْدَ النَّبيّ مُحمَّدٍ

وَلَوَ عَلِمَتْ لَمْ تَبْكِ إِلاّ محمَّدا

وَلَوَ عَلِمَتْ لَمْ تَبْكِ إِلاّ محمَّدا

over one who died after the Prophet Muhammad;

Over the death of the Prophet Muhammad,

had she known, she would have wept for Muhammad alone.

Had she known, she would have wept only for Muhammad.

فُجعْنا بخَيْرِ النّاسِ حَيّاً وَميِّتاً

فُجعْنا بخَيْرِ النّاسِ حَيّاً وَميِّتاً

وأدْناهُ مِنْ رَبِّ البَرِيَّة مِقْعَدا

وأدْناهُ مِنْ رَبِّ البَرِيَّة مِقْعَدا

We were bereaved of the best of people, living and dead,

We were afflicted by the best of people, alive and dead,

and the nearest of them in station to the Lord of creation,

And we brought him near the Lord of all creation on a seat.

وأفْظَعِهِمْ فَقْداً على كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ

وأفْظَعِهِمْ فَقْداً على كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ

وأعْظَمِهمْ في النّاسِ كُلِّهمُ يَدا

وأعْظَمِهمْ في النّاسِ كُلِّهمُ يَدا

and the one whose loss was most grievous to every Muslim,

And the most dreadful loss to every Muslim,

and the most open-handed among all people.

And the greatest among all people in every way.

إذا كان منْهُ القولُ كان مُوَفَّقاً

إذا كان منْهُ القولُ كان مُوَفَّقاً

وإنْ كانَ حيّاً كان نوراً مجدَّدا

وإنْ كانَ حيّاً كان نوراً مجدَّدا

Whenever speech came from him, it was rightly guided;

If the word was from him, it was divinely guided,

and while he lived, he was a light renewed.

And had he lived, he would be an ever-renewing light.

لقد وَرِثَتْ أخلاقُهُ المَجْدَ والتقى

لقد وَرِثَتْ أخلاقُهُ المَجْدَ والتقى

فلم تتَلْقَهُ إلاّ رشيداً ومُرْشِدا

فلم تتَلْقَهُ إلاّ رشيداً ومُرْشِدا

Indeed, his character inherited glory and piety,

Indeed, his virtues inherited glory and piety,

so you encountered him only rightly guided and guiding others.

None received them except the rightly-guided guide.