أَفِق أيّها المغرورُ بِالعيش قَد صفا

أَفِق أيّها المغرورُ بِالعيش قَد صفا

وَبالشملِ مَوفوراً وَبالأمنِ قَد ضفا

وَبالشملِ مَوفوراً وَبالأمنِ قَد ضفا

Awake, you beguiled by life grown serene,

Awaken, O you deluded by life, for the horizon has cleared,

and by your circle kept whole, and safety grown abundant.

With abundance of kinship and overflowing security.

فَما هادمُ اللذّاتِ مبقٍ على فتى

فَما هادمُ اللذّاتِ مبقٍ على فتى

وَلا لذّةٌ للعيشِ وَهو على شَفا

وَلا لذّةٌ للعيشِ وَهو على شَفا

For the destroyer of pleasures spares no young man,

The destroyer of pleasures remains not for the youth,

nor is there pleasure in life while he stands on the brink.

And life has no pleasure while on the brink.

تَبسّطتِ الآمالُ في ضيقِ عيشةٍ

تَبسّطتِ الآمالُ في ضيقِ عيشةٍ

تَسارَعت الآجالُ فيها تخوّفا

تَسارَعت الآجالُ فيها تخوّفا

Hopes spread wide within a narrow life;

Hopes expanded in the straitness of living,

appointed ends hasten within it, amid dread.

Yet lifetimes hastened therein out of fear.

فَلا تتركَ الأهواءُ إلّا فَجاءةً

فَلا تتركَ الأهواءُ إلّا فَجاءةً

وَلا تُنزعُ الأرواحُ إلّا تَخطّفا

وَلا تُنزعُ الأرواحُ إلّا تَخطّفا

So desires are left behind only without warning,

Desires depart only suddenly,

and souls are wrested away only in a sudden snatch.

And souls are seized only abruptly.

أَيُخدعُ بِالآمالِ مرءٌ مصيرهُ

أَيُخدعُ بِالآمالِ مرءٌ مصيرهُ

مَصيرُ الّذي قَد ضمّ ذا الترب والصفا

مَصيرُ الّذي قَد ضمّ ذا الترب والصفا

Can a man be beguiled by hopes, when his fate

Can one be fooled by hopes when his fate

is the fate of the one this earth and smooth rock have enfolded?

Is the fate of one the dust and stones have gathered?

سَليلُ القرومِ الغرِّ مِن آل بيرمٍ

سَليلُ القرومِ الغرِّ مِن آل بيرمٍ

نُجومُ الهدى في الخافقينِ بلا خفا

نُجومُ الهدى في الخافقينِ بلا خفا

A scion of illustrious chieftains from the house of Bayram,

Descendant of the honorable house of the Beyramis,

stars of guidance in East and West, plain to see.

Stars of guidance in the firmaments without concealment.

تَقبّل من بحبوحةِ المجدِ محتداً

تَقبّل من بحبوحةِ المجدِ محتداً

لَه اللّه واقٍ ما أعزّ وأشرفا

لَه اللّه واقٍ ما أعزّ وأشرفا

He received a lineage from glory's spacious heart,

He assumed leadership in the prime of glory,

with God as its guardian—how exalted and noble!

May God protect him, however mighty and noble.

وَأَجرى لِغاياتِ المكارمِ جهدهُ

وَأَجرى لِغاياتِ المكارمِ جهدهُ

فَأَصبحَ فيها متلدَ الفخرِ مطرفا

فَأَصبحَ فيها متلدَ الفخرِ مطرفا

And he drove his efforts toward the highest aims of noble deeds,

And he exerted himself for the goals of virtues,

so in them he held both inherited glory and glory newly won.

Thus he became therein a source of pride, adorned.

لَقَد كانَ ذا رأيٍ حصيفٍ ومنطقٍ

لَقَد كانَ ذا رأيٍ حصيفٍ ومنطقٍ

لَطيفٍ خبيراً بالزمانِ تصرّفا

لَطيفٍ خبيراً بالزمانِ تصرّفا

He indeed possessed sound judgment and speech

Indeed he was of astute, graceful opinion and speech,

refined, and was skilled in dealing with the times.

Experienced with the times and adept in management.

يزين النوادي سمتهُ ومقالهُ

يزين النوادي سمتهُ ومقالهُ

وَيملكُ ألبابَ الرجالِ تألّفا

وَيملكُ ألبابَ الرجالِ تألّفا

His bearing and speech adorned the gatherings,

His demeanor and words adorned gatherings,

and captivated men's minds through affection.

And he possessed the hearts and minds of men through rapport.

رَقى ما رَقى فخراً وعزّاً وسؤدداً

رَقى ما رَقى فخراً وعزّاً وسؤدداً

وأحسنَ في كلّ الأمورِ التصرّفا

وأحسنَ في كلّ الأمورِ التصرّفا

He rose, and how he rose, in glory, honor, and eminence,

He ascended in pride, dignity, and happiness,

and handled every affair well.

And was excellent in all his affairs and management.

وَأثّلَ في كلّ القلوبِ مودّةً

وَأثّلَ في كلّ القلوبِ مودّةً

كَستهُ غنى دينٍ ودنيا مفوّفا

كَستهُ غنى دينٍ ودنيا مفوّفا

And he firmly planted affection in every heart,

And he exemplified in all hearts an affection

which clothed him in richly patterned wealth of faith and worldly life.

That clothed him in richness of religion and ample worldly goods.

وَشاهدَ مِنها مِن غداةِ اِنتقالهِ

وَشاهدَ مِنها مِن غداةِ اِنتقالهِ

دُعاءً يُباري حسرةً وتلهّفا

دُعاءً يُباري حسرةً وتلهّفا

And from it, since the morning of his passing, he has witnessed

And from it he saw, since the morning of his passing,

prayer vying with grief and anguished longing.

A prayer that rivals sorrow and ardence.

فَقِف أيّها المجتازُ حولَ ضريحه

فَقِف أيّها المجتازُ حولَ ضريحه

وَحسبكَ ذا التأثيرُ فيه مواقفا

وَحسبكَ ذا التأثيرُ فيه مواقفا

So stand, O passerby, beside his tomb,

So stand, O passerby, around his burial place,

and let this moving impression there suffice to make you pause;

And consider this influence on him as stations.

وَحيّي كريماً قائلاً ومؤرّخاً

وَحيّي كريماً قائلاً ومؤرّخاً

سَقى القطرُ لحدَ بيرام مصطفى

سَقى القطرُ لحدَ بيرام مصطفى

and greet a noble man, saying and marking the date:

And greet him generously, saying and chronicling:

May the rain water the grave of Bayram Mustafa.

May the rain irrigate the grave of Beyram Mustafa.