أَنعى إِلَيكَ نُفوساً طاحَ شاهِدُها

أَنعى إِلَيكَ نُفوساً طاحَ شاهِدُها

فيما وَرا الحَيثُ يَلقى شاهِدَ القِدَمِ

فيما وَرا الحَيثُ يَلقى شاهِدَ القِدَمِ

I announce to you the passing of souls whose witness has fallen,

I mourn to you souls whose witness lies

In what lies beyond place, meeting the witness of pre-eternity.

Beyond where the steps meet their memorial stone.

أَنعى إِلَيكَ قُلوباً طالَما هَطَلَت

أَنعى إِلَيكَ قُلوباً طالَما هَطَلَت

سَحائِبُ الوَحيِ فيها أَبحُرَ الحِكَمِ

سَحائِبُ الوَحيِ فيها أَبحُرَ الحِكَمِ

I announce to you the passing of hearts where so often poured

I mourn to you hearts from which abundantly poured

Seas of wisdom from the clouds of revelation.

The clouds of revelation, oceans of wisdom.

أَنعى إِلَيكَ لِسانَ الحَق مُذ زَمَن

أَنعى إِلَيكَ لِسانَ الحَق مُذ زَمَن

أَودى وَتَذكارُهُ في الوَهمِ كَالعَدَمِ

أَودى وَتَذكارُهُ في الوَهمِ كَالعَدَمِ

I announce to you the passing of truth's tongue, which long ago

I mourn to you the tongue of truth from an age ago

Perished, and its memory in the imagination is as nothingness.

Whose recollection in thought is like nothingness.

أنعي إليك بيانا تستكين له

أنعي إليك بيانا تستكين له

أَقوالُ كُلِّ فَصيحٍ مِقوَلٍ فَهِمِ

أَقوالُ كُلِّ فَصيحٍ مِقوَلٍ فَهِمِ

I announce to you the passing of eloquence, before which bow

I mourn to you an eloquence the speech of every

The words of every eloquent, fluent, discerning speaker.

Articulate, wise speaker stills itself before.

أَنعى إِلَيكَ إِشاراتِ القُلوبِ مَعاً

أَنعى إِلَيكَ إِشاراتِ القُلوبِ مَعاً

لَم يَبقَ مِنهُنَّ إِلّا دارِسُ الرِمَمِ

لَم يَبقَ مِنهُنَّ إِلّا دارِسُ الرِمَمِ

I announce to you the passing of the hearts' intimations, all together;

I mourn to you the hearts' sign language together—

Nothing remains of them but faded traces of mouldering bones.

Nothing of it remains but the patcher of ruins.

أَنعى وَحَقِّكَ أَخلاقاً لِطائِفَةٍ

أَنعى وَحَقِّكَ أَخلاقاً لِطائِفَةٍ

كانَت مَطاياهُمُ مِن مَكمَدِ الكَظمِ

كانَت مَطاياهُمُ مِن مَكمَدِ الكَظمِ

I announce—by your honor—the passing of a company's virtues,

I mourn—by your truth—a people's morals whose

Their mounts were of the anguish of restraint.

Restraint originates in the resetting of bones.

مَضى الجَميعُ فلا عَينٌ وَلا أَثَرٌ

مَضى الجَميعُ فلا عَينٌ وَلا أَثَرٌ

مُضِيَّ عادٍ وَفُقدانَ الأُلى إِرَمِ

مُضِيَّ عادٍ وَفُقدانَ الأُلى إِرَمِ

All have passed away: neither a person nor a trace remains,

All are gone—no eye, no trace.

As 'Ad passed away, and the people of Iram vanished.

Like the passing of ‘Ād, the loss of the loved ones at Iram.

وَخَلَّفوا مَعشَراً يُجرونَ لُبسَتَهُم

وَخَلَّفوا مَعشَراً يُجرونَ لُبسَتَهُم

أَعيى مِنَ البَهمِ بَل أَعيى مِنَ النَعَمِ

أَعيى مِنَ البَهمِ بَل أَعيى مِنَ النَعَمِ

And they left behind a company who trail their garb,

And they left behind a band who trail their gowns,

More inarticulate than lambs and kids—indeed, more inarticulate than livestock.

Wearied by confusion, rather wearied by blessings.