ياO أَيُّهاyou البَدرُthe full moon الَّذيwhose
يا أَيُّها البَدرُ الَّذي
أَفلاكُهُhis celestial spheres أَزرارُهُhis buttons
أَفلاكُهُ أَزرارُهُ
O full moon whose
O moon, your orbit adorned
celestial spheres are his buttons,
With pearls, your cheeks dimpled
وَمنand among رِياضِthe gardens of خَدِّهِhis cheek
وَمن رِياضِ خَدِّهِ
خُرَّمُهاtheir khurram (a fragrant herb) عِذارُهُhis cheek-down
خُرَّمُها عِذارُهُ
and among the gardens of his cheek,
With rose gardens, have mercy
his cheek-down is their fragrant herb:
On the dead man, his tomb covered
كُنbe راحِمَmerciful to المَيتِthe dead man الَّذيwhose
كُن راحِمَ المَيتِ الَّذي
ضَريحُهُhis tomb أَطمارُهُhis tattered clothes
ضَريحُهُ أَطمارُهُ
be merciful to the dead man whose
With ruins.
tomb is his tattered clothes.
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.