1. بانت ليالينا الوسيمه

    ودنت ليالينا الذميمه

    Our lovely nights have departed,

    and our ugly nights have drawn near.

  2. وهوت بدور المجد وان

    دكّت معالمها القويمه

    The full moons of glory have fallen, and

    their upright landmarks have crumbled.

  3. ورياضنا من بعد إب

    راهيم قد صارت هشيمه

    And our gardens, after Ib-

    rahim, have turned to dry stubble,

  4. حزناً على ذاك المهذ

    ذب صاحب الشيم الكريمه

    in sorrow for that well-

    bred man, possessor of noble virtues,

  5. معطي الفتوة حقها

    ومفرق البُدَر العظيمه

    who gave chivalry its due

    and distributed great purses of money,

  6. والكاسب الحمدَ الجسي

    مَ بكل مكرمةٍ جسيمه

    and earned great praise

    through every great act of generosity.

  7. ذاك الذي كانت لجو

    ر الدهر همته شكيمه

    He for whom the tyranny

    of time found a bridle in his resolve.

  8. وإذا السماء بديمةٍ

    ضنت يجود بألف ديمه

    And when the sky withheld a gentle, steady rain,

    he lavished a thousand such rains.

  9. يا يوم إبراهيم ما

    أبقيت للأيام قيمه

    O day of Ibrahim, you have not

    left the days any worth—

  10. لا وجه نيرها البشو

    ش ولا أصائلها الوسيمه

    neither their sun's cheerful face,

    nor their lovely late afternoons.

  11. أسفي على البر الكري

    م الفاضل الماضي العزيمه

    My grief for the righteous, generous man,

    the virtuous man of unwavering resolve!

  12. ذاك الذي كانت به

    عيني من البلوى سليمه

    He through whom

    my eye was safe from affliction,

  13. ومناهل الخيل الجمي

    لة حول أوطاني جميمه

    and the lovely horses' watering places

    around my lands brimmed with water,

  14. والناس حولي كالفوا

    رس يوم تقسيم الغنيمه

    and the people around me were like horsemen

    on the day the spoils are divided.

  15. فاليوم لا جار يزو

    ر ولا نديم ولا نديمَه

    But today no neighbor visits,

    nor any companion, man or woman.

  16. أيزورني يبكي معي

    أو يشتكي شكوى اليتيمه

    Will anyone visit me and weep with me,

    or utter an orphan girl's lament?

  17. لم يبق لي إلّا حشى

    حرّى وأجفانٌ كليمه

    Nothing remains to me but a heart

    burning, and wounded eyelids,

  18. ومنازل بدل الحِمام

    حَمامها الغالي ببومه

    and dwellings where Death has replaced

    their cherished doves with an owl.

  19. يا من غدت من بعده ال

    دنيا مولَّهةً عقيمه

    O you, after whom the

    world became distraught and barren,

  20. تبكي الذي ما أولدت

    إلا مزاياه الفخيمه

    weeping for him whose

    magnificent virtues alone made her fruitful.

  21. يا فارس الخيل الهما

    م وصاحب الهمم العظيمه

    O gallant horseman,

    and possessor of mighty aspirations,

  22. لمَ لا نحرت فدىً لنع

    ليك المنية كالبهيمه

    why did you not slaughter, as ransom for your sandals,

    Death like a beast?

  23. ولقد عهدتك تنحر ال

    بدن البوازل للوليمه

    And indeed, I knew you to slaughter the

    full-grown sacrificial camels for the feast.

  24. أحسبتها بعد انتصا

    ف الليل سائلةً عديمه

    Did you think her, after mid-

    night, a destitute beggar?

  25. نفس العلى والمجد وال

    معروف والتقوى الشئيمه

    O soul of nobility, glory, and

    kindness, with piety your nature,

  26. ما ضرَّ خائنة الشبا

    ب خبيثة الطبع اللئيمه

    what harm would it have done the betrayer of youth,

    wicked in nature and vile,

  27. لو يتمتك ولم تدع

    أهليك في حال مليمه

    had she orphaned you and not left

    your family in a deplorable state?

  28. لهفي عليك مؤبداً

    يا أكرم الثقلين شيمه

    My grief for you is everlasting,

    O noblest in character among humankind and jinn!

  29. يا كوكب الحسن الذي

    سكن التراب بلا جريمه

    O star of beauty, who

    has dwelt in the dust without a crime,

  30. اللَه يوليك الثوا

    ب مؤهلاً فادخل نعيمه

    may God grant you reward,

    as one worthy of it; so enter His bliss,

  31. ويديم لحدك جنةً

    تسقي برحمته العميمه

    and keep your grave a garden forever,

    watered by His all-embracing mercy.