اک فغان بے شرر سینے میں باقی رہ گئیسوز بھی رخصت ہوا، جاتی رہی تاثیر بھی

English translation

Mu‘tamid was the king of Seville and an Arabic poet. He was defeated and imprisoned by a ruler of Spain. Mu‘tamid’s poems have been translated into English and published in the ‘Wisdom of the East’ series.
In my breast, a wail of grief, without any spark or flash; alone survives, passionless, ineffectual.

Translated by Naim Siddiqui