1. So let the derision of the exalted and the worlds be thus,
And it is the likes of this that makes the pillars of ideals moan.

2. Is it not time for the earth to shake after
The mountain of knowledge, with its towering pillars, has fallen?

3. So how can the stars and moon remain fixed
When he who was a sea of guidance lies buried in the belly of dust, and the horizon of virtues is clouded?

4. The eminent scholar and pioneer has passed away,
And his death has become one of the greatest calamities for people.

5. The sea of all branches of knowledge has died at the hands of
Destiny. Alas for the tumultuous sea of guidance!

6. Who now can unravel the difficult exegeses
When their discussions perplex every scholar?

7. And who can quench the thirst of seekers
With a drink from the radiant Sunnah during the crush?

8. And who can now research the two fundamental sources,1
With the penetrating discussions of the discerning critics?

9. And when the science of rhetoric becomes difficult,
Who can now ascend its paths and ladders?

10. Let all the sciences of reason and narration weep
For their unique choice among the learned of the world.

11. Let the path of asceticism and guidance weep for him,
As well as the pasture of the people of guidance and precedent.

12. So weep for that humility of his, as
Superiority was utterly humbled in him.

13. And weep for those manners of his, as
They have come to an end, becoming like the dreams of a sleeper.

14. O sheikh of the sheikhs of the age! How could you leave us
Thirsty when you were an ocean, O son of nobility?

15. O quest of the students! Who can now be hoped
To solve the complex, momentous problems?

16. Your grave was watered in a place of mercy,
And the rainclouds of favor poured upon it.

17. May He who enabled you to spread His faith
Reward you with the best reward gained by the noble.

18. You are the one who revived the Sunnah of Ahmad2
And made it a radiant sun despite the preventing forces.

19. You inclined toward fairness without self-interest
Or fear of blame for as long as you lived.

20. And you turned away from all temptations, pleased
With a moderate livelihood, not the life of beasts.