1. God and all people know
That the one who left this world was unique

2. He was the imam whom all imams emulated
So he had guidance while others followed his lead

3. His existence was a shade over Islam
Until his extended shade shrank

4. So for his loss every heart grieves
And remembering him, his praise is repeated

5. The disappearance of that towering mountain after its firmness
Shows you that even firm things will perish

6. Alas, after him no banners will be raised for schools
And a tree of virtues will not grow and flourish

7. All the highest virtues and merits
Were strewn over him, necklaces of tears

8. A lion among lions whom fate laid low
While among men there are beasts and hyenas

9. It is strange that the vast universe was too small for his knowledge
Yet how can the narrowness of graves contain him?

10. And if angels rejoiced at his coming
Why do eminent men weep and wail?

11. No tomb could contain your flow of life
Watering your grave and increasing it

12. And you were rewarded well for a nation
Whose scholars benefit from what you offered

13. So your praised station is above their station
And over all, your banner is planted

14. You showed clearly through signs that when apparent
Hypocrisy is hidden and monotheism proclaimed

15. And you unveiled the ambiguity of what was ambiguous
So doubts on the face of truth became dark

16. O you who rest in the most hallowed earth
By God, you are resolute and steadfast

17. Oh how suddenly Iraq was shaken
At a harsh hour that splits even the stubborn

18. When the time came for the Father of Praise and he was given
Among the generous, his promised day

19. His elegy was his eulogy, and the historian said
Alas, Father of Praise Abu al-Thana' has died