1. Rushdi died, alas then alas
Before reaching the height of his glory

2. A poet whose prose was most eloquent
And the beauty of his poetry overflowed

3. They told me Rushdi will not return
Rock and iron pressed heavily on him

4. All that the eye hasn't seen is new
O stranger of spirit in the house of eternity

5. O example of nobility, O jewel of youth
How did you become hostage to dust

6. Between us today, veil upon veil
O stranger of spirit in the house of eternity

7. Ah! The plots of my time and your time
Ah! The distance between my place and your place

8. You did not disappear even though you were there
In bliss that is an apparition of you

9. Ah! The plots of my time and your time
Ah! The distance between my place and your place

10. You did not disappear even though you were there
In bliss that is an apparition

11. The mourner cried out to you in the morning
And bitter crying out in death is permitted

12. This life is struggle and endeavor
With sorrowful weeping in its folds

13. I wished they would shroud you with my poetry
And bury you in the depths of my heart

14. O intellectual, your spirit the spirit of kings
As he spilled blood and tears for poetry

15. You, O Rushdi, are close by despite the distance
To a friend who preserves the beloved covenant

16. I raise my voice and have no answerer
Except this poetry of the tune of weeping

17. The world narrowed before me after you were gone
And the era ended, I no longer see you

18. We did not ransom you, would ransoming you
Save this existence the day you departed

19. Soil embraced you, embraced what you want
Of the unique in his meaningful expressions

20. You were the light in this existence
You were a melody of the warbling of eternity

21. I wish one day I saw what could be
Blamed in you, O soul like melted incense

22. To alleviate the horror of this calamity
After you, life is torment upon torment

23. I look upon the image and my heart melts
Alas a heart crumpled with anguish

24. O captive of the grave, captive of hearts
After death you are a formidable sorcerer

25. What saddened your family did not sadden me
When weeping became an outlet for my expression

26. If I was harmed through you, O sweet of meanings
It was the cup of betrayal from the wine of time