1. Time is not one to heed the complaints of those who reproach it,
No matter how grand their ambitions and desires.

2. Each day it wages a new attack,
Leaving the club with its companions lamenting.

3. It dims the radiance of every mighty ancient hero,
As the unique brilliant gem's necklace fades over time.

4. We have lost the ally of honorable deeds, the son of Qasim,
Pure of character, upstanding in his ways.

5. We have lost a man whose enemies cannot feel secure from his might,
Nor can his manners be contained by his companions.

6. We have lost the springtime of humanity, whose branches bloomed,
When the horizon was covered in dust and its sides grew dark.

7. He mounted the heights of glory with determination,
And noble lineage that birthed his like.

8. He made those beyond reach bow, not to be driven back,
Nor would Indian steel succeed against his blows.

9. If he had faced the bitterest foe, his family
Would have defended him with their swords.

10. If he could be ransomed with souls and immeasurable wealth,
His aspirations would not diminish against him.

11. But when one's time runs out, fate prevails,
And death overcomes even the staunchest men.

12. I say to the one who informed me, deafening my hearing,
"Do you really speak the truth or are you lying?

13. You have declared dead a man who never did wrong in life,
Rather, his virtues and nobility were his achievements."

14. The heavens watered him with forgiveness and pardon,
Its clouds raining down acceptance upon him.

15. My condolences, O family of Abdul Rahim, for through
Good condolences may the bereaved find reward.

16. You are the sons of the best of peoples in their most charitable times,
When even the tallest palm trunks bow down low.

17. You are the sons of glorious honor, which lit up
The horizon of all regions with its stars.

18. If you are youthful in your years, your wisdom
Surpasses those whose heads are white with experience.

19. I hope that you will succeed him,
By upholding a glory built up through his virtues.

20. Keeping his memory alive through you, filling the sky,
As the poet composes verses in remembrance.

21. So come together, all of you grasping the rope of unity,
And beware any discord that would unravel it.

22. Beware division, for it only brings
Destruction to homes in its wake.

23. You have inherited the legacy of those who established
The foundations of their glory in days of sincerity.

24. Their virtues are sung of in every land,
Carried from witnesses to the absent.

25. When they are mentioned, heads bow down,
And it is said: "Thus! Let the seeker of glory emulate them."

26. The bones of the Maqaris never complained of drought to their neighbors,
And their waving branches give fruit to those in their shade.

27. Is not your father Qasim, whose nobility
Graced the horizons of dew in East and West?

28. And your uncle whom glory scented the sky,
And whose gifts made every land fragrant?

29. This is the lament of Abdullah. As for its composer,
He is purehearted, sincere to friend and critic alike.

30. Quick to answer the call to dew, beloved
To both visitors and strangers.

31. He aspires to glory but never preoccupies himself
With aught but generosity or defeating a hostile opponent.

32. And may the prayers of the God of the worlds be upon
Muhammad the rightly guiding and trusted, his family

33. And companions, so long as the writer flows his pen.