1. Damascus boasts over all lands of one
Who did good and knew gratitude best of men

2. Al-Maqarri, who even a little of the excellence
He embodied would leave every wise man perplexed

3. A sun setting in the west whose rising
Would put even the sun to shame as proof

4. None prized what great minds valued more
Except he who made it flow with excellence

5. You can almost read in the radiance of his face
A title from the chapter of Might and Honor

6. He has such wisdom even the sharp ends
Of flowers bend to his guidance obediently

7. A life learned from Abi Hafs he embraced
To dignity rivaling the guidance of Salman

8. Loving to do good he ardently seeks
Privately and openly devoted to his Lord

9. He spends his day teaching unfailingly
And night remembering God reciting Quran

10. To which blossom should we turn our course today
When his sea of gifts has become coral adorned

11. For the blessings we gained from him
Brought ease and goodness always followed

12. Healing, teaching medicine to our knowledge
When he imparted elucidation and wisdom

13. Alas! Who among the people resembles him
Can a mirage compete with rain in bounty?

14. When he walks he treads upon their necks
Yet if you saw the living they walked mounted

15. O Master of scholars, workers, and leader
Wherever there may be, of those who guide

16. My life's debt is paid, my time brought me
After wronging me, the blessing of meeting you

17. A time kissing my hopes, expanding them
Because you of its people, praiseworthy, thanked

18. Step with your heels, relentlessly victorious,
Upon the crowns of enemies whenever you please

19. And congratulations, for your Creator appointed you
Angels as helpers and aides

20. And sanctified it as a gift, if it were graced
With your company, would give life meaning

21. Hear from it, unmatched by any verse
Except the poetry of Hassan, eloquent words