1. It is momentous news, so who will defend
The clans of Shem and Ham have been undone

2. His arrows pierce the noble breast
Casting them beneath the shooting stones

3. Like this remarkable, exemplary world
Imam of eloquence and speech

4. Father of al-‘Abbas, Ahmad the Sublime
Whose excellence proclaimed, who will join me?

5. Scion of the hospitable, himself a noble guest
To the abode of dignity and generosity

6. His virtues immortalized verdant gardens
Where smiles were planted, beautifully bloomed

7. With iron, wrath, scimitar and blade
He brought splendor, when drawn in softness

8. Tongues spoke his praise in whispers
And whatever he uttered in gentle words

9. Were as if spoken by swords of India
If he scattered gems in his bounty

10. You would see a unique, graceful necklace
He contained whatever he wished of might and splendor

11. Yet he knew the return would be to the tomb
He cast off the world's vanity

12. Throwing its flowers in the face of destruction
And walked the path of Qur'an, dhikr and asceticism

13. Unsullied by sins, yearning for the meeting
The caller came to him, and took him

14. To the abode of eternity
So honor his dwelling, O Lord, and bless

15. As you inspired him with a beautiful end
And fulfill for the chronicler sincerity

16. Abu al-'Abbas in the abode of peace