1. Great news you have turned away from
Or are you not, O people, the one being addressed

2. Nay, its impact has surely struck the ears
And departure has drawn near, so where, where are the belts

3. These mountains on the shoulders are moved
This is Thabir, a departing camel and gathering

4. This one who has anguished the wilderness by his loss
One whose virtue and knowledge you have known

5. A perfume, Muhammad son of Al-Khuja the pillar
The flag, the shining, honorable imam

6. Breast of the Law, Shaykh al-Islām who
Was translating the secret of the Book

7. And successor of Al-Nu‘mān, Al-Ju‘fī and one who
You find foremost in all sciences

8. His light filled pulpits and conferences
And by his merit all were submissive

9. Time has sworn it will never bring his equal
Cancel your oath, swiftly O swearer

10. Who after him for magnificence and awe
Who for precedence, speak up or ponder

11. Who for competence and alertness will keep alert
The misfortune turned away and mourning was installed

12. Who will solve the most difficult, complex issues
Who will issue rulings and decisive judgments

13. Of thirty and five years he has spent
Guiding, issuing fatwas and persisting in study

14. O you who depart as patience follows you
And tears write however they wish and draw

15. The earth shook and hearts cracked
The horizon darkens and feelings ignite

16. Receive good tidings of God’s pleasure in an abode
Where the askers greeted you, alive, and bid peace

17. And saw your palace erected in the Gardens
With spirits and delights arranged around you

18. And you left behind a scent in horizons giving help or accusing
And the greatness of your loss has reached such extent that history has composed:

19. The Greatest Imam is lost.