1. The youth of wisdom and sublime melody
Has passed, though his virtues remain

2. No marketplace that was not his companion
No king whose assembly did not weigh his chant

3. No town was devoid of his goodness
No region devoid of his mention

4. When he sang, he almost made
The cosmos speak in rhyme

5. Some of the worthless are confused
By his lofty compositions

6. His strings rule the soul
Speaking on the oud mimicingly

7. And reach the place of his pearls
And reveal his hidden mysteries

8. And how many signs in his songs
They are the sun, unmatched

9. When the gnostics whisper them
Say: The lightning and thunder are from the clouds

10. And if they whisper after loudness
The swaying of adornments upon the singer

11. Indeed, my hair has turned white and youthfulness has faded
Yet its celebration remains lively

12. It represents Egypt in this time
As it was in eras past

13. And we recall those nights through it
And chant those visions that flowed

14. And weep over our lost glory
And mourn our bygone days

15. Oh House of Farid, we condole you
And weep with the grieving family

16. For in your loss, we lost a poet
Whose equal time will scarcely find