1. A departing one made the eyes of the sons of Atta weep
He is described with the virtues of a pure soul

2. He spent his life and none complained of him
Neither in word nor deed was he rebuked

3. He became like refined gold in essence
From the completeness of an age in which he lingered

4. He attained salvation, so I said in his obituary
Joseph is released from the prisons of the land of Egypt