1. Shed tears for him.. for with tears is he consoled
Spare no gratitude.. spare no praise

2. For he was virtuous.. and he was guided
Both overflowing for the healthy from his land's plenty

3. No words but his guidance flowing
No deeds but his righteousness abundant and extended

4. He never felt pride amongst us
But felt love and asceticism

5. He would overlook vile blame and see
No right of enmity in his offender!

6. Ahmad.. you were the meadow, in us your
Fruits and blossoms were our fragrance and plenty

7. This meadow is now desolate, its vegetation withered
We find no more sweet fruits or roses in it

8. You were in it a singular nightingale
With your melodies inspiring glory and fervor

9. This meadow now weeps barren without you
For its bird who settled in the grave

10. Like birds we complain of his absence
Yearning for him, at dusk and dawn

11. And remember him amongst us, his memory an aroma
Guiding the traveler to his destination

12. Only the blind do not see him
As a light.. Oh how wretched is the blind in his denial!

13. He shunned the path of the wicked in asceticism
Never haughty or scheming

14. If I say intellect, he soars in it
If perception, watch the ebb and flow

15. They are the scales of intellect and senses interacting
With rain we praised the lightning and thunder before it

16. Can virtues grow but from ruinous wastes
That blinded our perception and revealed fortune to us?

17. Ahmad.. O Lord of the exceptional man
Who illuminates a tomb as he gladdens a cradle

18. He was an elder.. he was a youth
So honorable his resting place, so honorable his eternity

19. I hope when my Lord of Blessings
Wills with His hands.. So beneficial for us, so bountiful

20. My departure to find His grace
Though no covenants or promises have I kept

21. And to meet the generous souls who hurried
Before me to the final journey I seek

22. How I long, as tears flow and death
Pulls me in yearning.. and leaves me the promise

23. Of meeting them in the eternal abode, no sorrow
Or fatigue therein to mar endeavors and effort

24. I awaited him day after day.. but he did not return
To me, though longing and separation endured

25. He turned away leaving the feeble me - would that he had left the firm!
For I have returned, unable to journey on

26. Remaining in my home, too weak to be drawn or pulled
In my throat a lump from pain, and in my core

27. After tasting sweetness, grief
When can one enjoy life and find in it

28. Pleasures that make him forget smiles and softness?
How.. when parting has scorched with its fire

29. My worries.. until I cannot withstand any flame
Senses have betrayed me.. perception has betrayed me

30. Leaving me no stratagems, no wisdom
He had a band of peers.. but none remain

31. Like them, it is he who missed the peers
As he missed enjoyment, as he missed vine

32. With age folding hardships and toil upon him
Peace be upon the world.. the farewell of one

33. Who looks to the next, for his Master he implored
Though in the days of youth he lacked

34. Patience for the caprices of fate or fortitude
May he in His pardon be saved from misery

35. For how generous is the Master and how poor the servant!