1. O you whose knowledge shone like the sun, today it has set
The stars grew dim, the hour drew near, the earth shook and trembled

2. People fled it when it quaked and quivered
Minds are lost, visions strain, thoughts have vanished

3. The universe darkened, birds lost their way
People intoxicated, some had their senses stolen away

4. Hearts are breaking, souls extinguished
Fires blazing in our livers, burning

5. Eyes pouring down their tears
Like carnelian, like pouring rainclouds weeping

6. For the one Muslims were afflicted with
The sun of knowledge that withdrew from them

7. The Gnostic, the Qutb, the Saint in whom
Miracles were seen clearly without lies

8. The ascetic, the godfearing pillar of knowledges
Upon him the signs of guidance were erected

9. The ocean of knowledges, its shores cannot be grasped
From it priceless pearls of mysteries were brought to us

10. Were the oceans of gnosis flowing rivers
Compared to his gnosis they would seem small

11. The determined scholar, our master
The sweet ocean of knowledge

12. The skillful, the expert, the authority
By him the examples of the Imams were set up

13. All knowledges appear within his thoughts
As if depicted in them or inscribed

14. The verifier, so meticulous in verification
It appears written on the forehead of research

15. The exegete of the times, Baydawi of the epoch
In whom Quranic exegeses were most coveted

16. The memorizer, the reliable, the truthful
He who was like al-Bukhari in this age, established and verified

17. The jurist of the age, the full moon of jurisprudence, his master
Subki in the Principles, glorified through him and nurtured by him

18. The Ash'ari whom the swords of proofs
Were unsheathed against the deviance of the deviants and harvested them

19. The excellent poet whose inspiration endured
Flowing, never waning or drying up

20. Muhammad, the sun of Allah's religion our master
By whom examples of guidance were set

21. He is al-Mashriqi no peers compared to him
Nor did any like him come into existence in this time

22. Noblest in morals, his beautiful traits shine
Raised with kindness, earned with virtue

23. Death pounced on him, that traitor
In him, oh what a pity, its claws dug in

24. Verily death is a vicious lion
Pouncing with no doubt on souls and leaping

25. That deceitful one who snatches the righteous
Don't you see it has seized him from among us and kidnapped him

26. It captured all souls in its tight grasp
No soul escaped along with the Lord of the house

27. How many towers of life it demolished and razed
By it the towers of lifetimes were ruined

28. If only it would accept our souls as his ransom
We would have gifted it our souls

29. We weep blood, the earth donned mourning dress for him
Don't you see the earth dyed by that blood

30. The flow of souls poured from our veins
Each thought his deepest essence was drawn out

31. His Master called him to Paradise to dwell
And the fair maidens have surely been proposed to him

32. Responding, he marched happily carried
By the mounts of contentment there he went

33. If he is gone from us he left behind
A sun of nobility that did not disappear or become veiled

34. And if the sun has set, the moon succeeds it
As if it did not disappear or set for us

35. He is his son Mustafa the most high in nobility
And of his sublime traits the loftiest were picked

36. The perfect, the courageous, the full moon of knowledge
His lights overcame the darkness of ignorance

37. A branch of perfection from the garden of perfection appeared
How excellent is the branch in the garden of perfection where it grew

38. Refinement flows through his frame
As if it drank from the waters of grace

39. You who know eloquence, speak of his eloquence
For it has not been granted except to him now

40. Those who know eloquence, when hearing his eloquence
Were amazed by its blossoming beauty

41. When he speaks, the soul rejoices
The eye calms, the ear is enraptured

42. So much precious pearl we seized from his mouth
Pearls our ears plundered from his prose

43. May his Master keep him alive, and may the age revive him for us
And may Allah stifle his enemies and restrain them

44. And may he remain for us to smell through him
The fragrance of his father and so a liver is healed which festered

45. O courageous one, submit to fate for none remains
Except The Ancient, nothing endures but Him

46. And O dutiful brother, show patience for what befell you
For what disaster was there from which the noble prophets were safe

47. Whoever shows patience will have abundant reward
As well as the Gardens of Eternity which are guaranteed for him

48. Death is destined and all people taste it
Did not the Messengers drink the cup of doom?

49. For this we were created, for this people find
So the structures of lifespans crumble

50. And in tribulation is consolation for the afflicted one
From all the catastrophes that befell the world

51. Allah seats him in the Highest Paradise an abode
Drawn near to Him the Almighty, brought close indeed

52. And submit to the safety of Allah whatever pours
Of the clouds of the horizon spilled for decay

53. Will you recite for me in his elegy
O you whose knowledge shone like the sun, today it has set