1. O you who are knowledgeable of hadith and stories
After the death of the renowned scholar Al-Attar

2. We have been terribly aggrieved by his loss
What grief is like the grief for Al-Bukhari?

3. The radiant star, the full moon of glories
The celestial orb of merit like the sun of daytime

4. The keeper of the age in Damascus, unique
In all regions and eras

5. He was steadfast, an authority, an imam
Knowledgeable of hadith and news

6. Well-versed in all branches of knowledge
The best reviver of the Sunnah of the Chosen One

7. So death pounced on him like a voracious lion
As if death was taking revenge

8. My heart quivered, and oh, my eyes streamed
I have lost all patience for his sake

9. Yearning for prayers under his leadership
In the darkness of nights and dawns

10. Yearning for the mosque in Damascus
Where he would enliven it with lessons and invocations

11. Yearning for Jilq wherefrom
The sun of his glory had set

12. He left seeking the neighborhood of the Kind One
And the neighborhood of the kind is the best neighborhood

13. The like of him did not die, he lives on
Where the Praiseworthy preserved his traces

14. Where he preserved a beautiful reputation and mention
On the tongue of time and across horizons

15. Where he preserved from the generous ones, a generous one
The shining sun of outstanding grace

16. His fortunate, felicitous, most excellent son
The star of glory, unique among moons

17. Bright-faced, of white traits
The epitome of beauty, unmatched among the elite

18. A persevering scholar, an eloquent sage
Quick-witted, truthful in thoughts

19. The garden of jurisprudence, the path of knowledge, excelling
The jewel of merit, delight of the righteous

20. He takes to teaching and adorns
The dress of benefit, graced with dignity

21. Upon him mysteries are disclosed like a bride
Rising above the virgins

22. He strives in comprehending them assiduously
With ijtihad, determination and deliberation

23. Upon him shine rays of openings
The greatest opening being that of The Creator

24. O moon that setting cannot mar
Whose felicity transcends stratagems

25. What you have been afflicted with is monumental
It is a matter predestined inevitable

26. And upon you is surrender with patience
Nothing equals surrendering to fate

27. And recall an affliction that befell a Prophet
Which is the greatest affliction of the free