1. لَقَد ماتَ أَعلى الناس قَدراً محمد

    هُوَ العالم القُوصي في الفَضل أَوحَد

    Muhammad, highest of men in rank, has indeed died.

    He was the scholar al-Qusi, peerless in excellence.

  2. عَلا نسبة وَاِزداد بِالعلم رفعة

    وَكانَ مَهاباً في الشَدائد يَقصد

    He stood high in lineage and rose in stature through knowledge.

    And he was held in awe, sought out in times of hardship.

  3. حَيسب نَسيب أَكمل الناس سيرة

    إِلَيهِ أَبو الحجاج جد وَمحتد

    Noble in standing and birth, the most perfect of men in conduct;

    Abu al-Hajjaj is his forefather and ancestral root.

  4. لَهُ همة لا مُنتهى لِكبارها

    وَهمته الصُغرى لَها الدَهر يَسجد

    He had an ambition whose greatest aims knew no bounds;

    And Time prostrates itself before his smallest ambition.

  5. وَكُل بَليغ لَيسَ يَذكر بَعده

    وَأَيامه بِالفَضل لا شَك تَشهد

    And after him, no eloquent man is mentioned;

    And his days bear witness, beyond doubt, to his excellence.

  6. وَكان أَجل الناس يَهوى لِقاءه

    فَكُل سَجاياه لَدى الناس تَحمد

    And the most eminent of men longed to meet him;

    For all his qualities were praised among men.

  7. وَلَما أَراد اللَه صَون جَنابه

    مِن الهَم ف الدُنيا وَمِما يُكابد

    And when God wished to shield his noble person

    from sorrow in this world and from what he endured,

  8. دَعاه وَناداه لِيُعطيه ما يَشا

    بَأَكرم مَثوى بِالنَعيم يَشيد

    He summoned him and called him, to grant him what he wished,

    in the noblest abode, which He builds with bliss.

  9. وَلا عَجب إِن كانَ في القَبر قَد ثَوى

    فَأَن قراب السَيف لِلسَيف مغمد

    And it is no wonder if he has lain in the grave;

    for the sword's scabbard is a sheath for the sword.

  10. وَلِلذهب الأبريز في التُرب مسكن

    وَيَسكُن قاع البَحر دُر يَنضد

    And pure gold has a dwelling in the earth,

    And pearls lie arrayed on the seabed.

  11. وَما القَبر إِلّا رَوضة طابَ عُرفَها

    بِطيب شَذا مِن عرفته المَحامد

    And the grave is but a garden whose fragrance is sweet,

    with the sweet scent of one whom virtues knew.

  12. حَباه إِله العَرش بِالفَضل جَنة

    بِهِ تَرتَقى اسمي مَقام وَتَسعد

    The God of the Throne bestowed a garden upon him by grace;

    Through him it rises to the highest station and rejoices.

  13. فَحَياه رضوان وَقالَ مُؤرِخاً

    لَكَ اللَه شَرفت الجِنان محمد

    Then Ridwan greeted him and said in a chronogram:

    God bless you! You have ennobled the gardens, Muhammad.