لهفي على بدر علا

لهفي على بدر علا

تحت التراب قد أفل

تحت التراب قد أفل

Alas for a full moon that rose high,

My longing for the full moon has set

now set beneath the earth;

Beneath the earth, extinguished

وبحر علم كل حبرٍ

وبحر علم كل حبرٍ

عل منه ونهل

عل منه ونهل

and a sea of knowledge from which every scholar

An ocean of knowledge, every drop

drank and drank again;

I learned from it and drew

من قد حباه اللَه

من قد حباه اللَه

علماً زانه حسن عمل

علماً زانه حسن عمل

one whom God had endowed

The one whom Allah granted

with knowledge adorned by good conduct.

Knowledge, adorned with good deed

قد هد أركان التقى

قد هد أركان التقى

والدين رزؤه جلل

والدين رزؤه جلل

His loss has shattered the pillars of piety

He established the pillars of piety

and religion—a grievous calamity.

And the religion, he clothed with glory

وحين حل الترب وهو

وحين حل الترب وهو

والسيد السامي المحل

والسيد السامي المحل

And when he came to rest in the earth—he,

And when the dust settled on him

the master of exalted station—

The exalted master

أرخت عام موته

أرخت عام موته

في بيت شعر قد كمل

في بيت شعر قد كمل

I recorded the year of his death

I recorded the year of his death

in a verse of poetry, now complete:

In a complete verse of poetry

عز على الإسلام موت

عز على الإسلام موت

الصادق المولى الأجل

الصادق المولى الأجل

“Grievous to Islam was the death

Grievous for Islam is the death

of al-Sadiq, the most venerable master.”

Of the truthful master, the noble