1. My grief is enough that separation has harmed me,
And I could no longer live or have any patience.

2. I did not know before, between them when
I had reaped the fire of companionship, that the intention was bitter.

3. And I thought time was heedless of us,
If only it had been more vigilant between us!

4. The nights before this day were not sweeter
For us with the bliss of life passing by.

5. Except that days only betray their people,
And if one day is safe, its nature is betrayal.

6. Nothing stays the same, and what the fates
Ordained for it - increase for my life or Amr’s!

7. So do not seek loyalty from it - it is
Full of deceit, and loyalty in it is little.

8. Oh sons of hopes - the darkness has grown dim
And the full moon has been eclipsed from the heaven.

9. Lightning laments it and clouds have numbered
The scowling face of the clouds when the rain wept.

10. It was hard on the night - it tore its dress
In anger at it, split open and the dawn ripped.

11. It woke up grieving, slapping the river’s cheek -
No moistened eye deserves excuse or pardon,

12. Nor eyelid but rejoices in crying -
Its redness competing, outpacing the red camels.

13. But the way of God - what the intention did
To our burning livers and what separation did!

14. The lion of the jungle disappeared, carried off by fate
And the days distinguished him from his cubs.

15. He passed the evening a stranger to the barren valley
And Egypt never stopped weeping over losing him.

16. No wonder he disappeared into the soil
For he may hide in his lairs, the dust!

17. He was unique, the axis of the circle of highness,
Lofty in honour, hidden to God in his glory.

18. He was righteous to us and a spring of generosity
And that was only because he was land and sea.

19. He was from a house whose layers were sublime
Sweet verse and prose adorned with him the world.

20. The imam of all kinds of praise, the gatherer
In the sanctuary of highness, dawn gleam and leaves.

21. From his beneficence flows generosity he narrates
And from his openness, blessings he relates.

22. How many hopes he realized, heights and joy
And a destiny - is this destiny not enough?

23. His virtues cannot be counted by the mind
They have no limit and no number.

24. I swear by the brilliant sun he has no equal
Nor can the age produce someone like him.

25. He did not care for the world - even if he wanted
Abundant money he could have had it in excess.

26. And if he is gone and his days folded away
His help is known through praise spread about him.

27. I did not know before when he was in the soil
Held captive that dust inhabits roses.

28. Nor did I say that the earth when it hid him
Eclipsed the shining sun and full moon within it.

29. Nor that the sea carried him travelling
On the surface of a plank or enclosed him in a grave.

30. Alas - the full moon of its heavens has disappeared
He is gone and the land left desolate and barren.

31. After him who is left for juristic opinions and questions
And who can clarify the meaning when the matter is unclear?

32. And who can grant those hoping from his overflowing generosity
When the time of generosity has left it barren?

33. As if there is no longer a path for seekers
And nothing he established with his thoughts helps them.

34. Nor was he a sea of knowledge, an abundant source
Facilitating with his mirror-like wisdom and broadening of chests.

35. Nor was he whose difficulty,when asked for help,
Enriched and accustomed ease to the one he favoured.

36. Nor were his hands generous with loyalty
As if an ocean did not flow from them.

37. Oh, his children - what God decreed is done
And one who died with virtues - his memory remains.

38. And if ar-Rumayli is gone from you
His generosity granting wishes is not gone from you.

39. And if the high star - its comet has disappeared
With God's praise you are its remaining blossoms.

40. So may God magnify in him the reward for you
And inspire you with patience - greatly increasing rewards.

41. You will not taste harm or evil after him
Nor any plot or deception reach you.

42. We grieve to console you about him
But it is only the Sunnah including acceptance.

43. May God water the soil covering him
And rain upon us from its clouds favor.

44. And replace for him this abode with a Garden
With mansions erected for him from every pearl.

45. Everlasting in the gardens of bliss
Interceding for all - a treasure for those without treasure.

46. A lofty spirit - without him there would be
No heaven or earth - and this is pride.

47. And how many signs appeared in his cradle
Signs, the house and stones bear witness for him.

48. Upon you, God's prayers and peace
Prayers by which we are saved when included in the Resurrection.

49. And his family and companions whenever dawn appears
And the sun rises and the dawn breaks.