1. The homes shed tears of grief
If clouds do not revive them with rain

2. My friend and I stopped by them
With the sorrow of one grieving after loved ones

3. We asked the ruins about their dwellers
But they were blind to answer the questioning of one weeping

4. Where did they move far away, leaving behind
A flame in the chests that does not die out

5. How amazing is the succession of events and before that
Whoever came to heal himself with them was healed

6. If the quarter of loyalty had shed tears when
The time ruined your façade he would not have

7. Indeed my innermost being melts for your courtyard
And my tears flow in it

8. O quarter where did the loved ones carry you
Every dune covered with beauty is compliant and loyal

9. Time did not treat them well as if
The days had exchanged them like a money changer

10. It started with Jafar before that and demolished
Every towering pillar of Ahmed’s faith

11. And it came upon Musa who with his determination
However much he resisted adversity, he met it with acceptance

12. And it finished off Zaki the carpenter whom
The Lord of piety and glory was his hoped for refuge

13. My fervor for a branch after its blossoming O my loved ones
Despite us with dust shrouded

14. O dust that split and bubbled up Ahmed
Who does not yearn for you has not been just

15. If my heart had split with sighs at that point
Or my cheek had flowed with tears I would not have

16. How amazing the abyss exposed him before his completion
And the full moon before its perfection did not darken

17. How amazing the rose of glory plucked fresh
And the rose before its time was not plucked

18. I grieve for you when the hand of fate folded you
If anguish was of benefit, my utmost grief

19. Patience my two cheeks of favors, pleased with them
For with patience you are distinguished above mankind

20. And none can have patience except
A man who follows your example O son of the generous

21. So may you be consoled by the best of those who walk
On the earth barefoot or wearing sandals

22. The beauty of deeds before any virtue
A Master quenching the thirst of the seeker of glory

23. Thus he remains for eternity a protected cave
And by his good conduct people emulate him

24. And watered a tomb containing Ahmed with rain of
Blessings from the Lord of mankind with abundance