1. أَمّا أَمينُ فَقَد ذُقنا لِمَصرَعِهِ

    وَخَطبِهِ مِن صُنوفِ الحُزنِ أَلوانا

    As for Amin, at his death we have tasted

    And at his calamity, many shades of grief.

  2. لَم تُنسِنا ذِكرَهُ الدُنيا وَإِن نَسَجَت

    لِلراحِلينَ مِنَ النِسيانِ أَكفانا

    The world has not made us forget his memory, though it has woven

    Shrouds of oblivion for the departed.

  3. مَضى نَقِيّاً عَفيفَ النَفسِ مُحتَسِبا

    فَهَدَّ مِن دَولَةِ الأَخلاقِ أَركانا

    He departed pure, chaste of soul, seeking God's reward,

    And his passing shattered pillars of the realm of virtue.

  4. جَرَت عَلى سَنَنِ التَوحيدِ نَشأَتُهُ

    في اللَهِ وَالرَأيِ إِخلاصاً وَإيمانا

    His upbringing followed the path of monotheism,

    With sincerity and faith in God and in conviction.

  5. لَم يَلوِهِ المالُ عَن رَأيٍ يَدينُ بِهِ

    وَلَو حَمَلتَ إِلَيهِ الدَهرَ مَلآنا

    Wealth never swayed him from a belief he held,

    Even had you brought him all of time, filled to the brim.

  6. وَلَم يَلِن عودُهُ لِلخَطبِ يُرهِقُهُ

    قَسا عَلَيهِ شَديدُ العَيشِ أَم لانا

    Nor did his stem bend to calamity that weighed on him,

    Whether life's hardships dealt harshly with him or grew gentle.

  7. ظُلمٌ مِنَ القَبرِ أَن تَبلى أَنامِلُهُ

    فَكَم رَمَت في سَبيلِ اللَهِ مَن خانا

    It is unjust of the grave to let his fingertips decay,

    For how often they struck at traitors in God's cause!

  8. كانَت مَطِيَّةَ سَبّاقٍ جَوانِبُهُ

    يُرويكَ فَيّاضُها صِدقاً وَعِرفانا

    They were the mount of a racer whose sides

    Overflow, slaking your thirst with truth and knowledge.

  9. عِشرونَ عاماً عَلى الطِرسِ الطَهورِ جَرى

    ما خَطَّ فاحِشَةً أَو خَطَّ بُهتانا

    For twenty years he raced across the spotless page;

    He wrote no obscenity, nor penned any slander.

  10. يَجولُ بَينَ رِياضِ الفِكرِ مُقتَطِفاً

    مِن طيبِ مَغرِسِها وَرداً وَرَيحانا

    He roams among the gardens of thought, plucking

    From their rich soil, roses and sweet basil.

  11. فَيَنشَقُّ الذِهنُ مِن أَسطارِهِ أَرَجاً

    وَتُبصِرُ العَينُ فَوقَ الطِرسِ بُستانا

    So the mind bursts with fragrance from his lines,

    And the eye beholds a garden upon the page.

  12. أَمينَ فارَقتَنا في حينِ حاجَتِنا

    إِلى فَتىً لا يَرى لِلمالِ سُلطانا

    Amin, you left us at the hour of our need

    For a young man who concedes no authority to wealth,

  13. إِلى أَمينٍ عَلى أَوطانِهِ يَقِظٍ

    ذي مِرَّةٍ يَتَلَقّى الخَطبَ جَذلانا

    For a trustworthy guardian, vigilant over his homelands,

    Of firm resolve, meeting calamity with joy.

  14. أَيَلبَسُ الخَزَّ مَن لانَت مَهَزَّتَهُ

    وَأَنتَ تَخرُجُ مِن دُنياكَ عُريانا

    Shall one whose mettle has grown soft wear silk,

    While you depart your world naked?

  15. إِنَّ القَناعَةَ كَنزٌ كُنتَ حارِسَهُ

    تَرى بِهِ القوتَ ياقوتاً وَمُرجانا

    Contentment is a treasure you guarded;

    Through it you saw sustenance as rubies and coral.

  16. فَما سَعَيتَ لِغَيرِ الحَمدِ تَكسِبُهُ

    وَلا رَضيتَ لِغَيرِ الحَقِّ إِذعانا

    Thus you strove only to earn praise,

    Nor would you submit to anything but truth.

  17. أَودى بِكَ السُكَّرُ المُضني وَلا عَجَبٌ

    أَن يورِثَ الحُلوُ مُرَّ العَيشِ أَحيانا

    Wasting diabetes carried you off; and no wonder

    That sweetness should sometimes bequeath life's bitterness.

  18. ما هانَ خَطبُكَ وَالأَخلاقُ والِهَةٌ

    تَبكي عَلَيكَ إِذا خَطبُ اِمرِئٍ هانا

    Your loss is no slight thing, while virtue, distraught,

    Weeps for you when another man's loss seems slight.

  19. أَمينُ حَسبُكَ ما قَدَّمتَ مِن عَمَلٍ

    فَأَنتَ أَرجَحُنا في الحَشرِ ميزانا

    Amin, the deeds you sent ahead suffice you;

    For at the Gathering, your scales outweigh all of ours.

  20. أَبشِر فَإِنَّكَ في أُخراكَ أَسعَدُنا

    حَظّاً وَإِن كُنتَ في دُنياكَ أَشقانا

    Rejoice, for in your hereafter you are the happiest of us

    In fortune, though in your world you were the most wretched.

  21. بَلِّغ ثَلاثَتَكُم عَنّا تَحِيَّتَنا

    وَاِذكُر لَهُم ما يُعاني قَومُنا الآنا

    Convey our greeting to your trio on our behalf,

    And tell them what our people suffer now.

  22. وَاِضرَع إِلى اللَهِ في الفِردَوسِ مُبتَهِلاً

    أَن يَحرُسَ النيلَ مِمَّن رامَ طُغيانا

    And in Paradise beseech God in humble prayer

    To guard the Nile from whoever seeks tyranny.