1. أُدْرجَ والمعروفُ في بردِه

    وحلَّ والإِحسانُ في لحدِه

    He was enshrouded, with kindness in his mantle,

    And laid to rest, with benevolence in his grave.

  2. فالبس ظلامَ الحزن يا دهرَه

    لبدركَ الآفل من سعده

    So wear grief’s darkness, O Time that was his,

    For your full moon, now setting from its good fortune.

  3. كانَ به روضُ الهنا زاهياً

    لأنَّه اليانعُ من ورده

    Through him the garden of joy was radiant,

    For he was its rose in fullest bloom.

  4. شقَّ الثرى ريحانةً للعُلى

    وعادَ كالسيف إلى غمده

    He cleft the soil, a basil sprig of glory,

    And returned like a sword to its sheath.

  5. وكلُّ حيٍّ عيشه منهلٌ

    ما أقرب الإِصدارَ من ورده

    And every living being’s life is a watering place:

    How close departure is to his coming to drink!