1. لَقَد سارَ جبريلُ الكَريمُ مُهاجراً

    إِلى اللَهِ يَبغي نَيلَ مُنيتِهِ الكُبرَى

    Indeed, noble Jibril has set forth, migrating

    to God, seeking fulfillment of his greatest wish.

  2. عَزيزٌ بَكى آلَ المخلَّعِ بَعدَهُ

    عَميداً بَكاهُ الفَضلُ وَالشِّيَمُ الغرّا

    A cherished man: after his passing, the house of al-Mukhallaʿ mourned

    a patriarch whom excellence and radiant virtues mourned.

  3. مَضى فَثوى في طَيِّ لَحدٍ تَنَزَّلَت

    مَلائِكةُ الرَحمانِ مِن فَوقهِ تَترى

    He passed on and lay in the folds of a tomb; there descended

    the All-Merciful’s angels from above him, one after another,

  4. عَلى تُربةٍ أَرِّخ رَسَمنا بِصَفحها

    أَيا حامِلاً بُشرى السَلامِ لَكَ البُشرى

    upon a grave on whose surface we inscribed—mark the date—:

    “O bearer of glad tidings of peace, glad tidings be yours!”