1. قَد ناحَ آلُ حَبيب حَوّا راحِلاً

    وَلَّى فَفازَ بَرَحمةٍ وَنَعيمِ

    The family of Habib Hawwa has mourned one departed.

    He departed and gained mercy and bliss.

  2. رُكنٌ لَقَد هَدَمَتهُ عاصِفَةُ الرَّدى

    وَثَناهُ باقٍ لَيسَ بِالمَهدومِ

    A pillar indeed brought down by the storm of death;

    Yet praise of him endures, not brought down.

  3. قَد كانَ غَوثاً في الخُطوبِ وَمَقصِداً

    لِلخَيرِ مَرجوّاً لِكُلِّ عَظيمِ

    He was indeed a help in hardships and one sought out

    For good, looked to for every weighty matter.

  4. وَلَقَد قَضى بِالبِرِّ مُدَّتَهُ إِلى

    أَن جاءَهُ أَجَلُ القَضا المَحتومِ

    And indeed he spent his lifetime in righteousness, until

    The appointed hour of inevitable fate came to him.

  5. لَبّى دُعا الباري فَأَمسى عِندَهُ

    ضَيفاً كَريماً في جِوارِ كَريمِ

    He answered the Creator's call and came to be with Him,

    An honored guest in the company of the Generous One.

  6. وَهُنالكَ التّاريخُ أَعلَنَ صادِقاً

    قَد حَلَّ عازَرَ حِضنَ إِبراهيمِ

    And there the chronogram truthfully proclaimed:

    Lazarus has come to dwell in Abraham's bosom.