يا خَفيفاً عَلى القُلوبِ لَطيفاً

قَد بَكاهُ أَصادِقٌ وَأَعادي

O gentle one, soothing to hearts,

Mourned by both friends and foes,

كُنتَ مِن مُهجَتي مَكانَ السُوَيداءِ

وَمِن مُقلَتي مَكانَ السَوادِ

You were the pupil of my eye,

And the iris of my sight.

قَد بَكاكَ الراوُوقُ وَالكَأسُ

وَالقَينَةُ مِن لائِطٍ إِلى قَوّادِ

You were mourned by the drinkers and the cups,

And by the singers from the taverns to the brothels.

أَيُّها الشَيخُ ما نَهَتكَ الثَمانونَ

وَذاكَ البَياضُ بَعدَ السَوادِ

O sheikh, neither your eight decades

Nor that white hair after the blackness,

لَم تَزَل تِلكُمُ العُرامَةُ حَتّى

أَلحَقَتهُ بِالرَهطِ مِن قَومِ عادِ

Kept that spear from reaching you,

And joining you with the tribe of ‘Aad.

لا عُوَيسٌ يَبقى وَلا اِبنُ العُصَيفيرِ

وَلا اِبنُ الصُمّانِ في الأَندادِ

Neither ‘Uwais nor the son of Al ‘Usayfir remains,

Nor the son of As-Summan among the peers.

شَمِتوَ حينَ ماتَ وَالمَوتُ

ما تَنفَعُ فيهِ شَماتَةُ الحُسّادِ

They gloated when you died though death -

No gloating by enviers is of use therein.

رَحِمَ اللَهُ مَن رَأى مَصرَعَ الشَيخِ

وَهَيّا مِنَ التُقى خَيرَ زادِ

May Allah have mercy on him who saw the death of the sheikh,

And came well-prepared with piety - the best provision.