1. هَمياً دُموعيَ هَميا

    وعمّمي الأرضَ سُقيا

    Pour down, my tears, pour down,

    And water all the earth.

  2. أَما عَلِمتِ بِرُزْءٍ

    قَد صَيَّرَ العَينَ عَميا

    Have you not learned of a calamity

    That has made the eye blind?

  3. أَودى لَبيبٌ كَريمٌ

    أَحيا المَكارِمَ أَحيا

    A wise, generous man has perished,

    Who revived noble virtues, most modest of men;

  4. مِنْ أَشرَفِ النّاسِ أَصلاً

    مِن أَحسَنِ النّاسِ زِيّا

    Among the noblest of people in lineage,

    Among the finest of people in attire:

  5. أَخو الفَضائلِ يَحيا

    مَنْ فهمُه كان وَحْيا

    Yahya, brother of virtues,

    Whose understanding was revelation;

  6. مَنْ ذكرُهُ ليس يَفنى

    ولم يكُ الدهرَ نسْيا

    Whose remembrance never fades,

    Nor was he ever a forgotten thing.

  7. ما ماتَ مَن عاشَ ذكراً

    بَشراً أَي ما ماتَ يَحيى

    Whoever lives on in remembrance has not died:

    Glad tidings! That is, Yahya has not died.

  8. سُقياً لِقَبرٍ حَواه

    سُقياً له ثم سُقيا

    May the grave that holds him be watered;

    May it be watered, then watered again.

  9. لَقَد دَعَتهُ جِنانٌ

    فَنَحوَها سارَ سَعيا

    Gardens have indeed called him,

    So toward them he went in haste.

  10. إِذ ماتَ أرَّخت كَهلا

    بِجنَّةِ الخُلدِ يحيَى

    When he died in middle age, I marked the date:

    In the garden of eternity, Yahya lives.