إلى اللهِ البِشيرُ مضَى وأبقَى

إلى اللهِ البِشيرُ مضَى وأبقَى

لنا جَسداً بهِ اُفتَخرَ التُّرابُ

لنا جَسداً بهِ اُفتَخرَ التُّرابُ

Bashir has departed to God and left behind

To Allah the Herald went away and left

for us a body in which the dust took pride.

For us a body, with which dust is honored

أميرٌ كانَ بدراً فاحتَواهُ

أميرٌ كانَ بدراً فاحتَواهُ

ضريحٌ صارَ بُرجاً يُستَطابُ

ضريحٌ صارَ بُرجاً يُستَطابُ

A prince who was a full moon, then was enfolded by

A prince he was, a full moon, now contained

a tomb that became a pleasing tower.

In a tomb, turned into a tower desired

عليهِ قُبَّةٌ قامتْ عليها

عليهِ قُبَّةٌ قامتْ عليها

لهُ مِن رحمةِ الباري قِبابُ

لهُ مِن رحمةِ الباري قِبابُ

Over him is a dome, above which have risen

Over it a dome that stood over it

for him domes of the Creator's mercy.

From the mercy of the Creator, its ceilings

وكلُّ مُؤرِّخٍ نادَى سلامٌ

وكلُّ مُؤرِّخٍ نادَى سلامٌ

على برجٍِ بهِ غابَ الشِّهابُ

على برجٍِ بهِ غابَ الشِّهابُ

And every chronicler proclaimed: "Peace

And every historian called out greetings

upon a tower in which the shooting star vanished!"

Upon a tower in which meteors vanished