1. أبكَى عيونَ بني عطاءٍ راحلٌ

    بفضائلِ النَّفس الزكيَّةِ يُوصَفُ

    A departed man has made the eyes of ʿAṭāʾ's sons weep,

    Known for the virtues of his pure soul.

  2. صَرَفَ الحياةَ وما شكا أحدٌ لهُ

    قولاً ولا عَمَلاً عليهِ يُعنَّفُ

    He spent his life, and no one complained to him

    Of any word or deed for which he might be rebuked.

  3. قد صارَ كالذَّهَبِ المصفَّى جوهراً

    لتَمامِ عُمرٍ طالَ فيهِ المَوقِفُ

    He has become, in essence, like refined gold,

    At the completion of a lifetime in which his sojourn was long.

  4. نال الخلاصَ فقُلتُ في تأريخِهِ

    مِن سِجنِ مِصرِ الأرضِ أُطلِقَ يُوسُفُ

    He attained deliverance, so I said in his chronogram:

    From the prison of earthly Egypt, Yūsuf was released.