أيُّها القبر لا بَرِحْتَ مَصوباً

من غزيرِ الحيا بصيّب مُزْنِ

O grave, you have remained filled

With the abundant rain of life with heavy downpour

دفنوا في ثراك أكرمَ مَيْتٍ

خال ما بينه المَنونُ وبيني

They buried in your soil the most generous corpse

Empty between him, death, and me

من أبٍ كانَ بي رؤوفاً رحيماً

جُزِيَ الخيرَ والمثوبة عني

Of a father who was to me compassionate and merciful

May he be rewarded for his kindness and bounty over me

سوف أبكيه ما حييت وإن كا

ن بكائي عليه ليس بمغن

I will cry for him as long as I live even if

My crying over him is of no benefit

نال من ربِّه مقاماً كريماً

يتمنّى مكانه المتمنِّي

He has attained from his Lord an honourable station

That the wishful one wishes for his place

قلت لما مضى وأرَّختُه قد

نِلتَ عبد الوهاب جنَّاتِ عدن

I said when he passed away and I dated it:

You have attained, Abdel Wahab, the gardens of Eden