هوَ النَبأُ العَظيمُ فَمَن يُحامي
وَقَد أَودى بَنو سامٍ وَحامٍ
It is momentous news, so who will defend
The clans of Shem and Ham have been undone
تُصيبُ سِهامُهُ الصَدرَ المُعَلى
فَتَقذِفُهُ إِلىَ تَحتَ الرجام
His arrows pierce the noble breast
Casting them beneath the shooting stones
كَهَذا العالَمِ العَلَمِ المُفَدىّ
إِمامِ أَولي البَلاغَةِ وَالكَلامِ
Like this remarkable, exemplary world
Imam of eloquence and speech
أَبي العَبّاسِ أَحمَدَ مَن تَسامى
وَنادى فَضلُهُ هَل مِن مُسامي
Father of al-‘Abbas, Ahmad the Sublime
Whose excellence proclaimed, who will join me?
سَليلُ أَبي الضَيّافِ وَسارَ ضَيفاً
إِلىَ دارِ الكَرامَةِ وَالكِرامِ
Scion of the hospitable, himself a noble guest
To the abode of dignity and generosity
وَخَلَّدَ مِن مَحاسِنِهِ رياضاً
ثَوَت في طِرسها ذاتَ اِبتِسامِ
His virtues immortalized verdant gardens
Where smiles were planted, beautifully bloomed
وَباهى باليَراعِ حَديدَ عَضبٍ
وَصَمصام وَهندي حُسام
With iron, wrath, scimitar and blade
He brought splendor, when drawn in softness
إِذا أَجراهُ في رق أَقَرّت
لَهُ بالرق أَلسِنَةُ الأَنامِ
Tongues spoke his praise in whispers
And whatever he uttered in gentle words
وَمَهما قالَ في دَستٍ خِطاباً
فَإِنَّ القَولَ ما قالَت حَذّامِ
Were as if spoken by swords of India
If he scattered gems in his bounty
وَإِن نَثَرَ الجَواهِرَ في نَدي
تَرَ العقدَ الفَريدَ مِنَ النِظامِ
You would see a unique, graceful necklace
He contained whatever he wished of might and splendor
حَوى ما شاءَ مِن عزّ وَلَمّا
دَرى أَنَّ المَصيرَ إِلى الحِمامِ
Yet he knew the return would be to the tomb
He cast off the world's vanity
رَمى بِزَخارِفِ الدُنيا وَأَلقى
بِزَهرَتِها إِلى وَجهِ الرغامِ
Throwing its flowers in the face of destruction
And walked the path of Qur'an, dhikr and asceticism
وَسارَ مَسيرَ قُرآنٍ وَذكرٍ
وَزُهدٍ ما تَدَنَّسَ بِالأثامِ
Unsullied by sins, yearning for the meeting
The caller came to him, and took him
وَتاقَ إِلى اللِقا فَأَتاهُ آتٍ
وَسارَ بِهِ إِلى دارِ المُقامِ
To the abode of eternity
So honor his dwelling, O Lord, and bless
فأكرِم نُزلَهُ يا رَب وَأَحسِن
كَما أَلهَمتَهُ حُسنَ الخِتامِ
As you inspired him with a beautiful end
And fulfill for the chronicler sincerity
وَحَقِّق لِلمؤَرِخِ فالَ صِدقٍ
أَبو العَبّاسِ في دارِ السَلامِ
Abu al-'Abbas in the abode of peace
