نَبأ عَظيمٌ عَنهُ قَد أَعرَضتُمُ
أَوَ لَيسَ يا قَومُ المُخاطَبُ أَنتُم
Great news you have turned away from
Or are you not, O people, the one being addressed
كَلّا لَقَد قَرَعَ المَسامِعَ وَقعُهُ
وَدَنا الرَحيلُ فَأَينَ أَينَ الأَحزُم
Nay, its impact has surely struck the ears
And departure has drawn near, so where, where are the belts
هَذي الجِبالُ عَلى المَناكِب سُيِّرَت
هَذا ثَبيرٌ راحِلٌ وَيَلَملَمُ
These mountains on the shoulders are moved
This is Thabir, a departing camel and gathering
هَذا الَّذي فَجَعَ البَريَّةَ فَقدُهُ
مَن قَد عَرَفتُم فَضلَهُ وَعَلِمتُمُ
This one who has anguished the wilderness by his loss
One whose virtue and knowledge you have known
طَودٌ أَشَمّ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ الخُوجَةِ ال
عَلَمُ الإِمامُ الأَلمَعيّ الأَكرَمُ
A perfume, Muhammad son of Al-Khuja the pillar
The flag, the shining, honorable imam
صَدرُ الشَريعَةِ شَيخ الإِسلامِ الَّذي
قَد كانَ عَن سِرِّ الكِتابِ يُتَرجِمُ
Breast of the Law, Shaykh al-Islām who
Was translating the secret of the Book
وَخَليفَةُ النُعمانِ وَالجُعفي وَمَن
تُلفيه في كُلِّ العُلومِ يُقَدِّمُ
And successor of Al-Nu‘mān, Al-Ju‘fī and one who
You find foremost in all sciences
مَلأ المَنابِرَ وَالمَحابِرَ نورُهُ
وَبِفَضلِهِ كانَ الجَميعُ مُسَلِّمُ
His light filled pulpits and conferences
And by his merit all were submissive
حَلَفَ الزَمانُ ليأتيَنّ بِمِثلِهِ
كَفِّر يَمينِكَ مُسرِعاً يا مُقسِمُ
Time has sworn it will never bring his equal
Cancel your oath, swiftly O swearer
مَن لِلجَلالَةِ وَالمَهابَةِ بَعدَهُ
مَن لِلصَدارَةِ صَرّحوا أَو جَمجِموا
Who after him for magnificence and awe
Who for precedence, speak up or ponder
مَن لِلبَراعَةِ وَاليَراعَةِ راعَها
صَرفُ الردى وَأقيمَ فيها المأتَمُ
Who for competence and alertness will keep alert
The misfortune turned away and mourning was installed
مَن لِلعَويصاتِ الصِعابِ يَحُلّها
مَن لِلقَضايا قَد يُشيرُ فَيُبرِم
Who will solve the most difficult, complex issues
Who will issue rulings and decisive judgments
مِن ثُلثِ قَرنٍ ذا وَخَمسٍ قَد قَضى
بِهُدىً وَأَفتى والدراسَةَ يَلزَمُ
Of thirty and five years he has spent
Guiding, issuing fatwas and persisting in study
يا راحِلاً وَالصَبرُ يَذهَبُ إِثرَهُ
وَالدَمعُ يَكتُبُ كَيفَ شاءَ وَيَرسُمُ
O you who depart as patience follows you
And tears write however they wish and draw
وَالأَرضُ رَجَّت وَالقُلوبُ تَصَدَّعَت
وَالأُفقُ يُظلِمُ وَالجوانِحُ تُضرَمُ
The earth shook and hearts cracked
The horizon darkens and feelings ignite
أَبشِر بِرِضوانِ الإِلَهِ بِمَضجَعٍ
حَيّاك فيهِ السائِلونَ وَسَلَّموا
Receive good tidings of God’s pleasure in an abode
Where the askers greeted you, alive, and bid peace
وَأَروكَ قَصرَكَ في الجِنانِ مُشَيَّداً
وَالروحَ وَالريحاَنَ حَولَكَ نَظَّموا
And saw your palace erected in the Gardens
With spirits and delights arranged around you
وَتَرَكتَ مِن أَرجِ الثَنا ما سارِ في ال
آفاقِ يُنجِدُ عاطِراً أَو يُتهِمُ
And you left behind a scent in horizons giving help or accusing
And the greatness of your loss has reached such extent that history has composed:
وَعَظيمُ فَقدِكَ عَمّ حَتّى أَنشَدَ ال
تاريخُ لي فُقِدَ الإِمامُ الأَعظَمُ
The Greatest Imam is lost.
