يا ناعيَ الفِقهِ إِلى أَهلِهِ

إِن ماتَ يَعقوب وَما يَدري

O you who call jurisprudence to its people

O you who announce the death of Jurisprudence to its kin,

Though Jacob has passed away, unknowing

If Ya'qub has died—though you perceive it not—

لَم يَمُتِ الفِقهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ

حُوِّل مِن صَدر إِلى صدر

Jurisprudence did not die, but rather

Jurisprudence has not died; rather, it

It was transferred from one chest to another

Has been transferred from one heart to another.

أَلقاهُ يَعقوب إِلى يوسفٍ

وَآلَ من طيب إِلى طهر

Jacob passed it on to Joseph

Ya'qub bestowed it upon Yusuf,

And it moved from purity to purity

And it passed from fragrance to purity.

فَهوَ مُقيم فَإِذا ما ثَوى

حَلَّ وَحَلَّ الفقه في قَبر

So it remains, and when he passed away

So it remains abiding; yet if he were to perish,

It settled, and jurisprudence settled in a grave

He would settle, and Jurisprudence would settle in a grave.