محدثي عَن فَريق فارَقوا العلما

وأودعوني في تَوديعهم أَلَما

My friends who left knowledge behind

And bid me farewell, leaving me in pain

وَزوّدوا القلب هما لا اِنقطاع له

وَبدلوا جثَتي بالصحة السقما

Equipped my heart with endless sorrow

And replaced my body with sickness and health

هلا وَقَد عسفت هوج المطي بهم

سمعتهم يَذكرون العهد وَالذمما

Why did they not curb the violence of fate?

I heard them mention the covenant and oath

باتوا وَفي القلب منهم نية عرضت

باتَت تقسمه للبين فاِنقسما

They slept while my heart intended

To divide it between separation, so it was divided

ما ضر سكان نجد قبل ما رَحَلوا

أَن لا يَكون زَما الوصل مغتنما

The people of Najd were not harmed before they left

That the time of connection would not be cherished

كنا وَكانوا وكان الشمل مجتمعا

وَالوصل متصلا وَالصرم منصرما

We were, and they were, and the relationship was united

And the connection was connected, and the estrangement estranged

فصرت من بين اَهل البان ذا شجن

لا يرتضى الدمع الا أَن يكون دما

So I became, among the people of separation, full of longing

My tears will not be satisfied unless they become blood

قالوا ندمت عَلى ما كانَ من زمن

فقلت مالي أَن لا أَظهر الندما

They said I regretted the past days

So I said, why would I not show regret?

جاد الغمام عَلى سفح الشام إِلى

شعب الخزام فروى الضالوَالسلما

The clouds poured over the slopes of Damascus

To the valley of al-Khuzam, watering the lost and guided

وَلا عدا الأثلات الخضر عارضه

حَتّى يحيى رسوم الحي وَالخيما

Without overtaking the green thickets

Until it revives the ruins of settlements and tents

يا حادي العيس لا تَرتَع بذي سلم

وَلا بنجد وزم الانينق الرسما

O guide of the caravan, do not graze in the land of Salam

Nor in Najd in the time of bliss and tradition

واقصد ربا الخيفة الغراء مقتبسا

من نور أَبلج يَلقى الوفد مبتسما

Head for the noble and virtuous Caliph

Receiving the delegates with a smile, illuminated by a shining light

ذاكَ المعلم عبد اللَه اجود من

اعطى واشرف منفوق الثرى سيما

That teacher, Abdullah, more generous than

One who gave, and more noble than the ground itself

الفاضل الكامِل المَحمود سيرته

سامي الفخار الاغر العالم العلما

Of complete and praised merits, his conduct

Is sublime, proud, knowledgeable and scholarly

الصائم القائم التالي اذا هجعت

عنه العيون وجن اللَيل وادهما

Fasting by day, standing by night, reciting when

Eyes sleep, the night darkens and becomes still

تقر عينك منه عند رؤيته

كانه البدر في جو السَماء سما

Your eyes find peace seeing him

As if he were the full moon in the sky of heaven

اتى به اللَه نورا لاخفاء به

وَكان سرا من الاسرار منكتما

God brought him as a light to dispel darkness

And he was a secret of secrets, concealed

باللَه باللَه ان شاهدت طلعته

لا تلثم الكف حَتّى تلثم القدما

By God, by God, if you see his features

Do not cover your palm until you cover your foot

واجعل زيارته لِلَّه خالصة

وكن به بعد حبل اللَه معتصما

And make your visit to him sincerely for God

And adhere to His rope after God

اللَه أَكبَر هَذا خير من فخرت

به المَذاهب هَذا سيد العلما

God is Greatest! This is better than one

Whose doctrines were prided, this is the master of knowledge

هَذا الَّذي تظهر الاشيا فراسته

كانه يَخفي الغيب قد علما

He whose insight makes things clear

As if he hides the unseen, having already known