أَيا لَحدَ بَحرِ العِلمِ نعمانِ وَقتِهِ

أَأَنتَ بِهِ تَدري وَهَل أَنتَ تَعلمُ

O tomb of the sea of learning—the Nu‘mān of his time!

Are you aware of him, and do you know?

فَذاكَ إِمامُ العَصرِ في الدّهرِ أَحمد

وَذاكَ هوَ البزري الإِمام المُقدَّمُ

For that is Ahmad, the imam of the age in his day;

and that is al-Bizri, the foremost imam.

دَعاهُ إِلى الفِردَوسِ مَولاهُ طالِباً

فَسابَقه مِنهُ إِلَيها التقدُّمُ

His Lord summoned him to Firdaws, seeking him,

and, from within him, the impulse to advance raced him toward it.

فَطيبوا فَفي الفِردَوسِ حَلَّ وأرِّخوا

بِمَنٍّ وَفي دارِ الخُلودِ ينعّمُ

So take heart: he has alighted in Firdaws. And record the date:

“With Nu‘mān—in the Abode of Eternity, he lives in bliss.”