صاحِ مَن لِلحَديثِ والآثارِ
بَعدَ مَوتِ العلّامَةِ العطّارِ
O you who are knowledgeable of hadith and stories
After the death of the renowned scholar Al-Attar
قَد رُزِئنا بِهِ بِأَعظَمِ رُزءٍ
أَيُّ رزءٍ كَرُزئِنا بِالبخاري
We have been terribly aggrieved by his loss
What grief is like the grief for Al-Bukhari?
الشّهابُ المنيرُ بَدرُ المَعالي
كَوكَبُ الفضلِ مِثلُ شَمسِ النّهارِ
The radiant star, the full moon of glories
The celestial orb of merit like the sun of daytime
حافِظُ العصرِ في دِمشقَ فريداً
في جَميعِ الأمصارِ وَالأَعصارِ
The keeper of the age in Damascus, unique
In all regions and eras
كانَ ثَبتاً وَحجّةً وَإِماماً
عارِفاً بِالحَديثِ وَالأخبارِ
He was steadfast, an authority, an imam
Knowledgeable of hadith and news
مُتقِناً لِلعُلومِ مِن كلِّ فَنٍّ
خيرُ محيٍ لسنّة المُختارِ
Well-versed in all branches of knowledge
The best reviver of the Sunnah of the Chosen One
فَعَلَيهِ سَطا المَنونُ كَلَيثٍ
وَكَأنَّ المَنونَ طالِبُ ثارِ
So death pounced on him like a voracious lion
As if death was taking revenge
لَهفَ قَلبي وَيا ذَهابَ عُيوني
فَعَليهِ لَقَد عَدِمت اِصطِباري
My heart quivered, and oh, my eyes streamed
I have lost all patience for his sake
يا اِشتِياقاً مِنَ الصّلاةِ إِلَيهِ
في ظَلامِ اللّيالِ وَالأَسحارِ
Yearning for prayers under his leadership
In the darkness of nights and dawns
يا اِشتِياقاً لِجامِعٍ بِدمشق
كانَ يُحييهِ بِالدروسِ وَالأَذكارِ
Yearning for the mosque in Damascus
Where he would enliven it with lessons and invocations
يا اِشتِياقاً مِن جِلَّقٍ حيثُ منها
أَخذَت شَمسُ مَجدِها بِالتواري
Yearning for Jilq wherefrom
The sun of his glory had set
سارَ مِنها يَبغي جِوارَ كَريمٍ
وجوارُ الكريم خيرُ جوارِ
He left seeking the neighborhood of the Kind One
And the neighborhood of the kind is the best neighborhood
مثلُهُ لَم يَمُت وما اِنفكَّ حَيّاً
حَيثُ أَبقى الحميدَ مِن آثارِ
The like of him did not die, he lives on
Where the Praiseworthy preserved his traces
حَيثُ أَبقى جَميلَ صيتٍ وَذِكرٍ
في لِسانِ الزَّمانِ وَالأَسفارِ
Where he preserved a beautiful reputation and mention
On the tongue of time and across horizons
حَيثُ أَبقى مِنَ الكِرامِ كَريماً
شَمسَ فَضلٍ بهيّةَ الأنوارِ
Where he preserved from the generous ones, a generous one
The shining sun of outstanding grace
نَجلَهُ المَيمون السّعيدَ المُفدّى
كَوكَبَ المَجدِ واحِدَ الأَقمارِ
His fortunate, felicitous, most excellent son
The star of glory, unique among moons
حامِداً ذا الشّمائِل البيض وَجهاً
جَوهرَ الحُسنِ مُفردَ الأخيارِ
Bright-faced, of white traits
The epitome of beauty, unmatched among the elite
عالِماً جَهبَذاً أَديباً لَبيباً
حاضرَ الذهن صادِقَ الأفكارِ
A persevering scholar, an eloquent sage
Quick-witted, truthful in thoughts
رَوضةَ الفقهِ مَنهجَ العلمِ طرّاً
تُحفَةَ الفَضلِ بَهجةَ الأَبرارِ
The garden of jurisprudence, the path of knowledge, excelling
The jewel of merit, delight of the righteous
يَتَصدّى إِلى الدروسِ وَيُكسى
حلّةَ النّفعِ زيِّنت بالوَقارِ
He takes to teaching and adorns
The dress of benefit, graced with dignity
وَعَليهِ الأَسرارُ تُجلى عَروساً
وَهيَ تَعلو عَرائِسَ الأَبكارِ
Upon him mysteries are disclosed like a bride
Rising above the virgins
وَهوَ يَنحو التّحقيقَ فيها بِجدٍّ
وَاِجتِهادٍ وَهِمّةٍ وَاِعتِبارِ
He strives in comprehending them assiduously
With ijtihad, determination and deliberation
وَعَليهِ تَلوحُ أَنوارُ فَتحٍ
وَأَجلُّ الفتوحِ فَتحُ الباري
Upon him shine rays of openings
The greatest opening being that of The Creator
أَيُّها البدرُ لا اِعتَراهُ زَوالٌ
وَتَناءَى بِسَعدِهِ عَن سرارِ
O moon that setting cannot mar
Whose felicity transcends stratagems
إِنّ ما قَد أُصِبتَ فيهِ عَظيمٌ
وَهوَ أَمرٌ حُكمُ القَضا فيه جاري
What you have been afflicted with is monumental
It is a matter predestined inevitable
وَعَلَيكَ التسليم فيهِ بِصَبرٍ
لَيسَ مِثل التّسليمِ للأَقدارِ
And upon you is surrender with patience
Nothing equals surrendering to fate
وَتَذكَّر مُصيبَةً بِنَبِيٍّ
فَهيَ أَعلى مُصيبة الأَحرارِ
And recall an affliction that befell a Prophet
Which is the greatest affliction of the free
