يا راحِلاً لا بِالرضا عَن حيِّنا
قف بَيننا قَبل الفراق وَحيِّنا
O you who depart, not pleased with our life
Stop between us before parting, and bid us farewell
فَلِمَن تركت الضربَخانةَ وَهيَ لا
تَرضى سِواك أَسا لها أَم أَحسَنا
To whom have you left the school, which accepts
None but you - have you been good to it, or made it better?
وَلِمَن عهدت بحفظ حسن معارف
ضاعَت وَأَظلَم جوُّها بَعد السَنا
To whom have you entrusted safeguarding the beauty of sciences
That is now lost and its splendor darkened after you?
وَلِمَن جَعلت عَلى العُلوم خَليفةً
مِن بَعد ضرّ يَوم فَقدك مسَّنا
To whom have you made the sciences' successor
After the harm of a day when we lost you?
أَنقضت حبل الكيمياء وَإِنَّها
مِن عَهد جابوها تودّ لك الغِنى
You have undone the rope of chemistry, though
Since Jabir's time it has wished you wealth
أَيصحُّ جسمٌ للجشاني بَعدَما
أَسلمتَه رغماً لِمَن لَم يُحسنا
Can the body recover without you
After you reluctantly handed it over to one who did no good?
يا لَوعة التدريس مِن أَلم النَوى
سيزور قبل الأَربعين المدفنا
Oh the agony of teaching, from the pain of loss
He will visit the grave before forty days
مِن أَين للطلاب بَعدك رَغبةٌ
في حوز علمٍ شاب رَأساً وَاِنحَنى
Whence will students after you have the will
For a branch of knowledge where the head bowed down?
يا اِبن الَّذين تَفاخروا في عَصرهم
بِمَعارفٍ تَختال في حللِ الثَنا
O son of those who prided themselves in their time
On sciences adorned in robes of prose and verse
بِأَبيك لا تَأسف عَلى ما فاتنا
مِن درّك المَكنون في جَوف الفَنا
Do not grieve, by your father, for what we missed
Of your hidden pearls in the belly of oblivion
إِن كانَ علمك غاض غبّاً ماؤه
فَأخوك يَملأ بِالمَعارف صدرَنا
If your knowledge has declined, diminished in amount
Your brother will fill our breasts with sciences
وَيمدّنا بِغَرائب مِن فَنِّه
يَشفي بِها مِنا عضالاً مُزمِنا
And provide us strange things from his art
That cure chronic diseases among us
فَاللَه يَكلؤه وَيُفرغُ صَبرَه
أَبداً عَلَيهِ فجسمُه أَلف الضَنا
May God help him and pour out his patience
Upon him - so his body withstands hardship
وَيزيده أَجراً عَلى ما نابَه
في مَوقف التَوديع مِن فَرط العَنا
And reward him for what he endured
In the moment of parting, from intensity of sorrow
