غابَ الأَديبُ أَديبُ مِصرٍ وَاِختَفى

فَلتَبكِهِ الأَقلامُ أَو تَتَقَصَّفا

The writer of Egypt has passed away into hiding

So let the pens mourn him or gracefully lament

لَهفي عَلى تِلكَ الأَنامِلِ في البِلى

كَم سَطَّرَت حِكَماً وَهَزَّت مُرهَفا

My longing for those masterpieces worn by time

That wrote wisdom and stirred the perceptive

ماتَ المُوِلحِيُّ الحُسانُ وَلَم يَمُت

حَتّى غَزا عيسى العُقولَ وَثَقَّفا

Al-Muwailihi the witty did not die

Until he conquered minds and cultured them