ألا بكرَ الناعي بثأوٍ ثواءه

توسَّد والمعروف تحت ثرى اللحد

Alas the first to lament with streaming tears

Lay pillowed while kindness sleeps beneath the grave's dust

وعاش الهُدى فيه ومات بموته

فأرِّخ معاً غاب الهُدى هو والمهدي

And guidance lived within him, and died with his death

So date them together, guidance and its source have passed away