قد كان بعدك أنباء وهنبثة

لو كنت شاهدها لم تكثر الخطب

After you there was news and commotion

Had you witnessed it, you would not have spoken much

إنا فقدناك فقد الأرض وابلها

فاحتل لقومك واشهدهم ولا تغب

We lost you, so the earth lost its rain

So take care of your people, and be present, do not be absent

قد كنت بدرا ونورا يستضاء به

عليك تنزل من ذي العزة الكتب

You were a full moon, a light that gave illumination

Upon you, revelations descended from the Almighty

وكان جبريل بالآيات يحضرنا

فغاب عنا وكل الغيب محتجب

Gabriel would bring us the verses

But he is gone from us, and all that is unseen is veiled

فقد رزئت أبا سهلا خليقته

محض الضريبة والأعراق والنسب

So I have lost Abu Sahl, pure of lineage

Of highest pedigree, lineage, and ancestry