منْ هوَ فخرُ الدينِ عثمانُ في

مراحمِ اللهِ وإحسانِهِ

Who is the pride of religion, Othman, in

The mercies of God and His kindness?

ماتَ غريباً خائفاً نازحاً

عنْ أنسِ أهليهِ وأوطانِهِ

He died a stranger, fearful, displaced

From the intimacy of his family and homeland.

وبعضُ هذي فيهِ ما يرتجى

لهُ بهِ رحمةُ دَيَّانِهِ

And some of this, in it is what is hoped for him

By it, the mercy of his Judge.

فقلْ لشانيهِ ترفَّقْ ففي

شأنِكَ ما يغنيكَ عنْ شانِهِ

So say to his critic, be gentle, for in

Your affair is what will avail you against his affair.