لم تغن منك شمائل وفضائل

واسم به عوذت يا توفيق

Neither your features nor virtues could save you,

O Tawfiq, the name in which I sought refuge.

بل شاء ربك أن تفوز بقربه

عجلا وأخطأ قومك التوفيق

But your Lord willed you to attain His nearness quickly,

While your people missed attaining harmony.

هل كانت الدنيا مقاما صالحا

ليطيل فيه مكثه الصديق

Could the life of this world be an abode of righteousness,

To prolong the stay of a friend in it?

فادخل جنان الخلد

وامرح ناجيا من محبس الدنيا فأنت طليق

So enter the Gardens of Eternity,

And frolic happily, released from the prison of life as you are free.

اليوم تنفعك المبرات التي

أسلفتها وبها الثواب خليق

Today the good deeds you forwarded benefit you,

And through them the reward is guaranteed.

أما إقامتك القصيرة بيننا

فتدوم ذكرانا لها وتشوق

As for your brief stay amongst us,

It keeps our remembrance of you alive, and stirs yearning.

وأحب ما يبقى لخدن راحل

عهد وإن سط المزار وثيق

The dearest thing that remains with one who has departed,

Is a pact, though the tombstone be smooth.

كم بات ملتاع تسح دموعه

حزنا عليك وفي حشاه حروق

Many a cheerful night that your tears graced,

Grieving for you, with burning embers inside.

عرس مدلهة وأم ثاكل

وشقيقة محزونة وشقيق

A bride in mourning, a bereft mother,

A grieving sister, and a brother.

وأباعد جزعوا عليك ولم يكن

لك بينهم إلا أخ وصديق

Your family was distraught over losing you,

Though you were no more than a brother and friend to them.

يا كوكبا سلب العيون ضياءها

عجب غروبك والأوان شروق

O star that deprived eyes of their light!

Wondrous is your setting while still time to rise!

أوثت أسرتك الوفية حسرة

راعت بقسوتها وأنت رفيق

Your faithful family laments sorrowfully,

Shocked by its harshness while you were gentle.

هي أسرة بك زيد طارف مجدها

والمجد فيها تالد وعريق

Through you the flowing glory of your family increased,

And glory in it is ingrained and time-honored.

فتيانها من خير فتيان الحمى

وعلى مثالك كلهم موموق

Its youth are the best of the protectors’ youth,

And all of them, like you, are kept under watch.

فليسلموا لبلادهم فلقد غدا

علم المناقب باسمهم معتوق

So may they be entrusted with caring for their land,

For the standard of virtues has been raised in their name.