من كل قلب لو تشا لك منزل

وسكنت هذا القبر هلا تعدل

If only I could build a home for you

And you lived in this grave, if only you were content

حاشا لجسمك أن يغيره الثرى

وهو الذي كم من شمائل يشمل

Never should your body be changed by the soil

For it encompasses so many virtues

ما كنت في الخضراء إلا مصلحا

وعليك فيها كل فضل ينقل

You were never in the greenery except as a peacemaker

And you have every merit transported onto you

درست ما ربى الشعور واوجد الإ

حساس قل يا حبذاك المنهل

You studied how to nurture noble feelings and create

Refined sensibilities, say: blessed is that spring

أوقفت نفسك للبلاد وأهلهما

لهفي عليك كذا الرجال الكمل

You dedicated yourself to the country and its people

Yearning for you, thus, are mature men

لله ما قد كنت إلا قدوة

فيما تقول لهم وفيما تفعل

By God, you were but an exemplar

In what you told them and in what you did

برأت ذمتك التي نيطت بها

خدم تزل بوطئهن الأرجل

Your conscience, with which covenants were bound

Was exonerated, covenants which feet would violate

شهدت لك الأحباس وهي مساجد

وملاجيء فيها اليتيم وأرمل

Imprisonments testified for you, and they are mosques

And places of refuge, wherein are the orphan and widow

يا من رفعت على الأنامل بينهم

ولمثل حضرتكم تشير الأنمل

O you who were raised above men’s shoulders amongst them

And for the like of you, fingers point

رقيتهم فرقيت فوق رؤوسهم

يوم الجنازة وهو يوم يذهل

You made them ascend, made them ascend above their heads

On the day of your funeral, and it is a confusing day

صلى الإله على الرسول محمد

وعلى الذي للدين مثلك يعمل

May God bless the Messenger Muhammad

And bless the one who works for the religion as you did

فاوضت أهلك في شؤونك مودعا

عند الشقيق شهادة لك تقبل

You bade farewell to your family concerning your affairs

At the brother’s, a testimony for you to accept

رح يا بشير إلى البرور مؤرخا

فالله بر بالخيار معجل

Go O Basheer to the Creator archived

For God is righteous towards the virtuous, swift