1. حمى اللهُ شمسَ المكرماتِ من الأذى

    ولا نظرتْ عينايَ يومَ مغيبه

    May God protect the sun of noble deeds from harm,

    and may my eyes never behold the day of his setting.

  2. لقد أبقتِ الأيَّامُ منه لأهلِها

    بقيةَ صافي المزْنِ غير مشوبِه

    The days have indeed preserved of him for their people

    a remnant of the clouds' pure rain, not their tainted portion.

  3. كأنَّ سجاياهُ اللطيفةَ قهوةٌ

    حبابُ حميّاها بياضُ مشيبِه

    His gentle qualities are like wine,

    whose heady froth is the whiteness of his gray hair.