حيِّsalute قبراًa grave بهin it الإِمامُthe Imam أبوAbu (father of) الـthe (al-)
حيِّ قبراً به الإِمامُ أبو الـ
ـكمالِKamal (perfection) صدرُforemost among القضاةِthe judges والفقهاءand the jurists
ـكمالِ صدرُ القضاةِ والفقهاء
Salute a grave wherein lies the Imam, Abu al-
Kamal, foremost among judges and jurists.
ألإمامُthe Imam الثاويresting برحمةٍin mercy مولاLord (continued)
ألإمامُ الثاوي برحمةٍ مولا
هُhis فقبيداًapparently 'departed' (فقيداً) مكفَّناًshrouded بالثناءِin praise
هُ فقبيداً مكفَّناً بالثناءِ
The Imam who rests in his Lord’s mercy,
departed, shrouded in praise.
لوif قَضىpaid الشرعُthe sacred law حقَّهُhis due
لو قَضى الشرعُ حقَّهُ
منfor جميلٍkindness لرثاهُit would have elegized him بالآيةِwith the verse الغرّاءِradiant
من جميلٍ لرثاهُ بالآيةِ الغرّاءِ
Had sacred law paid him his due
for his kindness, it would have elegized him with the radiant verse.
ولهذاand for this reason معَwith المؤرِّخِthe historian قًلناwe said
ولهذا معَ المؤرِّخِ قًلنا
فَقَدَhas lost العصرُthe age حجَّةَthe authority of العلماءِthe scholars
فَقَدَ العصرُ حجَّةَ العلماءِ
And so, with the historian, we said:
The age has lost the scholars’ authority.