1. ستبكيك عيني أيها البحر بالبحر

    فيومك قد أبكى الورى من ورا النهر

    My eye will weep for you, O sea, with a sea of tears.

    For your day of passing has made humankind weep beyond the river.

  2. لقد كنت بحراً للشريعة لم تزل

    تجود علينا بالنفيس من الدر

    You were indeed a sea of sacred law, never ceasing

    to lavish upon us the most precious pearls.

  3. لقد كنت في كل الفضائل أمة

    مقالة صدق لا تقابل بالنكر

    You were indeed a nation unto yourself in every virtue—

    a statement of truth, not to be met with denial.

  4. لقد كنت في الدنيا جليلاً يعده

    بنوها لتيسير الجليل من العسر

    You were indeed a great man in this world, kept in reserve

    by its children to ease the gravest hardships.

  5. إليك يرد الأمر في كل معضل

    إلى أن أتى ما لا يرد في من الأمر

    Every difficult matter was referred to you,

    until a decree came that could not be turned back.

  6. تعزى بك الأمصار مصراً لعلمها

    بأنك ما زلت العزيز على مصر

    The cities console Egypt for your loss, knowing

    that you have always been Egypt's cherished one.

  7. مضيت فما وجه الصباح بمسفر

    وبنت فما ثغر الأقاحي بمفتر

    You passed away, and morning's face no longer shines;

    and you departed, and the daisies' mouths no longer smile.

  8. وزلت فما ودق النوال بهاطل

    وغبت فما برق المنى باسم الثغر

    And you are gone, and the rain of bounty no longer pours;

    and you vanished, and the lightning of hopes no longer smiles.

  9. وأوحش أرض العلم منك وأفقه

    فذاك بلا زهر وهذا بلا زهر

    And learning's earth and horizon lie desolate without you:

    the former without flowers, the latter without bright stars.

  10. تكاملت أوصافاً وفضلاً وسؤدداً

    ولابد من نقص فكان من العمر

    You were perfect in qualities, excellence, and nobility;

    yet some shortfall was inevitable: it was in your lifespan.

  11. نحاك بهاء الدين ما لا يرده

    إذا ما أتى تدبير زيدٍ ولا عمرو

    What took you away, Baha al-Din, cannot be repelled,

    once it comes, by the planning of Zayd or Amr.

  12. لئن غادرتك الأرض حملاً ببطنها

    فإنا حملنا كل قاصمة الظهر

    If the earth has left you a burden within its womb,

    then we have borne every backbreaking calamity.

  13. وأطلقت مني دمع عيني بأسره

    وصيرت مني مطلق القلب في أسر

    And you set free all the tears of my eye,

    and put my unfettered heart into captivity.

  14. بكت عين شمس الأمن للبدر موت من

    مناقبه تزهو على الأنجم الزهر

    The eye of security's sun wept for the full moon at the death of one

    whose virtues outshine the radiant stars.

  15. تبوأ بالفردوس ممدود ظله

    وأصبح من قصر يسير إلى قصر

    He took his abode in Paradise, its shade spread wide,

    and now travels from palace to palace.

  16. توقع قلب النيل فقدان ذاته

    ألست تراه في احتراق وفي كسر

    The Nile's heart anticipated losing him;

    do you not see it burning and broken?

  17. أضاء بشمس منه مغرب لحده

    وأظلم لما أن مضى مطلع البدر

    The setting-place of his grave shone with a sun from him,

    and the full moon's rising-place darkened when he departed.

  18. لئن عطرت أعماله ترب قبره

    سيبعث في يوم اللقا طيب النشر

    If his deeds have perfumed the dust of his grave,

    he will be raised on the Day of Meeting, sweetly fragrant.

  19. فلا حلو لي بالصبر من بعد يوم من

    بكته عيون الناس في الحول والشهر

    So patience holds no sweetness for me since the day he died—

    he whom people's eyes mourned through year and month.

  20. وقد كان شهدي حين منطقه وقد

    ترحل لا شهدي أقام ولا صبري

    And he was my honey when he spoke; now that

    he has departed, neither my honey nor my patience remains.

  21. ولو أن عيني يطرق النوم جفنها

    تعللت بالطيف الذي منه لي يسري

    If only sleep would visit the eyelid of my eye,

    I would find solace in his dream-image, coming to me by night.

  22. تطهر أخلاقاً ونفساً وعنصراً

    وصار لجنات الرضا كامل الطهر

    He was pure in character, soul, and lineage,

    and came to the gardens of divine favor in perfect purity.

  23. ثوى في الثرى جسماً ولكن روحه

    سمت نحو عليين عاليه القدر

    His body rested in the dust, but his soul

    rose toward Illiyyin, exalted in rank.

  24. فرواه تحت الترب لله دره

    سحاب من الغفران متصل الدر

    So beneath the dust—how excellent he was!—he was watered

    by a cloud of forgiveness, pouring without cease.

  25. ووافاه رضوان برضوان ربه

    بشيراً ولاقى ما يؤمل من ذخر

    And Ridwan met him with his Lord's favor,

    bringing glad tidings; he found the treasure he hoped for.

  26. وحياه ريحان الإله وروحه

    وآنسه بالعفو في وحشة القبر

    And God's sweet basil and mercy greeted him,

    and He comforted him with pardon in the grave's loneliness.

  27. عفا الله عن ذاك المحيا فإنه

    محلى بأنواع البشاشة والبشر

    May God forgive that countenance, for it

    is adorned with manifold cheerfulness and joy.

  28. مع السلف الماضين يذكر فضله

    ويحسب وهو الصدر من ذلك الصدر

    His merit is recalled alongside the departed forebears,

    and he is counted, himself a leader, among that early generation.

  29. لقد عطلت منه الرياسة جيدها

    وقد كان حلاها بعقد من الفخر

    Indeed, leadership has left its neck bare without him,

    though he had adorned it with a necklace of glory.

  30. وطرف الدواة الأسود أبيض بسعده

    من الحزن يشكو فقد أقلامه الخضر

    And the inkstand's black eye is white through his good fortune,

    lamenting in sorrow the loss of his green pens.

  31. لقد كان للتفسير في الذكر آية

    يفوق إذا قابلته بفتى حبر

    He was indeed a marvel in interpreting the Revelation,

    excelling whenever you compare him with a learned youth.