1. قَد فارَقَ اليَومَ آلِ الموصِلِيِّ فَتىً

    كَالغُصنِ أَصبَحَ تَحتَ التُربِ يَنغَرِسُ

    Today a young man has departed from the family of al-Mawsili.

    Like a branch, he has come to be planted beneath the earth.

  2. فَعزَّ عَنهُ أَباً ذابَتْ حُشاشَتُهُ

    حُزناً وَأَدمُعُهُ كَالسُحبِ تَنحَبسُ

    So console, for his loss, a father whose very soul has melted

    From sorrow, while his tears, like clouds, are held back.

  3. وَقَلْ لإِلياسَ في عامٍ نُؤرِّخُهُ

    أًطلَقَتُ أَمطارَ دَمعٍ لَيسَ تَنبَجِسُ

    And say to Ilyas, in a year we chronicle:

    “I have released showers of tears that do not gush forth.”