1. نُعِي ابنُ رَسول اللَه وَهوَ المُمَجَّدُ

    عليٌّ أَبو النَصر النَبيل المؤيدُ

    The death of God's Messenger's illustrious descendant was announced:

    Ali, Abu al-Nasr, the noble, the aided one.

  2. فَغلّق بابُ العلم وَالفَضل وَالتُقى

    وَلَم يَبقَ لِلآداب رُكنٌ مشيد

    Then the gate of knowledge, excellence, and piety was shut,

    And no lofty pillar of letters remained.

  3. وَفاظَ جَرير وَالفَرَزدَق وَاِنطَوى

    حَبيب وَمات البحتري وَأَحمَد

    And Jarir and al-Farazdaq breathed their last, and gone was

    Habib; and al-Buhturi and Ahmad died.

  4. فَقُلت لَدى مَوت الشَريف مُؤرخاً

    أَبو النَصر حَيّ في الجِنان مُخلد

    So at the Sharif's death I said, marking the date in verse:

    Abu al-Nasr lives forever in the gardens of Paradise.