1. Stand and contemplate this abode -
None can escape its decreed path;

2. Patience cannot withstand fate,
Unless steadied by patience itself.

3. This is a tomb by which I am amazed -
My wonder at it persists.

4. He who found refuge in it has become
A paragon of virtue and knowledge boundless.

5. The most eminent of men lies here,
Though he is the most gentle.

6. With qualities none other in this age
Could boast of possessing.

7. Muhammad who relinquished all
For his love - he is its pride.

8. To the Queen of Tunisia he brought
Renown - may she by him be graced.

9. If he died his works remain
Which his mind established erect.

10. Books wherein is exposed
Secrets from the unknown.

11. How often tyrants' necks he broke
And attracted good fortune.

12. Of conduct by whose guidance
Enemies willingly submitted.

13. None encompassed all the virtues
Perfected in him.

14. He visited paradise in the holy month
At its beginning - Ramadan came.

15. Ten days remained after three ten days
The date marks seven and ten.