أيُّها القبر لا بَرِحْتَ مَصوباً

أيُّها القبر لا بَرِحْتَ مَصوباً

من غزيرِ الحيا بصيّب مُزْنِ

من غزيرِ الحيا بصيّب مُزْنِ

O grave, may you never cease to be showered

O grave, you have remained filled

With abundant rain, with a downpour from rain clouds.

With the abundant rain of life with heavy downpour

دفنوا في ثراك أكرمَ مَيْتٍ

دفنوا في ثراك أكرمَ مَيْتٍ

خال ما بينه المَنونُ وبيني

خال ما بينه المَنونُ وبيني

They buried in your soil the noblest of the dead;

They buried in your soil the most generous corpse

Death came between him and me.

Empty between him, death, and me

من أبٍ كانَ بي رؤوفاً رحيماً

من أبٍ كانَ بي رؤوفاً رحيماً

جُزِيَ الخيرَ والمثوبة عني

جُزِيَ الخيرَ والمثوبة عني

A father who was compassionate and merciful toward me—

Of a father who was to me compassionate and merciful

May he receive goodness and reward on my behalf.

May he be rewarded for his kindness and bounty over me

سوف أبكيه ما حييت وإن كا

سوف أبكيه ما حييت وإن كا

ن بكائي عليه ليس بمغن

ن بكائي عليه ليس بمغن

I shall weep for him as long as I live, even though

I will cry for him as long as I live even if

my weeping for him is of no avail.

My crying over him is of no benefit

نال من ربِّه مقاماً كريماً

نال من ربِّه مقاماً كريماً

يتمنّى مكانه المتمنِّي

يتمنّى مكانه المتمنِّي

He received from his Lord a noble station;

He has attained from his Lord an honourable station

Those who yearn desire his place.

That the wishful one wishes for his place

قلت لما مضى وأرَّختُه قد

قلت لما مضى وأرَّختُه قد

نِلتَ عبد الوهاب جنَّاتِ عدن

نِلتَ عبد الوهاب جنَّاتِ عدن

I said when he passed, recording his death date: “Indeed,

I said when he passed away and I dated it:

You have attained, Abd al-Wahhab, the Gardens of Eden.”

You have attained, Abdel Wahab, the gardens of Eden