قَبرٌ به سيِّدٌ شريفٌ

قَبرٌ به سيِّدٌ شريفٌ

تُكْشَفُ في مثلِهِ الكرُوبُ

تُكْشَفُ في مثلِهِ الكرُوبُ

A tomb wherein lies a noble lord;

A grave wherein lies a noble master

At such a tomb, afflictions are dispelled.

In the like of him sorrows are uncovered

دهى عُلاه خطبُ المنايا

دهى عُلاه خطبُ المنايا

وللمنايا بنا خطوبُ

وللمنايا بنا خطوبُ

Death's calamity struck his eminence,

The decrees of death besiege his lofty place

And death has calamities in store for us.

And for death we are bespoken

فلا طبيبٌ ولا حبيبٌ

فلا طبيبٌ ولا حبيبٌ

ولا بعيدٌ ولا قريبُ

ولا بعيدٌ ولا قريبُ

So neither physician nor loved one,

So no doctor and no beloved

Nor one far away nor one near,

Neither a distant one nor a near

يَرُدُّ ما قَد قضاه ربٌّ

يَرُدُّ ما قَد قضاه ربٌّ

وهو على عَبده رقيبُ

وهو على عَبده رقيبُ

Can turn back what the Lord has decreed,

Can repeal what his Lord has ordained

And He watches over His servant.

And He is watchful over His servant

وآهاً له من فراق

وآهاً له من فراق

فغائب القوم لا يؤوبُ

فغائب القوم لا يؤوبُ

And alas for parting with him!

Alas for his absence

For the people's departed one will not return.

For the absent of a people do not return

تبكي عليه أشراف قومٍ

تبكي عليه أشراف قومٍ

لها بكاءٌ به نحيبُ

لها بكاءٌ به نحيبُ

The people's nobles weep for him;

The nobility of a people weep over him

Theirs is a weeping filled with sobs.

Weeping and wailing over him

يومٌ به قد قيل أَرِّخ

يومٌ به قد قيل أَرِّخ

مَضى إلى ربّه النقيبُ

مَضى إلى ربّه النقيبُ

A day on which it was said, 'Record the date:

A day when it was said, record

The chief has gone to his Lord.'

He has passed on to his Lord the bringer