قَدَّست قَبرَكَ العِظامُ العِظامُ

قَدَّست قَبرَكَ العِظامُ العِظامُ

فَعَلَيها مِنَ السَلامِ السَلامُ

فَعَلَيها مِنَ السَلامِ السَلامُ

Your noble bones sanctified your grave;

The bones sanctified your grave, peace be upon them,

Your grave is sanctified by the great bones within it,

so upon them be peace from the Source of Peace.

And sorrows have struck me, preventing lament,

Upon them be peace, the truest peace.

وَأَصابَتني الغُمومُ لِمَنعا

وَأَصابَتني الغُمومُ لِمَنعا

كَ وَصابَتكَ أَدمُعي وَالغمامُ

كَ وَصابَتكَ أَدمُعي وَالغمامُ

And sorrows struck me at the tidings of your death,

As my tears and the clouds struck you.

Sorrows have afflicted me at your departure,

and my tears and the clouds rained upon you.

O extinguished rocket, the grave concealed it,

Just as my tears and the rainclouds have poured upon you.

يا شِهاباً خَبا فَخَبَّأَهُ القَب

يا شِهاباً خَبا فَخَبَّأَهُ القَب

رُ بِرُغمِ العُلا حَواكَ الرغامُ

رُ بِرُغمِ العُلا حَواكَ الرغامُ

O shooting star that faded and was hidden by the grave,

Despite the sublime, mud surrounded you.

O shooting star that faded, now hidden by the grave,

despite your eminence, the dust enfolded you.

The angels and people bid your funeral farewell,

Despite your high station, the dust now embraces you.

شَيَّعَت نَعشَكَ المَلائِكُ وَالنا

شَيَّعَت نَعشَكَ المَلائِكُ وَالنا

سُ وَقَد زاحَمَ الكِرامُ الكِرامُ

سُ وَقَد زاحَمَ الكِرامُ الكِرامُ

The angels and the people escorted your bier,

And the generous crowded around the generous.

Angels and men walked behind your funeral bier,

and noble ones jostled noble ones.

Amazingly, without any call,

And the noble souls crowded against the noble souls.

عَجَبا حَولَهُ بِغَيرِ نِداءٍ

عَجَبا حَولَهُ بِغَيرِ نِداءٍ

حُشِرَ العالمونَ وَالأَعلامُ

حُشِرَ العالمونَ وَالأَعلامُ

Wondrously, around it, without a summons,

The world gathered, and the flags.

A wonder! Around it, without any summons issued,

all peoples and the eminent were gathered.

We saw the light hastening before it,

Crowds of the world and distinguished figures gathered.

وَرَأَينا أَمامَهُ النورُ يَسعى

وَرَأَينا أَمامَهُ النورُ يَسعى

فَالمُصَلّونَ وَقَفوا وَالإِمامُ

فَالمُصَلّونَ وَقَفوا وَالإِمامُ

And we saw the light hastening before it;

So those praying stood, and the imam.

We saw the divine Light moving before him,

so the worshippers stood, and the imam.

A tent was pitched over you, but where

As the worshipers and the Imam stood in reverence.

ضُرِبت خَيمَةٌ عَلَيكَ وَلكِن

ضُرِبت خَيمَةٌ عَلَيكَ وَلكِن

أَينَ مِن ذي الخِيامِ تِلكَ الخِيامُ

أَينَ مِن ذي الخِيامِ تِلكَ الخِيامُ

A tent was pitched over you, and yet

Are those tents compared to the possessor of tents?

A tent has been pitched over you, yet,

what are those tents beside these tents?

The sky and earth cried over you bitterly,

How far are these earthly tents from those celestial pavilions.

وَبَكَتكَ السَماءُ وَالأَرضُ ثُكلاً

وَبَكَتكَ السَماءُ وَالأَرضُ ثُكلاً

فَاِلتَقى الغَيثُ وَالدُموعُ السجامُ

فَاِلتَقى الغَيثُ وَالدُموعُ السجامُ

And sky and earth wept for you in bereavement,

So rain and tears mingled.

Heaven and Earth wept for you in bereavement,

so the rain and streaming tears met.

Glory was angry that I eulogized you alone,

So the falling rain and flowing tears mingled together.

غَضِبَ المَجدُ أَن رَثيتُكَ وَحدي

غَضِبَ المَجدُ أَن رَثيتُكَ وَحدي

ثُمَّ أَغضى وَقالَ أَنتَ الأَنامُ

ثُمَّ أَغضى وَقالَ أَنتَ الأَنامُ

Glory grew angry that I alone elegized you,

Then calmed down and said “You are the people.”

Glory was angered that I alone sang your elegy,

then lowered its gaze and said, 'You are all mankind.'

The princes of speech lived and died,

Then it relented and said, "You represent all mankind."

أُمَراءُ الكَلامِ عِشتَ وَماتوا

أُمَراءُ الكَلامِ عِشتَ وَماتوا

فَهُم مَبدَأٌ وَأَنتَ تَمامُ

فَهُم مَبدَأٌ وَأَنتَ تَمامُ

Princes of speech—you lived while they died;

So they were the beginning, and you the perfection.

You lived, O princes of speech, while others died;

so they are the beginning, and you the completion.

If a servant lives long, he will be replaced,

They were merely the beginning, and you are the perfection.

وَلعَبد الغنيّ يخلفُ لَو دا

وَلعَبد الغنيّ يخلفُ لَو دا

مَ وَلكِن ما لِلنَجيب دَوامُ

مَ وَلكِن ما لِلنَجيب دَوامُ

And surely ʿAbd al-Ghani would succeed them, had he lasted,

But the noble do not last.

And Abd al-Ghani would have succeeded had he endured,

but the noble one has no lasting.

You were the adornment of the days, then you turned away,

But for the noble genius, there is no permanence.

كانَ حَلَيَّ الأَيّامِ ثُمَّ تَوَلّى

كانَ حَلَيَّ الأَيّامِ ثُمَّ تَوَلّى

فَمَعاطيل بَعدَهُ الأَيّامُ

فَمَعاطيل بَعدَهُ الأَيّامُ

He was the ornament of days, then passed away;

So they became futile, the days after you.

He was the ornament of the days, then he departed,

so after him the days are bare of adornment.

You were a star, feared by the preceded moon,

Leaving the days hereafter stripped of all adornment.

كانَ نَجماً يَهابُهُ القَمَرُ السَع

كانَ نَجماً يَهابُهُ القَمَرُ السَع

دُ وَشبلاً يَخافُهُ الضرغامُ

دُ وَشبلاً يَخافُهُ الضرغامُ

He was a star feared by the auspicious moon,

And a cub, feared by the fully grown lions.

He was a star revered even by the auspicious moon,

and a lion cub feared by the mighty lion.

My hopes nested in you, so they nested,

And a cub feared by the full-grown lion.

حَلَّ فيهِ الحِمامُ عَقدَ رَجائي

حَلَّ فيهِ الحِمامُ عَقدَ رَجائي

فَحَلا بَعدَهُ وَحَلَّ الحمامُ

فَحَلا بَعدَهُ وَحَلَّ الحمامُ

Death untied within him the knot of my hope;

And after you, hopes nested.

Death has undone the knot of my hopes in him,

so after him death grew sweet and lawful.

O son of one who terrified the regions,

So death settled in, and the bitter end became sweet.

يا اِبنَ مَن أَرهَبَ الأَقاليم حَتّى

يا اِبنَ مَن أَرهَبَ الأَقاليم حَتّى

طعنَ لِلطَّعنِ وَالقَنا الأَقلامُ

طعنَ لِلطَّعنِ وَالقَنا الأَقلامُ

O son of one who terrified the provinces, until

So the pens stabbed with stabbing, and the palms wrote.

O son of one who commanded awe across the lands, until

the pens thrust in place of spear-thrusts and lances.

If you had lingered four or three years,

Pens struck like spears in the heat of battle.

لَو تَلَبَّثتَ أَربَعاً أَو ثَلاثاً

لَو تَلَبَّثتَ أَربَعاً أَو ثَلاثاً

قامَ مِن عَرشِهِ لَكَ القَمقامُ

قامَ مِن عَرشِهِ لَكَ القَمقامُ

Had you lingered four or three,

The Resurrector would have risen for you from His throne.

Had you lingered but three or four days more,

the mighty lord would have risen from his throne for you.

Lightning snatched news of your decree,

The great master would have risen from his throne for you.

وَكَبا في مصابِكَ البَرقُ خَطفاً

وَكَبا في مصابِكَ البَرقُ خَطفاً

وَنَبا عَن قَضائِكَ الصَمصامُ

وَنَبا عَن قَضائِكَ الصَمصامُ

And lightning faltered in its flash at your calamity,

And thunder proclaimed your destiny.

The lightning faltered in its flash at your calamity,

and the keen sword recoiled from your fate.

Except that souls within us are defective,

And the sharp sword recoiled from your destined fate.

غَيرَ أَنَّ النُفوسَ فينا عوارٍ

غَيرَ أَنَّ النُفوسَ فينا عوارٍ

فَعوارٍ مِن لبسِها الأَجسامُ

فَعوارٍ مِن لبسِها الأَجسامُ

Yet the souls within us are on loan,

So they are defective, clothed in bodies.

Yet, the souls within us are but borrowed loans,

so bodies stand bare without the souls they wore.

How many ambitions did the ambitions lead

And the bodies that wear them are borrowed too.

كَم همام سَمَت بِهِ هِمَمٌ لَم

كَم همام سَمَت بِهِ هِمَمٌ لَم

تغنِ في حَتفِهِ اللُّهى وَاللّهامُ

تغنِ في حَتفِهِ اللُّهى وَاللّهامُ

How many a valiant man lofty ambitions raised, yet

That did not avail their masters - longing and sighs?

How many heroes, raised high by their ambitions,

gifts and the mighty host availed him nothing against death.

Where are Noah and Japheth after survival?

Were not saved from death by gifts or great armies.

أَينَ نوحٌ وَأَينَ يافِثُ مِن بَع

أَينَ نوحٌ وَأَينَ يافِثُ مِن بَع

دِ نَجاةٍ وَأَينَ حامٌ وسامُ

دِ نَجاةٍ وَأَينَ حامٌ وسامُ

Where is Noah, and where is Japheth, after

And where are Ham and Shem?

Where is Noah, and where is Japheth after the flood?

deliverance? And where are Ham and Shem?

There is no safety from death for one who flees,

Where now are Ham and Shem after their rescue?

لا أَمانَ مِنَ المَنونِ لِمَن فَر

لا أَمانَ مِنَ المَنونِ لِمَن فَر

رَ وَلَو حازَهُ الأَشَمُّ شمامُ

رَ وَلَو حازَهُ الأَشَمُّ شمامُ

There is no safety from death for one who flees,

Even if the quick-footed Shamma takes hold of him.

There is no safety from Death for one who flees,

even if lofty Shamam shelters him.

Indeed, Yam took refuge on a mountain one day,

Even if the towering peaks sheltered him.

إِنَّ ياماً أَوى إِلى جَبَلٍ يَو

إِنَّ ياماً أَوى إِلى جَبَلٍ يَو

ماً فَلَم يَعتَصِم مِنَ الماءِ يامُ

ماً فَلَم يَعتَصِم مِنَ الماءِ يامُ

Yam took refuge on a mountain one day,

But Yam did not protect himself from the water.

Yam sought refuge upon a mountain one day,

yet Yam found no refuge from the water.

Woe to me! My son, I never stopped suckling

But Yam found no protection from the rising waters.

وَيلَتا ما رَضَعتُ ثَديَ الأَماني

وَيلَتا ما رَضَعتُ ثَديَ الأَماني

يا بُنَيَّ حَتّى أَتاني الفِطامُ

يا بُنَيَّ حَتّى أَتاني الفِطامُ

Alas! Scarcely had I suckled at the breast of hopes,

The breast of hopes until weaning came to me.

Woe is me! I had scarcely nursed from the breast of hope,

my little son, when weaning came upon me.

Fate cried over you violently, so it cried,

O my son, before the abrupt weaning came to me.

بَكَّتَ الدَهرُ فيكَ فِهراً فَبَكَّت

بَكَّتَ الدَهرُ فيكَ فِهراً فَبَكَّت

وَأَنا هَدَّني إِلامَ ألامُ

وَأَنا هَدَّني إِلامَ ألامُ

Time rebuked Fihr through you, so she rebuked in turn;

And I - only agony led me to agony.

Fate struck the clan of Fihr through you, and they wept,

and as for me, it shattered me—how long shall I be blamed?

If the weeping continued weeping after you

And I am broken—how long shall I be blamed?

لَو بَكى المُستَهامُ بَعدَكَ حَتّى

لَو بَكى المُستَهامُ بَعدَكَ حَتّى

يورِقُ الصَخرُ ما اِشتَفى المُستَهامُ

يورِقُ الصَخرُ ما اِشتَفى المُستَهامُ

Were the heartstricken one to weep after you until

Until rock sprouted leaves, the weeping would not be quenched.

If the grieving lover wept for you until

rocks sprouted leaves, the heartstricken one would find no relief.

You knew the fault with realities, inspired

The very rocks sprouted leaves, his grief would not be healed.

كُنتَ تَدري عَيبَ الحَقائِقِ إِلها

كُنتَ تَدري عَيبَ الحَقائِقِ إِلها

ماً وَسيّانُ الوَحيُ وَالإِلهامُ

ماً وَسيّانُ الوَحيُ وَالإِلهامُ

You knew the flaw in realities by inspiration,

And revelation and inspiration are equal.

You understood the hidden truths through inspiration,

and revelation and inspiration are alike.

Fihra became desolate when fate consoled it,

For revelation and inspiration are much alike.

أَصبَحَت فِهرُ حينَ هَنَّأها الدَه

أَصبَحَت فِهرُ حينَ هَنَّأها الدَه

رُ تُعَزّى وَحينَ عَزَّت تُضامُ

رُ تُعَزّى وَحينَ عَزَّت تُضامُ

Fihr, when Time congratulated her, came to be

And when it consoled, it was oppressed.

The tribe of Fihr, when Time once congratulated them,

offered condolences; when she grew mighty, she was wronged.

Fate frowned at them, so it turned away

Is now receiving condolences; crushed where they were once mighty.

عَبَسَ الدَهرُ فيهِمُ فَتَوَلّى

عَبَسَ الدَهرُ فيهِمُ فَتَوَلّى

حينَ لَم يَبدُ ثَغرُكَ البَسّامُ

حينَ لَم يَبدُ ثَغرُكَ البَسّامُ

Time scowled at them and turned away

When your smiling mouth did not appear.

Fate frowned upon them and turned away,

when your ever-smiling mouth did not appear.

I am betrayed if I do not cease consolation

When your smiling face no longer appeared.

خُنتُ إِذا لَم أبادِ في كُلِّ بادٍ

خُنتُ إِذا لَم أبادِ في كُلِّ بادٍ

كُلَّ حِلٍّ مِنَ العَزاءِ حَرامُ

كُلَّ حِلٍّ مِنَ العَزاءِ حَرامُ

I would be faithless if I did not proclaim in every open place:

In every place of consolation - it is forbidden.

I would be faithless if I did not declare in every gathering:

'Every permitted consolation is forbidden.'

Abdul Ghani died, and religion and life,

That every permissible consolation is forbidden to me.

ماتَ عَبدُ الغنيّ وَالدينُ وَالدُن

ماتَ عَبدُ الغنيّ وَالدينُ وَالدُن

يا فَكَيفَ المُنى وَكَيفَ المَنامُ

يا فَكَيفَ المُنى وَكَيفَ المَنامُ

ʿAbd al-Ghani has died—and religion and the world;

So how is sleep and how is slumber?

Abd al-Ghani has died, and Religion and the World have died,

so what of hopes, and what of sleep?

Welcome, O decree! Were you anything but

So what use are hopes, and how can sleep ever come?

مَرحَبا بِالقَضاءِ هَل كُنتَ إِلّا

مَرحَبا بِالقَضاءِ هَل كُنتَ إِلّا

شَهدَةً لِلعَدِّ وَفيها سِمامُ

شَهدَةً لِلعَدِّ وَفيها سِمامُ

Welcome, decree of fate! Were you anything but

A witness to counting, and in it arrows?

Welcome, O Destiny; were you anything but

a honeycomb for the reckoning, with poisons within?

People exaggerate what they heard of you

A honeycomb offered, yet laced with poison?

يُكبِرُ الناسُ مِنكَ ما سَمِعوهُ

يُكبِرُ الناسُ مِنكَ ما سَمِعوهُ

وَرَأوهُ ولِلعُيونِ سِهامُ

وَرَأوهُ ولِلعُيونِ سِهامُ

People hold in awe what they heard of you

And saw, and eyes have arrows.

People glorify what they have heard of you,

and saw; and eyes have arrows.

So they say each full moon is a crescent

And what they saw; but the eyes of envy cast arrows.

فَيَقولونَ كُلّ بَدرٍ هِلالٌ

فَيَقولونَ كُلّ بَدرٍ هِلالٌ

عِندَ هذا وَكُلُّ كَهلٍ غُلامُ

عِندَ هذا وَكُلُّ كَهلٍ غُلامُ

So they say: 'Every full moon is a crescent

Near this one, and each old man is a youth.

They say, "Every full moon begins as a crescent,

beside this one, and every mature man a boy.'

They envied me, and towards any noble one

Compared to this, and every elder was once a mere boy."

حَسَدوني وَفيك أَيّ نَجيبٍ

حَسَدوني وَفيك أَيّ نَجيبٍ

لَم يَلِد قَطُّ مِثلهُ الأَقوامُ

لَم يَلِد قَطُّ مِثلهُ الأَقوامُ

They envied me—and in you, what a noble one!

No people ever birthed his equal.

They envied me; and in you—what a noble scion,

Peoples never begot his like.

They did not give me the evil eye until

The likes of whom the nations have never borne.

ما رَموني بِالعَينِ حَتّى أَصابوا

ما رَموني بِالعَينِ حَتّى أَصابوا

وَرَأوا مَأتَمَ الكَمالِ يُقامُ

وَرَأوا مَأتَمَ الكَمالِ يُقامُ

No sooner had they aimed the evil eye at me than they struck,

They struck, and saw the perfect exemplar's mourning take place.

They did not cast the evil eye until they struck home,

and saw the mourning for perfection held.

You bent the straightest mountains,

And saw the funeral of Perfection being held.

عوّجت أَقوم الصِعادِ وَأَوهَت

عوّجت أَقوم الصِعادِ وَأَوهَت

مِنكَ أَقوى السَواعِدِ الأَسقامُ

مِنكَ أَقوى السَواعِدِ الأَسقامُ

Illnesses bent the straightest spear-shafts, and weakened

And the strongest arms were weakened by you.

Sickness bent the straightest of spears,

the strongest of your forearms.

I would heal every healer,

And weakened the mightiest of your arms.

وَلَقَد كُنتُ أَطّبي كُلَّ طبّ

وَلَقَد كُنتُ أَطّبي كُلَّ طبّ

وَأواخي وَللإخاءِ ذِمامُ

وَأواخي وَللإخاءِ ذِمامُ

I would indeed win over every physician,

And console, for consolation has bindings.

I sought every cure and every physician,

and take him as a brother—brotherhood has binding claims.

I would say “Look, perhaps God will heal.”

Making alliances, for brotherhood holds a sacred bond.

وَأَقولُ اِنظُروا عَسى اللَهُ يَشفي

وَأَقولُ اِنظُروا عَسى اللَهُ يَشفي

فَيَقولونَ حارَتِ الأَوهامُ

فَيَقولونَ حارَتِ الأَوهامُ

And say, 'Look: perhaps God will heal him.'

But they would say “Minds are confused.”

I said, "Look! Perhaps God will send healing,"

But they would say, 'Our conjectures are at a loss.'

They flounder in the darkness of ignorance,

But they replied, "All hopes are bewildered."

وَلَقَد يَخبِطونَ في ظُلمِ الجَه

وَلَقَد يَخبِطونَ في ظُلمِ الجَه

لِ وَمِن أَينَ تهتَدي الأَنعامُ

لِ وَمِن أَينَ تهتَدي الأَنعامُ

Indeed, they stumble through the darkness of ignorance—

And from where will the cattle be guided?

They stumble blindly in the darkness of ignorance—

and how should cattle find their way?

Lord, if You willed, they would be guided, and they are blind,

And how can mere cattle find the true path?

رَبِّ لَو شِئتَ لاِهتَدوا وَهُم عُي

رَبِّ لَو شِئتَ لاِهتَدوا وَهُم عُي

يٌ وَلاِستَيقَظوا وَهُم نُوّامُ

يٌ وَلاِستَيقَظوا وَهُم نُوّامُ

My Lord, had You willed, they would have found guidance, though inarticulate,

And if you willed, they would wake, and they sleep.

Lord, had You willed, they would have been guided though they are blind,

and awakened, though asleep.

However you willed, the destinies were carried out,

And would have awakened even from deep slumber.

نَفَذَت فيهِ كَيفَ شِئتَ المَقادي

نَفَذَت فيهِ كَيفَ شِئتَ المَقادي

رُ وَتَمَّت بِعَدلِك الأَحكامُ

رُ وَتَمَّت بِعَدلِك الأَحكامُ

Your decrees took effect in him as You willed,

And your judgements were complete with justice.

The decrees were fulfilled in him just as You willed,

and Your judgments were fulfilled through Your justice.

To you belongs praise in life and death,

And Your judgments were completed in perfect justice.

وَلَكَ الحَمدُ في الحَياةِ وَفي المَو

وَلَكَ الحَمدُ في الحَياةِ وَفي المَو

تِ وَمِنكَ الشِفاءُ وَالإيلامُ

تِ وَمِنكَ الشِفاءُ وَالإيلامُ

Yours is praise in life and in death,

And from you comes healing and affliction.

To You belongs all praise in life and in death;

and from You come healing and pain.

I fear the evil of punishment, and I hope for

From You comes healing, and from You comes pain.

أَنا أَخشى سَوءَ العِقابِ وَأَرجو

أَنا أَخشى سَوءَ العِقابِ وَأَرجو

كَ فَهَب لي سَلامَتي يا سَلامُ

كَ فَهَب لي سَلامَتي يا سَلامُ

I fear the evil of punishment, and place my hope in

You, so grant me well-being, O Peace.

I fear the severity of punishment, yet I place my hope in You,

You; so grant me safety, O Source of Peace.

And by your servant, O Ghani, heal me

So grant me my safety, O Source of Peace.

وَبِعبديكَ يا غنيّ اِشفِني في

وَبِعبديكَ يا غنيّ اِشفِني في

جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ حَيثُ طابَ المَقامُ

جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ حَيثُ طابَ المَقامُ

And by Your two servants, O Self-Sufficient One, heal me in

In the eternal Garden, where the dwellings are pleasant.

And through Your servant, O Self-Sufficient One, heal my grief in

the garden of eternity, where the dwelling is pleasant.

I wish, but I have no worthy deed,

The Garden of Eternity, where the dwelling is sweet.

أَتَمَنّى وَلَيسَ لي عَمَلٌ زا

أَتَمَنّى وَلَيسَ لي عَمَلٌ زا

كٍ وَلكِن وَسيلَتي الإِسلامُ

كٍ وَلكِن وَسيلَتي الإِسلامُ

I long for this, though I have no pure deed,

Yet my means is Islam.

I make this wish, though I possess no purifying deed,

but my means of approach is Islam.

God's mercy encompassed everything.

Yet my means of approach is my submission to You.

وَسِعَ اللَهُ رَحمَةً كُلّ شَيءٍ

وَسِعَ اللَهُ رَحمَةً كُلّ شَيءٍ

وَجَبَ العَفوُ مِنهُ وَالإِنعامُ

وَجَبَ العَفوُ مِنهُ وَالإِنعامُ

God encompasses everything in mercy;

Forgiveness and blessing from Him became due.

God encompasses all things in His mercy,

forgiveness and bounty are due from Him.

My son, is there a way to meet?

And pardon and blessing are assured from Him.

وَلَدي هَل إِلى اللِقاءِ سَبيلٌ

وَلَدي هَل إِلى اللِقاءِ سَبيلٌ

أَنتَ فِطرُ المُنى وَهُنَّ صِيامُ

أَنتَ فِطرُ المُنى وَهُنَّ صِيامُ

My son, is there a way to meet again?

You are the one who breaks fasts, and they are fasting.

My son, is there any way for us to meet again?

You are the breaking of hopes' fast, while they are fasting.

Quench me with the wine that is sealed

You are the feast-day of my wishes, while they remain in fast.

روّني بِالرَحيقِ يُختَمُ في جَن

روّني بِالرَحيقِ يُختَمُ في جَن

ناتِ عَدنٍ وَمسكهُنَّ الخِتامُ

ناتِ عَدنٍ وَمسكهُنَّ الخِتامُ

Quench my thirst with the pure wine sealed in the

In the gardens of Eden, and their seal is musk.

Quench my thirst with the sealed nectar in

gardens of Eden, whose musk is the seal.

Race with the most generous to the seat of truth.

The Gardens of Eden, whose final seal is musk.

فُز مَعَ الأَكرَمينَ في مَقعَدِ الصِد

فُز مَعَ الأَكرَمينَ في مَقعَدِ الصِد

قِ هُنا مِن هُنالِكَ الإِكرامُ

قِ هُنا مِن هُنالِكَ الإِكرامُ

Triumph with the most honored in the seat of truth;

Peace be upon you, O branch of Fihra,

Triumph with the noble ones in the Seat of Truth;

honor here comes from there.

You were a righteous branch, and speech is beautiful through you.

For true honor is found there, not here.

وسَلامٌ عَلَيكَ يا فَرع فِهرٍ

وسَلامٌ عَلَيكَ يا فَرع فِهرٍ

طِبتَ فرعاً وَطابَ فيكَ الكَلامُ

طِبتَ فرعاً وَطابَ فيكَ الكَلامُ

And peace upon you, O branch of Fihr;

Peace be upon you, O branch of the clan of Fihr,

you were a goodly branch, and speech about you was sweet.

You were pure as a branch, and pure is the praise of you.