يَا نَاظِرَ المَوتى بِعَينٍ بَاكِيةْ

يَا نَاظِرَ المَوتى بِعَينٍ بَاكِيةْ

اترُكْ دُمُوعَكَ فَوقَ خَدكَ جَارِيَهْ

اترُكْ دُمُوعَكَ فَوقَ خَدكَ جَارِيَهْ

O you who gaze upon the dead with a weeping eye,

O you who behold the dead with a weeping eye,

Let your tears run freely down your cheek.

Let your tears flow upon your cheek.

هَذا الضَّرِيحُ لِبنتِ يُوسُفَ فَافَةَ

هَذا الضَّرِيحُ لِبنتِ يُوسُفَ فَافَةَ

ذَات الحَيَا وَالهِمَّةِ المُتَعَالِيَهْ

ذَات الحَيَا وَالهِمَّةِ المُتَعَالِيَهْ

This is the tomb of Fāfa, Yusuf’s daughter,

This tomb is for Yusuf’s daughter, Fafa,

A woman of modesty and exalted aspiration.

Possessed of modesty and lofty resolve.

وَمُحَمدٌ باي الكرِيمُ المُرتَضَى

وَمُحَمدٌ باي الكرِيمُ المُرتَضَى

جَدُّ لَهَا فَلَهَا الأسَامِي الغَالِيهْ

جَدُّ لَهَا فَلَهَا الأسَامِي الغَالِيهْ

And Muhammad Bey, the noble, the chosen,

And Muhammad Bey, the generous, the esteemed,

Was her grandfather; hence the names she bears are precious.

Is her grandfather; thus hers are the honored names.

فَاطلُبْ لَهَا مِن ذِي المَوَاهِبِ رَحمةً

فَاطلُبْ لَهَا مِن ذِي المَوَاهِبِ رَحمةً

تَمْحُو الإسَاءَةَ وَالعُيوبَ المَاضِيهْ

تَمْحُو الإسَاءَةَ وَالعُيوبَ المَاضِيهْ

So beseech the Giver of gifts to show her mercy

So seek for her mercy from the Giver of gifts,

That will efface wrongdoing and former faults.

That wipes away wrongdoing and past faults.

فَاللهُ أكرَمُ أنْ يُخُيِّبَ دَاعِياً

فَاللهُ أكرَمُ أنْ يُخُيِّبَ دَاعِياً

لأخِيهِ فِي هّذي القُبُورِ البَالِيهْ

لأخِيهِ فِي هّذي القُبُورِ البَالِيهْ

For God is too generous to turn away a supplicant

For God is too generous to disappoint one who prays

Who prays for his brother among these crumbling graves.

For his brother in these decaying graves.

فَلَعَلَهُ يبنِي لَهَا مِنْ فَضلِهِ

فَلَعَلَهُ يبنِي لَهَا مِنْ فَضلِهِ

بَيتَ السعَادَةِ فِي القُصُورِ العَالِيَهْ

بَيتَ السعَادَةِ فِي القُصُورِ العَالِيَهْ

Perhaps, out of His bounty, He will build for her

So perhaps He will build for her, out of His bounty,

A house of bliss among the lofty palaces.

A house of bliss among the lofty palaces.

وَكَذاكَ زَودْهَا الدعاءَ مؤرّخاً

وَكَذاكَ زَودْهَا الدعاءَ مؤرّخاً

يَا رَبّ أسكِنهَا فَسٍيحَ العَافِيهْ

يَا رَبّ أسكِنهَا فَسٍيحَ العَافِيهْ

And likewise, furnish her with this prayer as a chronogram:

And likewise furnish her with prayer, marking the date:

O Lord, lodge her in the spacious realm of well-being.

O Lord, let her dwell in the vast expanse of well-being.