الموت ليس بِطَالِبٍ مُتَوانِ

الموت ليس بِطَالِبٍ مُتَوانِ

يا نائماً في هيئة اليَقْظان

يا نائماً في هيئة اليَقْظان

Death is no laggard pursuer,

Death is no sluggard in its onset,

O sleeper in the guise of one awake.

O you asleep in wakeful pose!

فاذْكُرْ مصيرَك للثّرى مُتفَرِّداً

فاذْكُرْ مصيرَك للثّرى مُتفَرِّداً

ذا منظرٌ يَعِظُ الورى ببيان

ذا منظرٌ يَعِظُ الورى ببيان

So remember your passage to the dust, all alone;

Remember you must travel solo,

This is a sight that plainly admonishes humankind,

To a sight that preaches clearly to all.

من بعدِ خفضِ معيشةٍ وتأنّسٍ

من بعدِ خفضِ معيشةٍ وتأنّسٍ

وعُلُوِّ شأنٍ يَا لَهُ من شان

وعُلُوِّ شأنٍ يَا لَهُ من شان

After ease of living and companionship,

After a life of comfort and acquaintance,

And lofty standing—what a standing!

And height of status - what a height!

فارْحَمْ شبابَك أو مَشيَبكَ بالتُّقى

فارْحَمْ شبابَك أو مَشيَبكَ بالتُّقى

فهي التي تبقى على الحِدْثَان

فهي التي تبقى على الحِدْثَان

So have mercy on your youth or your gray hairs through piety,

Have mercy on your youth or age through piety,

For it is what endures despite time's vicissitudes.

For that is what remains over freshness.

وامْلُكْ سبيلَ الماجدِ الأَزْكَى الذي

وامْلُكْ سبيلَ الماجدِ الأَزْكَى الذي

ترك الثَّنا يُتْلَى بكلِّ لسان

ترك الثَّنا يُتْلَى بكلِّ لسان

And make yours the path of the noble, most virtuous man who

Take the path of the most glorious nobility, he

Left praise to be recited by every tongue:

Who left praise recited by every tongue.

فَخْرُ الغرابلةِ في الورى

فَخْرُ الغرابلةِ في الورى

محمودُ هُمْ ذو الفضل والإحسان

محمودُ هُمْ ذو الفضل والإحسان

The pride of the Gharabila among humankind,

The elite of humankind in all the world

Their Mahmud, endowed with virtue and beneficence.

Are the excellent and beneficent.

ضَمَّ المعالي للّذي يحويه مِنْ

ضَمَّ المعالي للّذي يحويه مِنْ

شَرَفٍ فَحُقَّ له به الشَّرَفان

شَرَفٍ فَحُقَّ له به الشَّرَفان

He added lofty virtues to what he possessed of

He gathered glories for the one who contains

Honor; thereby both honors were rightly his.

Honor - so the two honors befitted him.

ثمّ استجاب لربّه لمّا دعا

ثمّ استجاب لربّه لمّا دعا

داعيه مُمْتثِلاً على اطمئنان

داعيه مُمْتثِلاً على اطمئنان

Then he answered his Lord when called

Then he answered his Lord when He called,

By his summoner, obedient and at peace.

Obediently, with composure.

فَمَتَى تَزُرْ فَهَبِ الدُّعَاءَ مُؤرّخا

فَمَتَى تَزُرْ فَهَبِ الدُّعَاءَ مُؤرّخا

أَنْزِلْهُ في خير المنازل هاني

أَنْزِلْهُ في خير المنازل هاني

So whenever you visit, offer this prayer as a chronogram:

So when you visit, send a prayer recording

“Lodge him in the best of dwellings, at ease.”

To grant him the best of noble abodes.