قِفْStand بِهَذَاby this الضَّرِيحِthe tomb وَابْكِand mourn فَقِيداًa departed man
قِفْ بِهَذَا الضَّرِيحِ وَابْكِ فَقِيداً
جَلَّwas grievous فيin الشَّرْقِthe East خَطْبُهُhis loss مِنْas فَقِيدِone departed
جَلَّ في الشَّرْقِ خَطْبُهُ مِنْ فَقِيدِ
Stand by this tomb and mourn a departed man,
Whose loss was grievous in the East.
عَلَمُthe foremost figure الْمُنْشِئِينَthe writers نَظْماًin verse وَنَثْراًand prose
عَلَمُ الْمُنْشِئِينَ نَظْماً وَنَثْراً
وَإِمَامُand the leader الحُفَّاظِthe guardians of tradition وَالتَّجدِيدِand renewal
وَإِمَامُ الحُفَّاظِ وَالتَّجدِيدِ
The foremost of writers in verse and prose,
And the leader of tradition’s guardians and of renewal,
والْمِثَالُand the exemplar الْفَرِيدُpeerless فِيin الدَّينِreligion
والْمِثَالُ الْفَرِيدُ فِي الدَّينِ
وَالدنْيَاand worldly life جَمِيعاًalike بِكُلِّin every مَعْنىًsense فَرِيدِunique
وَالدنْيَا جَمِيعاً بِكُلِّ مَعْنىً فَرِيدِ
And the peerless exemplar in religion
And worldly life alike, unique in every sense.
خَلَّفَleft behind الرَّافِعِيal-Rafi‘i فِيamong قَوْمِهِhis people اسْماًa name
خَلَّفَ الرَّافِعِي فِي قَوْمِهِ اسْماً
كَانَwas أَحْرَىmost worthy الأسْمَاءَof all names بِالتَّخْلِيدِof immortality
كَانَ أَحْرَى الأسْمَاءَ بِالتَّخْلِيدِ
Al-Rafi‘i left among his people a name
That was, of all names, most worthy of immortality,
دَائِمُunceasing الرَّجْعِthe echo كُلَّمَاwhenever أَرْضَوْهُthey pleased him
دَائِمُ الرَّجْعِ كُلَّمَا أَرْضَوْهُ
طَيَّبmade fragrant الدَّهْرُtime ذِكْرَthe memory of عَبْدِAbd (servant of) الْحَمِيدِal-Hamid (the Praiseworthy)
طَيَّب الدَّهْرُ ذِكْرَ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ
Ever resounding whenever they pleased him:
Time has made the memory of Abd al-Hamid fragrant.
Sol 6.1