1. الخَلقُ يا صاحِ مَعدومٌ وَمَفقودُ

    وَلا يَدومُ سِوى مَولاكَ موجودُ

    All creatures, my friend, perish and are lost.

    And no being endures except your Lord.

  2. مَنْ ذا المخلَّدُ في الدّنيا يَدومُ بها

    لَو كانَ كانَ لِخيرِ الخلقِ تخليدُ

    Who is immortal in this world, enduring in it forever?

    Had there been immortality, it would have been for the best of creation.

  3. هَلّا رَأَيت كِرامَ الخلقِ قَد ذَهَبوا

    وَكلّهم ضِمنَ جَوفِ الأَرضِ مَلحودُ

    Have you not seen how the noblest of creation have departed?

    And all of them are buried in the belly of the earth.

  4. فَأَينَ أَين البنون الكِرام مَضوا

    وَأَينَ أينَ المُلوك الغرّ والصِّيدُ

    Where, then, where have the noble sons gone?

    And where, where are the kings, illustrious and proud?

  5. وَحيثُ أَن البَرايا لا بَقاءَ لَهم

    فَلا عَجيب إِذا لم يبقَ خرشيدُ

    And since creatures have no lasting life,

    It is no wonder, then, that Khurshid did not remain.

  6. مُحمَّدٌ تُلِيَت في النّاسِ سيرَتهُ

    بِسورةِ الحَمدِ وَهوَ الدّهرَ مَحمودُ

    Muhammad—his life story was recited among the people,

    With the Surah of Praise, and he is praised for all time.

  7. لَقَد تَجَسَّم مِن حُسنٍ وَمِن أَدب

    وَإِنّه مِن سنيِّ الحسنِ مَولودُ

    He truly took bodily form from beauty and refinement,

    And indeed he was born of radiant beauty.

  8. وَكانَ في دُررِ الأَوقاتِ جوهرةً

    بِها لِجيد العُلى في الدّهرِ تَقليدُ

    And among the pearls of time he was a jewel,

    With which the neck of glory is adorned for all time.

  9. فَريدة وَبِها عقد الكمالِ حلا

    وَاِزدانَ وَهوَ بها في النّظمِ مَنضودُ

    A peerless pearl, by which perfection's necklace grew lovely,

    And was adorned, strung with it in ordered array.

  10. في حُسنِ خلقٍ بِسمتٍ راقَ رَونَقه

    وَحسنهُ بِرَقيقِ الطّبعِ مَمدودُ

    Of fine character, with a bearing whose radiance delighted,

    And his beauty was enhanced by his gentle nature.

  11. مُهذَّب كامل تَحلو خَلائِقهُ

    وَفي ذَوي اللّطفِ وَالآدابِ مَعدودُ

    Refined and accomplished, his qualities were delightful,

    And he was counted among people of graciousness and good manners.

  12. عَذب الحَديثِ وَمرّ الجد صائبه

    حُلو الفكاهَةِ مِنها الشهدُ مَشهودُ

    Sweet of speech, but bitter in his unerring earnestness,

    Sweet in humor, whose honey was plain to see.

  13. الفارِسُ الفَحلُ وَالهِلقامُ مُجتَرِئاً

    مَن لا يُضاهيهِ أَن لَوْ صَال صنديدُ

    The mighty horseman and huge lion, daring,

    Whom no champion could match, even were he to charge.

  14. سِلاح دارِ وَزير لا نَظير لَهُ

    وَمثلهُ الدهرَ مَعدومٌ وَمَفقودُ

    Arms-bearer to a vizier who has no equal,

    And throughout time, his like is absent and nowhere found.

  15. أَخو السّيادَةِ عبد اللَّهِ في شَرفٍ

    مَن مَجدهُ نالَها بالعزِّ تَأييدُ

    Abd Allah, possessed of lordship and high honor,

    Whose glory won it reinforcement through might.

  16. شَمس الوِزارَةِ لا زَالَت ولا غَربت

    وَنالَها في ثُريّا العزِّ تَأبيدُ

    The sun of the vizierate—may it never fade or set,

    And may it be granted eternity in the Pleiades of glory.

  17. الضّيغم الأَسد الضّرغام مُفترساً

    مِن صيتِ سَطوتِهِ تُردى الصناديدُ

    The lion, the lion, the fierce lion, a predator,

    By the renown of his might, champions are laid low.

  18. بَحر النّدى وَالسّخا مَنْ جودُ راحَتِهِ

    لَو لَم يَكُن لَم يَكن قَد يُعرف الجودُ

    A sea of bounty and generosity, whose palm's largesse—

    Had it not existed, generosity could never have been known.

  19. وَهوَ السّعيد بِهِ أَتباعه سَعِدوا

    فَفيهِ تابعه خرشيد مسعودُ

    And he is the fortunate one; through him his followers found fortune.

    Thus through him his follower Khurshid was fortunate.

  20. دَعاهُ مَولاهُ لِلفِردَوسِ يَسكُنها

    لَبّى وَما عِندهُ في الأَمرِ تَرديدُ

    His Lord called him to Paradise to dwell in it.

    He answered the call, and had no hesitation in the matter.

  21. وَسارَ نَحوَ جِنانِ الخُلدِ يَقصِدُها

    وَجَدَّ وَهوَ لَهُ الجنّات مقصودُ

    And he journeyed toward the gardens of eternity, seeking them,

    And pressed on, the gardens his intended goal.

  22. وَحَلَّ فيها قُصوراً قَد سَمَت وَعَلَت

    وَزانَها مَع حُلى التّرصينِ تَشييدُ

    And he dwelt there in palaces that rose and towered high,

    And their construction adorned them, along with ornaments of solid workmanship.

  23. بِجنَّةِ الخلدِ مَع أَسنى النّعيمِ بِها

    أَرخت حُبّاً بِطيب فازَ خرشيدُ

    In the Garden of Eternity, amid its most radiant bliss,

    I lovingly marked the date: "In bliss Khurshid triumphed."

  24. عَلَيه أَهمى إِلاهُ العَرشِ سيّدُنا

    وَبلَ الرِّضاءِ وَلا يعروهُ تَحديدُ

    Upon him may the God of the Throne, our Lord, pour down

    A downpour of favor that knows no bounds,

  25. مَدى الزّمانِ وَما هَبَّت نَسيم صبا

    وَقامَ في الغصنِ ورق وَهوَ غرّيدُ

    Throughout time, and as long as the east wind's breeze blows,

    And doves perch on the bough, singing sweetly,

  26. ما البَرقُ لاحَ وَما نَجمُ السّماءِ بَدا

    ما الشّمسُ قَد طَلَعت ما الظلُّ مَمدودُ

    As long as lightning flashes and a star appears in the sky,

    As long as the sun rises, as long as shade stretches out,

  27. ما الفَتحُ قَد قالَ تَذكيراً وَمَوعِظَةً

    الخلق يا صاحِ مَعدومٌ وَمَفقودُ

    As long as Fath has said, as reminder and admonition:

    All creatures, my friend, perish and are lost.