أَلا كُلُّ شَيءٍ غيرَ ربّكَ زائلٌ

أَلا كُلُّ شَيءٍ غيرَ ربّكَ زائلٌ

وكلٌّ سوى الباقي خَدينُ فناءِ

وكلٌّ سوى الباقي خَدينُ فناءِ

Behold, everything save your Lord shall pass away,

Behold, everything but your Lord passes away.

and all save the Everlasting is the intimate companion of extinction.

And all but the Everlasting One are companions of extinction.

ألَم ترَ هذا القبرَ قد ضمّ دُرّةً

ألَم ترَ هذا القبرَ قد ضمّ دُرّةً

غَدَت تَزدَري بِالحُسنِ بدرَ السماءِ

غَدَت تَزدَري بِالحُسنِ بدرَ السماءِ

Have you not seen this grave? It has enfolded a pearl

Have you not seen how this grave has enclosed a pearl,

that, in beauty, came to scorn heaven’s full moon.

That in beauty came to scorn the full moon of the sky?

دَعاهُ مِنَ الرّضوانِ داعٍ أَجابَه

دَعاهُ مِنَ الرّضوانِ داعٍ أَجابَه

وَسارَ سَريعاً نَحو دارِ البقاءِ

وَسارَ سَريعاً نَحو دارِ البقاءِ

A caller from Paradise summoned him, and he answered;

A caller from divine favor summoned him, and he answered him,

and swiftly he journeyed toward the Abode of Eternity.

And swiftly he journeyed toward the abode of eternity.

ومُذْ كان عزُّ الدين كان مقرّهُ

ومُذْ كان عزُّ الدين كان مقرّهُ

بتاريخه عزّى جنانَ الرضاءِ

بتاريخه عزّى جنانَ الرضاءِ

And since he was ʿIzz al-Dīn, his resting place was—

And since he was ‘Izz al-Din, his resting place was recorded

as its chronogram has it—“He consoled the heart of contentment.”

In its chronogram: “He consoled the gardens of contentment.”