1. يا لَحدَ شَمسِ العُلى فيها بِنورِ رِضا

    رَبّي الرّحيمُ وَمَولاي الكَريم أَضا

    O grave of the sun of eminence—therein, with the light of favor,

    My merciful Lord and generous Master has shed light.

  2. صِرتَ الثريّا لِبدرِ المَجدِ مَنزلةً

    فَحَلَّها إِذ لأمرِ اللَّهِ قَد نَهَضا

    You became the Pleiades, a station for the full moon of glory;

    So he settled there when he had risen at God's command.

  3. بَدر الوِزارَةِ مَن طابَت سَريرتهُ

    مَع حُسنِ سيرَتِهِ فيما اِنقَضى وَمَضى

    The full moon of the vizierate, whose inner character was pure,

    Along with his fine conduct in times past and gone.

  4. وَالحُكمُ للَّهِ مَولانا وَخالِقنا

    قَضى بِأَنّ سُليمان الزّمان قَضى

    And judgment belongs to God, our Master and our Creator;

    He decreed that Sulayman of the age should pass away.

  5. دَعاهُ مَولاهُ لِلفِردَوسِ يَسكُنُها

    فَراحَ يَرضى بها عَن دارِه عِوَضا

    His Master called him to Paradise, to dwell in it;

    So he departed, content with it as a substitute for his abode.

  6. وَمُذ دَعاهُ لَها فَضلاً بِرَحمَتِهِ

    وَأرّخوه بِها قَد عمّه وَرضا

    And since He called him to it, as a grace, through His mercy—

    And record his date: 'He has enfolded him in it and in favor'—

  7. عَليهِ رِضوانه لا زالَ منهَمِلاً

    وَلَم تَزل لِلرِّضا يا لَحدَه غَرضا

    May His good pleasure never cease pouring down upon him,

    And you, O his grave, have never ceased to be a target for favor.