إن زُرْتَ قبرَ ابنِ نَحَّاسٍ لصَبوتهِ

إن زُرْتَ قبرَ ابنِ نَحَّاسٍ لصَبوتهِ

فاطلُبْ لقلبِ أبيهِ صبرَ أيُّوبِ

فاطلُبْ لقلبِ أبيهِ صبرَ أيُّوبِ

If you visit the grave of Ibn Naḥḥās to keep him company,

If, moved by his youth, you visit the grave of Nahhas's son,

then seek for his father’s heart the patience of Job.

Then seek for his father's heart the patience of Job.

وقِفْ بتاريخهِ في دارهِ سحَرَاً

وقِفْ بتاريخهِ في دارهِ سحَرَاً

وقُلْ ليوسفَ هذا حُزنُ يَعقوبِ

وقُلْ ليوسفَ هذا حُزنُ يَعقوبِ

And at dawn, pause over his chronogram in his abode,

And pause over his chronogram in his dwelling before dawn,

and say to Joseph: “This is Jacob’s grief.”

And say to Joseph: "This is Jacob's grief."