ذَهَبَdeparted السَّعيدُSa‘id (the fortunate one) عزيزُlord of مصرٍEgypt طالباًseeking
ذَهَبَ السَّعيدُ عزيزُ مصرٍ طالباً
عرشَthe throne of السَّماءِheaven فسادَand so he reigned فيin الحالَينِboth states
عرشَ السَّماءِ فسادَ في الحالَينِ
Saʿid—the ʿAziz of Egypt—departed, seeking
Sa‘id, lord of Egypt, departed seeking
Heaven’s throne; thus he reigned in both states.
Heaven’s throne, and so he reigned in both states of being.
فيin تُربةٍa tomb كتبَwrote المؤرّخُthe chronicler فوقَهاabove it
في تُربةٍ كتبَ المؤرّخُ فوقَها
نالَattained السَّعيدُSa‘id (the fortunate one) سَعادةَthe bliss of الدَّارَينِboth abodes
نالَ السَّعيدُ سَعادةَ الدَّارَينِ
Over his grave the chronogram-poet inscribed:
In a tomb, above which the chronicler wrote:
“Saʿid attained the felicity of both abodes.”
“Sa‘id attained the bliss of both abodes.”
Sol 6.1