زُرْVisit ضريحَthe tomb of المُصطَفىal-Mustafa وادعُand pray لهُfor him
زُرْ ضريحَ المُصطَفى وادعُ لهُ
تالياًreciting مِنfrom فوقهِabove it وِرْدَthe litany of السَّحَرْthe predawn hour
تالياً مِن فوقهِ وِرْدَ السَّحَرْ
Visit al-Mustafa’s tomb and pray for him,
reciting above it the litany of the predawn hour.
عَلمٌa distinguished man مِنfrom نسلِthe lineage of إبراهيمَIbrahim قدhad
عَلمٌ مِن نسلِ إبراهيمَ قد
حَجَّmade pilgrimage to بيتَthe House of اللهِGod نُسْكاًin devotion واعتَمَرْand performed the lesser pilgrimage
حَجَّ بيتَ اللهِ نُسْكاً واعتَمَرْ
A distinguished man of Ibrahim’s lineage, who had
made pilgrimage to God’s House in devotion and performed the lesser pilgrimage.
تَرَكَhe left الدُّنياthe world وأبقىand left behind حَسْرةًgrief
تَرَكَ الدُّنيا وأبقى حَسْرةً
لبَنِيfor the sons of الغَوشِal-Ghawsh كماas شاءَwilled القدَرْfate
لبَنِي الغَوشِ كما شاءَ القدَرْ
He left this world and left behind grief
for the sons of al-Ghawsh, as fate willed.
يومَon the day of عيدِthe feast of النَّحرِsacrifice وَلَّىhe turned away راحلاًdeparting
يومَ عيدِ النَّحرِ وَلَّى راحلاً
وهْوَwhile he للأكبادِthe livers ضحَّىsacrificed ونَحَرْand slaughtered
وهْوَ للأكبادِ ضحَّى ونَحَرْ
On the day of the Feast of Sacrifice he departed,
while he sacrificed and slaughtered livers.
رحمةُthe mercy of اللهِGod علىupon تربَتِهِhis grave’s earth
رحمةُ اللهِ على تربَتِهِ
ولهُand for him اللهُGod بتأريخٍas a chronogram غَفَرْmay He forgive
ولهُ اللهُ بتأريخٍ غَفَرْ
May God’s mercy rest upon his grave’s earth,
and, as a chronogram: may God forgive him.
Sol 6.1