1. زُرْ ضريحَ المُصطَفى وادعُ لهُ

    تالياً مِن فوقهِ وِرْدَ السَّحَرْ

    Visit al-Mustafa’s tomb and pray for him,

    reciting above it the litany of the predawn hour.

  2. عَلمٌ مِن نسلِ إبراهيمَ قد

    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.

  3. تَرَكَ الدُّنيا وأبقى حَسْرةً

    لبَنِي الغَوشِ كما شاءَ القدَرْ

    He left this world and left behind grief

    for the sons of al-Ghawsh, as fate willed.

  4. يومَ عيدِ النَّحرِ وَلَّى راحلاً

    وهْوَ للأكبادِ ضحَّى ونَحَرْ

    On the day of the Feast of Sacrifice he departed,

    while he sacrificed and slaughtered livers.

  5. رحمةُ اللهِ على تربَتِهِ

    ولهُ اللهُ بتأريخٍ غَفَرْ

    May God’s mercy rest upon his grave’s earth,

    and, as a chronogram: may God forgive him.