قَبرٌ به سيِّدٌ شريفٌ

تُكْشَفُ في مثلِهِ الكرُوبُ

A grave wherein lies a noble master

In the like of him sorrows are uncovered

دهى عُلاه خطبُ المنايا

وللمنايا بنا خطوبُ

The decrees of death besiege his lofty place

And for death we are bespoken

فلا طبيبٌ ولا حبيبٌ

ولا بعيدٌ ولا قريبُ

So no doctor and no beloved

Neither a distant one nor a near

يَرُدُّ ما قَد قضاه ربٌّ

وهو على عَبده رقيبُ

Can repeal what his Lord has ordained

And He is watchful over His servant

وآهاً له من فراق

فغائب القوم لا يؤوبُ

Alas for his absence

For the absent of a people do not return

تبكي عليه أشراف قومٍ

لها بكاءٌ به نحيبُ

The nobility of a people weep over him

Weeping and wailing over him

يومٌ به قد قيل أَرِّخ

مَضى إلى ربّه النقيبُ

A day when it was said, record

He has passed on to his Lord the bringer