قِف وَاِعتَبِر ذا مَقرُّ

ما حُمّ مِنهُ مَفَرُّ

Stand and contemplate this abode -

None can escape its decreed path;

وَما لِصَبرِ المَنايا

إِن لَم يُسَوّغهُ صَبرُ

Patience cannot withstand fate,

Unless steadied by patience itself.

هَذا ضَريحٌ لَدَيهِ

تَعَجبي يَستَمِر

This is a tomb by which I am amazed -

My wonder at it persists.

منَ التقى فيهِ أَضحى

وَالعِلم بَرّ وَبَحرُ

He who found refuge in it has become

A paragon of virtue and knowledge boundless.

ثَوى بِهِ الفَذّ لَكِن

هوَ الإِمامُ الأَغَرُّ

The most eminent of men lies here,

Though he is the most gentle.

ذو المَنقَبات اللَواتي

بِمِثلِها شَحّ دَهرُ

With qualities none other in this age

Could boast of possessing.

مُحَمَّدٌ ذو التَفاني

في حُبِّهِ وَهوَ ذُخرُ

Muhammad who relinquished all

For his love - he is its pride.

إِلى ملوكة يُعزى

لِتونِسَ مِنهُ فَخرُ

To the Queen of Tunisia he brought

Renown - may she by him be graced.

إِن ماتَ تَبقَ مَبانٍ

قَد شادَها مِنهُ فِكرُ

If he died his works remain

Which his mind established erect.

دَفاتِرٌ بانَ فيها

مِنَ الغَوامِض سِرّ

Books wherein is exposed

Secrets from the unknown.

كَم كانَ جَبّار كَسرٍ

وَجالِباً ما يَسُرّ

How often tyrants' necks he broke

And attracted good fortune.

ذا سيرَةٍ بِهُداها

عِداهُ طَوعاً أَقَرّوا

Of conduct by whose guidance

Enemies willingly submitted.

ما قامَ حَولَ خِصالٍ

حَميدَةٍ فيهِ حَصرُ

None encompassed all the virtues

Perfected in him.

زارَ الجنانَ بِشَهرِ

في بَدئِهِ حَلّ فطرُ

He visited paradise in the holy month

At its beginning - Ramadan came.

مِن بَعدِ عَشرٍ تَلتَها

سَبعٌ فَأرّخ وَعَشرُ

Ten days remained after three ten days

The date marks seven and ten.