تَرَحَّم فَهَذا القَبرُ قَد ضَمَّ أَحمَداً
حَليف العُلى وَالمَجدِ وَالبأسِ وَالنَدى
Have mercy, for this grave now holds Ahmed
Ally of glory, might, valor and generosity
أَميرُ الفُرسانِ مَن طارَ صيتُهُ
وَأَتهَمَ في حَسنِ الصَنيعِ وَأَنجَدا
Chief of knights, whose fame took flight
Known for kindly deeds and readiness to aid
فَلَو خَلَّدَ الذِكرُ الجَميلُ ابن آدَمٍ
لأَصبضحَ في ذا القُطرِ فَرداً مُخَلَّدا
If praise immortalized man’s name
He in this land would live forever famed
وَلَو دَفَعَ المَعروفُ حَتفَ امرىء لَما
تَقَلَّدَ مِن ثَوبِ البِلى ما تَقَلَّدا
If kindness warded off death’s stroke
Man would not don decay’s cloak
وَلَو زادَ في الآجالِ حُسنُ طَويَّة
لَطابَت لَهُ الدُنيا وَمُدَّ لَهُ المَدى
If the best of lifespans were made longer
The world would be sweet, his days stretched on
وَلَو كانَ يُفدى بِالنَفيسِ فَدَيتُهُ
وَأَعطَيتُهُ نَفسي وَأَنّي لَهُ الفِدى
If I could ransom him with treasure precious
I'd give myself; my soul I'd give for his soul’s rest
مَضى آمِلاً دارَ السَلامِ مُسَلِّماً
رَضيّاً نَضيراً وَجهُهُ مُتَشَهِّداً
He passed on, hopeful of peace’s home, submitting
Pleased, content, his face shows him resigned
يَحُفّ بِهِ جُندٌ حَيارى لِفَقدِهِ
وَلَمّا يَسلوا المَشرِفيّ المُهَنَّدا
An army bewildered surrounds him, missing him
No comfort have nobles, glory’s standard lowered
فَلَيتَ الرَدى سامَ الفَوارِسَ دونَهُ
وَلَكِن سَهمَ الحَتفِ جاءَ مُسَددا
Would that fate had struck horsemen, not him
But the arrow of death flew straight and true
فَبوىءَ مِن بُحبوحَةِ الخُلد رَوضَةً
وَرَوحاً وَرَيحاناً وَعَرفاً مُورداً
He left eternal bliss’ gardens as meadow
And breeze, greensward, soft-flowing stream
جَزاءً لَهُ عَن سيرَةٍ وَسَريرَةٍ
تَعَوّدَها الأَيّام مَثنى وَمَوحَدا
Requital for conduct and way of life
Known through days paired and singular
وَعَن حُسنِ ظَنٍّ بِالإِلَهِ لَو أَنَّهُ
تَمَثَلَّ في صَدرِ امرىءٍ ما تَعَبَّدَ
For good thoughts of God, if a man
Were to act on them, obediently worship
وَجاوَرَ هَذا الشَيخَ حَيّاً وَمَيِّتاً
وَلِلجارِ حَقّ في الحَياةِ وَفي الرَدى
He was neighbor to this elder, alive and dead
To neighbors rights are due, in life and death
وَذا لَحدُهُ في الأَرضِ أَرّخهُ زائِراً
أَميرُ لِوا الفُرسانِ أَحمَدُ أَلحِدا
His grave now hosts, opened to guest
Knight of knights, Ahmed the intrepid
