أَقبَرُ ذا أم جِنانٌ قَد سَما شَرَفُه

وَمُلحَدٌ أَم مَقامٌ زُيِّنَت غُرَفُه

Is this a tomb whose loftiness has reached the heights,

Or a mausoleum with ornate chambers?

وَذا مَحَلّ الثَوى أَم ذا الطَريقُ إِلى

جَنّاتِ عَدنٍ وَهَذا الدر بَل صَدَفُهُ

Is this an abode of rest, or a path leading

To the gardens of Eden, and are these pearls or their shells?

لِم لا وَقَد حَلَّهُ مِن نَسلِ فاطمَةٍ

فَرعٌ كَريمٌ وَزَهرٌ جَلَّ مُقتَطَفُه

Why not, when a noble scion from Fatima's line

Has made it his own, a generous shoot, a blossom plucked at its prime?

مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَليّ بنِ الشَريفِ إِلى

خَيرِ الوَرى حَيثُ يَدري الفَضلَ مُغتَرفه

Muhammad son of Ali son of the Noble One, who knows

The worth of merit in the best of all lands whence it is derived.

مِن مَعشَرٍ حُبّهُم دينٌ وَبُغضُهُمُ

كُفرٌ فَطوبى لِمَن كانَت بِهِم زُلَفَه

A people whose love is religion, whose hate

Is unbelief; blessed is he who draws near them!

وَجاوَرَ الحاري تِلميذَ ابن عيسى وَذا

بَخّ لِبَخّ وَفَضلٌ بانَ مُرتَدَفُه

He who dwelt beside the Aaronid, disciple of the son of Isa,

Excellence on excellence aggregated.

فَزادَهُ اللَهُ نُعمى لا زَوالَ لَها

مُخَلَّداً في جِنانٍ قَد دَنَت قُطفُه

May God give him everlasting bounty

That will never fail, making him immortal in gardens near to be plucked.

بُشراهُ بِالفَوزِ إِذ لاحَت بَشائِرُهُ

وَحَسبُهُ أَن أَتى تاريخُهُ شَرَفُه

Give him good tidings of success, for the signs thereof

Have appeared, and his inscription bears the date of its nobility.