هَذا ضَرِيحُ مُحَمَّدِ الورَغِي الذي

فِي كُلّ فَنّ فَضْلُهُ لا يُجْحَدُ

This is the tomb of Muhammad al-Wargi

Whose excellence in every art cannot be denied

فَنَّ القَرِيضِ قَدِ انقضَى لمَّا قَضَى

نَحباً وَصَارَ لِفَقْدِهِ لاَ يُنْشَدُ

The art of poetry has ended with his passing

With sorrow, and his loss cannot be compensated

يَا طالَمَا أبْدَى فَرِيدُ نِظَامِهِ

دُرّاً بِلَبَّاتِ الحِسَانِ يُنَضَّدُ

O how often his unique compositions displayed

Pearls strung with refined elegance

حَبْرُ الزَّمَانِ الخَيِّرُ الأزكَى الرِّضَا

الأوْحَدُ الأسمَى الإمَامُ الأمْجَدُ

The blessed ink of time, the most pure, the most pleased

The unparalleled, the sublime, the eminent Imam

خَدَمَ المُلُوكَ ونَالَ عِزّاً وَافِراً

ومَرَاتِباً مِن دُونِهنَّ الفَرْقَد

He served kings and attained abundant honor

And ranks beneath them, the elite

وَمَضَى وأبقَى بَعْدَهُ حُسْنَ الثَّنَا

والمَرءُ في دُنيَاهُ لَيسَ يُخَلَّدُ

And he passed away leaving behind him a legacy of praise

For man in his life is not made immortal

قَصَدَ المُهَيمِنِ رَاجِياً مِنهُ الرّضَا

والعَفْوَ عَمَّا قَد جَنَتْ مِنهُ اليَدُ

He sought the Sustainer hoping for His approval

And pardon for all his misdeeds

لَمَّا تَوَفَّى قُلْتُ فِي تارِيخِهِ

لِرِضا الرَّحِيمِ سَعَى الإمَامُ مُحَمَّد

When he passed away I inscribed his epitaph

"To please the Merciful the Imam Muhammad strove"