حُكْمُ المنيّة ليس بالمردود

من والدٍ سِيدٍ ولا مولودِ

The decree of death cannot be reversed

Not for a noble father or newborn child

الكلُّ يدركه وَلَوْ مَنْ كان في

بُرْجٍ بما يحمي البلادَ مَشيدِ

All will meet it, even one who dwells

In a tower fortifying the land

ما هو إلاّ الأَجْرُ يومَ الحشر عن

عَمَلٍ تُسَرُّ بوجهه المسعود

It is but the reward on Resurrection Day for

A deed which gladdens the joyous face

فتزَوَّدِ التّقوى فإنّ وَلِيَّها

أَكْرِمْ به من سيّدٍِ محمودِ

So take provision of piety, for its patron

Is more generous than a lauded lord

واجْعَلْ محبّتَكَ الصَّلاحَ وأهلَه

سبباً لنَيْلِ الفوزِ والمقصودِ

And make your love of righteousness and its people

A cause for attaining success and your goal

لا سيَّما قُطْبَ الأنام الشاذلي

فهُو الذي ضَمِن النّجا لمُرِيدِ

Especially the Pole of Mankind, al-Shadhili

For he who guaranteed salvation for his follower

ولذاك أصبحتِ الوفود ببابه

يرجُون من جدواه فَيْضَ الجودِ

And so the delegations come to his door

Seeking from his overflowing munificence

ولكَم أبو حَسَنٍ عليٌّ راح في

مرضاته وغَدَا بقلبِ ودودِ

And many an Abu Hassan Ali has set out

Pleasing him, with a affectionate heart

ولكَم تلا أورادَه وأدارها

صهباءَ تشفي علّةَ المفؤود

And many recited his litanies and repeated them

Grey-haired, healing the illness of the lost

ثم استجاب لربّه لمّا دعا

وثوى لحكم اللّه تحت لحود

Then he answered his Lord when he called

And passed away by God's decree under the sand

فمتى تَزُرْهُ فَقُلْ وأنت مؤرّخ

أسْكِنْهُ في الفردوس منزلَ جودِ

So when you visit him, say, recording the date,

"Grant him in the Abode of Bounty an abode of munificence."