ذا ضَريحُ الشَّريفِ سعدِ المَعاني

كَعبةِ الفَقه وهوَ قطبُ العلومِ

This is the tomb of the noble master of meanings, Sa'd al-Ma'ani

The Kaaba of jurisprudence, the Pole of the sciences

أَحمَد البربير الإِمامِ خليّاً

عَن نَظيرٍ في النثرِ والمنظومِ

Ahmad al-Barbari the Imam, unique

Among peers in prose and verse

مُذْ دَعاهُ الكَريم لَبّى مُجيباً

فَكَساهُ بِحلّةِ التكريمِ

When the Benevolent called him, he obediently responded

So He clothed him in the garment of honor

وَحَباهُ الرِّضا وَرفقةَ طهَ

جَدِّه المُصطفى النبيِّ الكريمِ

And granted him acceptance and the companionship of Taha

His grandfather, the noble Prophet

في جِنانِ الخُلودِ حَلَّ مُقيماً

طيبَ العَيشِ في جِوارِ الرّحيمِ

In the gardens of eternity he settled, residing

With a good life near the Merciful

كَم لَهُ مَنزلٌ هناكَ رَحيبٌ

فيه حورٌ تسرُّ طرفَ المقيمِ

How spacious is his abode there, how vast

Wherein are maidens that delight the dweller

وَمِنَ الدُرِّ فيه أرِّخ قبابٌ

وقصورٌ في جنّةٍ ونعيمِ

And therein domes embroidered with pearls

And palaces in a Garden of bliss and bounty