رَيبُ المَنون بِسيفه المَشهورِ
أَخنى عَلى المَجهول وَالمَشهورِ
The executioner of fate with his famous sword
Has wronged the obscure and famous alike
وَلَكَم لَهُ في الفَتك صائبُ أَسهُمٍ
تُصمي فُؤادَ مسامر وَسَمير
And how many arrows of his have hit their mark
That would melt the hearts of friends and foes
وَلَهُ عَلَينا كُلَّ يَوم صَولةٌ
لَم يُطفِ مِنها الدَمعُ حَرَّ زَفير
He assaults us relentlessly every day
With weeping that cannot extinguish the burning anguish
لَم يَنجُ ذُو ضَعف وَلا ذُو قُوّة
مِن هَول مَصرع بَطشه المَقدور
Neither the weak nor the strong are spared
From the horror of his predestined blow
وَلِكُل مَخلوق رَحيلٌ عاجلٌ
أَو آجل يَأتي بِلا تَأخير
Every creature has an appointed end
Be it soon or late without delay
تَبّاً لِدُنيانا الَّتي غاراتُها
لا تَنقضي وَتدلُّنا بِغُرور
Curse this world whose raids
Are endless and deceive us with delusion
إِن أَضحَكت أَبكَت وَإِن هِيَ سالمت
غَدرت وَما تَنفك في تَدمير
If it laughs, it makes you weep and if peaceful
It betrays and does not cease destroying
ما تَحتَ عمرٍ طالَ فيها طائلٌ
فَاربأ بِعمرك فَهيَ دار الزُور
No one who lived long in it gained anything
So disavow your life, it is the abode of falsehood
تَأَمينها خَوف وَراحَتُها عَنا
وَالصَفو مِنها شِيبَ بِالتَكدير
To feel safe in it is fear and its comfort is hardship
And tranquility in it turns hair gray with turmoil
فَإلامَ تَطمَعُ في البَقاء وَقَد مَضى
شَيخُ التُقى عَن منبر وَسَرير
Why then aspire to live on when already
The Shaykh of piety has left his pulpit and bed
الجَوهريُّ محمدُ بن محمدٍ
بَحرُ العَطاء الزاخر المَوفور
Al-Jawhari Muhammad ibn Muhammad
An ocean of generosity, bountiful and abundant
وَالعلمِ وَالمَجدِ المؤثَّل وَالذَكا
وَالحَزمِ وَالإِقدام وَالتَدبير
With knowledge, glory, intelligence, caution
Resolve, management, wisdom
وَالحلم وَالشَرَف الرَفيع وَما بهِ
يَمتاز بَين الناس كُل خَطير
Noble lineage and all that distinguishes
Every important man
أَكرم بِهِ مِن مُرشدٍ وَخَليفةٍ
لِلشاذلّي القطب ذي التَنوير
You were honored with a guide and caliph
For Shadhili, the enlightened pole
وَأَجلّ مِن أَحيا مآثرَ جده
بِوفور عزم في القِتال شَهير
And exalted by reviving the glories of your grandfather
Famed for his resolve in battle
فَالجَد سَيف اللَه خالدٌ الَّذي
بِثَباته قَد هان كُلُّ عَسير
Your grandfather was the sword of God, the eternal Khaled
With his steadfastness, all hardship was humbled
وَسَطا عَلى مَن صَدّ عَن دين الهُدى
فَرماهمُ مِن سَيفه بِثبور
He dominated those who strayed from the religion of guidance
And cast them away with his flashing sword
وَأَذلَّ مَن شَق العَصا وَأَعزَّ من
نال المُنى وَأَطاع خَير بَشير
He humiliated those who rebelled and empowered those who
Obeyed the best Messenger
وَبِهِ اِقتَدى هَذا السَليل فسرَّهُ
بِنَجاحه في سَعيه المَشكور
This scion followed his example, so his
Praiseworthy efforts made him joyful
وَسَما بِإِقبالٍ وَساد بهمةٍ
مَصحوبة بِالعز وَالتَوقير
He attained success and ruled with determination
Accompanied by glory and esteem
وَعَلى أَبيه لَقَد تَخرّج فائِقاً
في علمه بِالسَبق وَالتَحرير
And he surpassed his own father
In knowledge, precedence and literary skill
وَقَد اِزدَهى بَينَ الوَرى بِكَرامة
خَصَّت علاه بِحظوة وَسُرور
He gained distinction in the world with virtues
That gave him special favor and delight
يا أَيُّها الشَيخ الَّذي حَسناته
جلَّت عَن الإِحصاء وَالتَقدير
O Shaykh whose good deeds
Are beyond reckoning and enumeration
إِن الجِنان تَزخرفت لَكَ فَاِبتَهج
وانعم وَدُم في لَذةٍ وَحبور
The gardens are adorned for you, so rejoice
And live in pleasure and rapture
وَابلغ نِهاية ما تَروم ممتَّعاً
فيها بِحُسن ختامك المَأجور
And attain the utmost you seek, gratified
By your rewarded, beautiful end
وَعَليك رُضوان المهيمن ما دَعا
لِلّه بِالتَهليل وَالتَكبير
Upon you is the approval of the Guardian as long as
You glorify God with prayers and declaration of His greatness
أَو قالَ مَجدي في رثاك مؤرخاً
بُشراي سُرَّ الجَوهري بِالحُور
Or my eulogy records you saying
Congratulations, jewel of Jawhari, for the maiden houri
