سقى اللّهُ المًهيمنُ قبْرَ ثاوٍ

بيثرب صوب غاديةٍ هَموعِ

May God, the Guardian, water the grave of one who lies

in Yathrib, with the downpour of a rushing, streaming cloud.

فلو شاهدتُ مثواهُ لجادتْ

له عيني بصوْبٍ من دُموعي

Had I beheld his resting place, it would have poured—

my eye—for him, a downpour of tears.

دَعوْهُ أبا سعاداتٍ وكانت

له فألاً لى الحَظِِّ الرَّفيع

They called him Father of Felicities, and that became

for him an omen of exalted fortune.

فجاور سيد الثَّقَلَينْ حَيّاً

ومات فحلَّ في شرفِ البقيعِ

Thus, while alive, he dwelt beside the master of humankind and jinn,

then died and came to rest in al-Baqi’s honored ground.

وتُغنيه الشفاعةُ يومَ حَشْرٍ

اذا افتقر المُسيء إِلى شفيعِ

Intercession will suffice him on the Day of Gathering,

when the wrongdoer stands in need of an intercessor.

قضى وطَراً من الدنيا بريئاً

من التَّبعاتِ في يومِ الرُّجوعِ

He fulfilled his need in this world, free

of all claims against him on the Day of Return.

وصانَ النفس عن خُدع المساعي

وعطَّلها عن العمل الخدوع

He guarded his soul from the deceits of worldly striving

and withheld it from every deceitful deed.

فصبراً يا زعيم الدين صبراً

فانك رابطُ الشَّمْلِ الجميع

So patience, O leader of the faith—patience!

For you are the bond that holds the whole company together.

تُساوركَ الخُطوبُ مُكَلِّماتٍ

فتُهْزمُ منك بالشَّهْمِ الزَّميعِ

Calamities grapple with you, dealing wounds,

only to be routed by you, brave and resolute.

وقد شهِدتْ لك الأيامُ طُرّاً

بأنْ لم تخلُ يوماً من صنيع

The days, one and all, have borne witness for you

that not a day of yours has lacked a benefaction.

واِما ضِقْتَ ذرعاً بالرَّزايا

فهُنَّ بشائرُ الأجْرِ الوسيع

And if afflictions leave you unable to endure,

they are but heralds of an ample reward.