كَم ضَمَّ قَبرُكَ يا مَودودُ مِن دينِ

كَم ضَمَّ قَبرُكَ يا مَودودُ مِن دينِ

وَمِن عَفافٍ وَمِن بِرٍّ وَمِن لينِ

وَمِن عَفافٍ وَمِن بِرٍّ وَمِن لينِ

How much piety your grave has embraced, O Mawdud,

How much piety, chastity, kindness, and gentleness

and chastity, and righteousness, and gentleness!

Does your grave now contain, O Modood!

ما كُنتَ تَقرَبُ سُلطاناً لِتَخدِمَهُ

ما كُنتَ تَقرَبُ سُلطاناً لِتَخدِمَهُ

لَكِن غَنيت بِسُلطانِ السَلاطينِ

لَكِن غَنيت بِسُلطانِ السَلاطينِ

You never approached a sultan to serve him,

You did not seek to serve kings,

but found sufficiency in the Sultan of sultans.

But found bliss in serving the King of kings.

نَبكي عَلَيكَ وَعَنّا أَنتَ في شُغُلٍ

نَبكي عَلَيكَ وَعَنّا أَنتَ في شُغُلٍ

برَدِّ تَسليمِ حُورٍ خُرَّدٍ عِينِ

برَدِّ تَسليمِ حُورٍ خُرَّدٍ عِينِ

We weep for you, while you are too occupied for us,

We cry for you while you are busy

returning the greetings of bashful, wide-eyed houris.

With lovely wide-eyed houris in the highest heaven.

سَقى الإِلَهُ ضَريحاً أَنتَ ساكِنُهُ

سَقى الإِلَهُ ضَريحاً أَنتَ ساكِنُهُ

حَتّى تَرى مَنبتاً خضر الرياحينِ

حَتّى تَرى مَنبتاً خضر الرياحينِ

May God water the tomb in which you dwell,

God has watered the shrine you inhabit

until you see it as a bed of green, fragrant herbs.

So that you see a fresh, verdant garden.