هُناhere مِنfrom among بَنيthe sons of مَصرEgypt طَبيبٌa physician موحدُa believer in one God
هُنا مِن بَني مَصر طَبيبٌ موحدُ
بِباريسin Paris فيin هَذاthis الضَريحthe tomb موسّدُlaid to rest
بِباريس في هَذا الضَريح موسّدُ
Here lies a physician, one of Egypt’s sons, a believer in one God,
In Paris in this mausoleum is laid to rest
Laid to rest in this tomb in Paris.
And in his death of satisfaction a historian said
وَفيand at مَوتهhis death الرضوانRiḍwān قالsaid مؤرخاًuttering a chronogram
وَفي مَوته الرضوان قال مؤرخاً
عَليّupon me النَصthe inscription فهميFahmī فيin جِنانgardens مُخلدabiding forever
عَليّ النَص فهمي في جِنان مُخلد
And at his death, Riḍwān uttered this chronogram:
To me the text understand, in Paradise forever blessed
“The inscription is my charge: Fahmī dwells forever in the gardens.”
Partial English translation: 3 of 4 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1