1. عَرِّجْ عَلَى قَبْرِ

    قَدْ حُفَّ بِالسِّرِّ

    Turn aside to a grave

    that has been enveloped in mystery,

  2. لِفَا ضِلٍ بَرِّ

    مَحْضِ السَّنَا الشَّرَّاطْ

    of a virtuous, righteous man,

    pure radiance—al-Sharrat.

  3. إِنَّ الرِّضَى مَسْعُودْ

    مُذْ طَلَّقَ الْمَفْقُودْ

    Indeed, the favored Masud—

    since he divorced the perishable

  4. مِنْ زَهْرَةِ الْمَوْجُودْ

    بَاهِتْ بِهِ الأَشْرَاطْ

    among the blossoms of existence—

    with him, confound the eminent.

  5. فِي خِدْمَةِ الْمَوْلَى

    شَرَابُهُ احْلَوْلَى

    In the Master's service,

    his drink grew sweet;

  6. فَطَابَ فَا سْتَعْلَى

    بِهِ عَلَى الأَوْسَاطْ

    so it grew pleasant, and he rose high

    through it above the middling ranks.

  7. فَاهْنَأْ أَبَا سِرْحَانْ

    بِحِكْمَةِ الرَّحْمَانْ

    So rejoice, Abu Sirhan,

    in the All-Merciful's wisdom;

  8. فَاخِرْ بِهَا لُقْمَانْ

    وَاصْعَدْ عَلَى بُقْرَاطْ

    vie in pride with Luqman through it,

    and rise above Hippocrates.

  9. وَلَبِّ مَنْ نَادَاكْ

    بِمُمْطِرِ جَدْوَاكْ

    And answer whoever calls you

    with a shower of your bounty;

  10. وَحُلَّ فِي مَعْنَاكْ

    وَالْغَمُّ فِي إِفْرَاطْ

    and abide in your meaning,

    while grief runs to excess.

  11. يَا رَبِّ يَا مَوْلاَيْ

    يَا سَامِعاً نَجْوَايْ

    O my Lord, O my Master,

    O hearer of my whispered prayer:

  12. فَالصَّبْرُ مِنْ شَكْوَايْ

    مُعَفَّنُ الأَخْلاَطْ

    for patience, from my lament,

    is putrid in its humors.

  13. وَالْكَرْبُ يَا رَبِّي

    غَطَّى سَنَا لُبِّي

    And anguish, O my Lord,

    has veiled the radiance of my mind;

  14. وَعَاثَ فِي الْقَلْبِ

    مِنَ الْجَوَى مِخْرَاطْ

    and in my heart has wreaked havoc

    a rasp of burning sorrow.

  15. اُنْظُرْ مِنَ الْوَطْوَاطْ

    بِحُرْمَةِ الشَّرَّاطْ

    Look from the bat,

    by the sanctity of al-Sharrat,

  16. وَكُلِّ ذِي أَشْرَاطْ

    مِنْ سَالِفِ الأَفْرَاطْ

    and of every bearer of signs

    among the forerunners of old,

  17. وَخَيْرِخَلْقِ اللهْ

    ذُخْرِي رَسُولِ اللهِ

    and of the best of God's creation,

    my treasure, the Messenger of God—

  18. صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ اللهْ

    وَالآلِ وَالأَسْبَاطْ

    may God bless him,

    and his family and grandsons,

  19. وَجُمْلَةِ الأَصْحَابْ

    مُزَلْزِلِي الأَحْزَابْ

    and all his companions,

    who shook the confederate hosts

  20. وَمَنْ بَغَى وَارْتَابْ

    مِنْ سَائِرِ الأَسْقَاطْ

    and whoever transgressed and doubted

    among the rest of the rabble.