1. قِف وَاِعتَبِر ذا مَقرُّ

    ما حُمّ مِنهُ مَفَرُّ

    Stop and take heed: this is a resting place

    from which no escape has been decreed.

  2. وَما لِصَبرِ المَنايا

    إِن لَم يُسَوّغهُ صَبرُ

    And what of death’s bitter aloe,

    if patience does not make it palatable?

  3. هَذا ضَريحٌ لَدَيهِ

    تَعَجبي يَستَمِر

    This is a tomb beside which

    my wonder continues.

  4. منَ التقى فيهِ أَضحى

    وَالعِلم بَرّ وَبَحرُ

    Within it now lie piety

    and learning—a land and a sea.

  5. ثَوى بِهِ الفَذّ لَكِن

    هوَ الإِمامُ الأَغَرُّ

    The peerless one rests there; yet

    he is the radiant imam.

  6. ذو المَنقَبات اللَواتي

    بِمِثلِها شَحّ دَهرُ

    A man of virtues

    whose like time has seldom bestowed.

  7. مُحَمَّدٌ ذو التَفاني

    في حُبِّهِ وَهوَ ذُخرُ

    Muhammad, a man of utter devotion

    in his love—and he is a treasure.

  8. إِلى ملوكة يُعزى

    لِتونِسَ مِنهُ فَخرُ

    He is ascribed to Malluka;

    Tunis draws pride from him.

  9. إِن ماتَ تَبقَ مَبانٍ

    قَد شادَها مِنهُ فِكرُ

    If he has died, edifices remain

    which his thought has raised:

  10. دَفاتِرٌ بانَ فيها

    مِنَ الغَوامِض سِرّ

    volumes in which was revealed

    a secret of obscure matters.

  11. كَم كانَ جَبّار كَسرٍ

    وَجالِباً ما يَسُرّ

    How often he mended what was broken

    and brought what delights.

  12. ذا سيرَةٍ بِهُداها

    عِداهُ طَوعاً أَقَرّوا

    He had a way of life whose guidance

    his foes willingly acknowledged.

  13. ما قامَ حَولَ خِصالٍ

    حَميدَةٍ فيهِ حَصرُ

    No reckoning could encompass the qualities

    worthy of praise within him.

  14. زارَ الجنانَ بِشَهرِ

    في بَدئِهِ حَلّ فطرُ

    He visited the gardens of Paradise in a month

    at whose beginning the fast-breaking feast arrived,

  15. مِن بَعدِ عَشرٍ تَلتَها

    سَبعٌ فَأرّخ وَعَشرُ

    after ten, followed by

    seven—so record the date—and ten.