1. كَذا شأنُها ما لَها مِن قَرار

    فَقِف راحِماً داعياً ذا اِعتِبار

    Such is its way: it has no constancy.

    So pause with compassion, praying and taking heed

  2. بِمَن ضَمَّهُ في الضَريح الصَفيحُ

    وَأَضحى عَنِ الأَهلِ نائي الديار

    Of him whom the stone slabs enfolded in the tomb,

    And who now dwells far from his family—

  3. صَميدَةَ فَخرِ بَني عامِرٍ

    وَهَل لَهُم بَعدَهُ مِن فَخار

    Ṣamīda, the pride of Banu ʿAmir—

    And have they any glory after him?

  4. وَمَن كانَ في طيبِ أَخلاقِهِ

    يُفاخِر نبت الربى وَالعَرار

    And he who, in the sweetness of his character,

    Vied with the plants of the hills and fragrant ʿarār;

  5. وَمَن كانَ فارِس يَوم الوَغى

    وَبَدرَ الجَحافِلِ إِن هوَ سار

    And he who was the knight on the day of battle,

    And the full moon of the armies whenever he marched;

  6. وَصَدرَ المَحافِلِ بَل قَسَّها

    إِذا ما اِحتَبى في ثيابِ الوَقار

    And foremost in assemblies—indeed, their Quss—

    Whenever he sat with knees drawn up, robed in dignity.

  7. وَكانَ مُحِبّاً لِشَيخِ المَقامِ

    وَمِن أَهلِ هَذا الطَريق الخيار

    And he was devoted to the shaykh of the shrine,

    And among the chosen followers of this path.

  8. أَتَتهُ الشَهادَةُ تَقتادُهُ

    إِلى خَيرِ كَهفِ مَنيعٍ وَجار

    Martyrdom came to him, leading him

    To the finest impregnable refuge and neighbor.

  9. فَلَبّى إِلى الخُلدِ في رَوضَةٍ

    قَريرَ الفُرادِ بِطيب القَرار

    So he answered the call to eternity in a garden,

    His [heart] at peace in the sweetness of repose.

  10. وَقَد حَلَّ في ذا المَقامِ الرَفيعِ

    فَأرّخهُ حَسبيَ هَذا الجَوار

    And he has settled in this exalted station;

    So date his passing: “This nearness is enough for me.”