سَقَى اللهُ مِنَ السِّقايَةِ مَا يُبرِي

سَقَى اللهُ مِنَ السِّقايَةِ مَا يُبرِي

مِنَ السَّقَمِ البادِي أوِ الدَّاخِلِ الصَّدرِ

مِنَ السَّقَمِ البادِي أوِ الدَّاخِلِ الصَّدرِ

May God give, from the fountain, what cures

God quenched with water from this fountain, relieving

Sickness outwardly apparent or lodged within the breast.

The evident illness or that in the heart's depths.

فَيَا مُبرِداً مِنْ عَذبِهَا فَادْعُ هَكَذا

فَيَا مُبرِداً مِنْ عَذبِهَا فَادْعُ هَكَذا

لِمَنْ قد شَفى أكْبادَ مِثلِك في الحَرِّ

لِمَنْ قد شَفى أكْبادَ مِثلِك في الحَرِّ

So, O you who cool yourself with its sweet water, pray thus

So you cooled by its sweetness, pray like this:

For him who has soothed the livers of your like in the heat.

For He who cured livers like yours in the heat.

حَبَاكَ عَلِيَّ بنُ الحُسَينِ بِمِثلْهَا

حَبَاكَ عَلِيَّ بنُ الحُسَينِ بِمِثلْهَا

كَثِيراً وَلَكِنْ هَذِهِ تُحْفَةُ الدَّهْرِ

كَثِيراً وَلَكِنْ هَذِهِ تُحْفَةُ الدَّهْرِ

Ali ibn al-Husayn has favored you with its like

Many times 'Ali ibn al-Husayn gifted me such,

Often, yet this is the rare gift of the age.

But this is a prize of fate,

لِمَا أنَّهَا حَازَتْ ضَرِيحاً لأصلِهِ

لِمَا أنَّهَا حَازَتْ ضَرِيحاً لأصلِهِ

وَجَامِعِهِ فَازْدَادَ عَوناً عَلَى الذّكْرِ

وَجَامِعِهِ فَازْدَادَ عَوناً عَلَى الذّكْرِ

For it has embraced a tomb for his forebear

Because it contained his ancestor's tomb

And his mosque; thus support for remembrance increased.

And his mosque, so remembrance was better aided.

وَقَدْ رَمَزَتْ عِنْدَ الكَمَالِ بِأنَّهُ

وَقَدْ رَمَزَتْ عِنْدَ الكَمَالِ بِأنَّهُ

لِخَيْرٍ إذا ما النَّاسُ خافوا مِنَ الشَّرِ

لِخَيْرٍ إذا ما النَّاسُ خافوا مِنَ الشَّرِ

And at its completion it hinted that he

It symbolized, at perfection, that for any good,

Is destined for good when people fear evil.

When people fear evil.

فَلَيسَ يَرَى من بَعدِ ذا مَا يَسوؤهُ

فَلَيسَ يَرَى من بَعدِ ذا مَا يَسوؤهُ

وَفِي ضِمنِ ذا جَمعُ السَّلامَةِ وَالظَّفْرِ

وَفِي ضِمنِ ذا جَمعُ السَّلامَةِ وَالظَّفْرِ

So after this he will see nothing that grieves him,

None shall then see, after this, what harms him,

And within this lie safety and triumph together.

For in this is collected well-being and victory.

وَذِي نِعْمَةٍ مَا حَازَهَا ذُو رِئَاسَة

وَذِي نِعْمَةٍ مَا حَازَهَا ذُو رِئَاسَة

بِتونِس لاَ قَبلاً ولاَ بَعْدَ ذا العَصَرِ

بِتونِس لاَ قَبلاً ولاَ بَعْدَ ذا العَصَرِ

And this is a blessing no ruler has attained

Blessed is he of high station in Tunis

In Tunis, either before or after this age.

Who attained this bounty, none before or after this age.

وَإنْ كُنتَ عَن سِرّ الإشَارَةِ سَائِلاً

وَإنْ كُنتَ عَن سِرّ الإشَارَةِ سَائِلاً

فَمَطْلَعُهُ تَارِيخُهَا صَفَرُ الخَيْرِ

فَمَطْلَعُهُ تَارِيخُهَا صَفَرُ الخَيْرِ

And if you ask about the secret of the allusion,

If you ask about the hint's secret,

Then the poem's opening gives the fountain's date: Safar of Good Fortune.

Its horizon is the date, the month of goodness.