ياO ناظِراbeholder أسبلْlet fall بخدّكَdown your cheek عَبرَةًa tear
يا ناظِرا أسبلْ بخدّكَ عَبرَةً
وَانثُرْand scatter علىupon هذاthis الجَنَابِprecinct نظامَهَاits string of pearls
وَانثُرْ على هذا الجَنَابِ نظامَهَا
O beholder, let a tear fall down your cheek,
O you who look, let your cheeks flow with tears
And scatter its string of pearls upon this precinct.
And scatter over this tomb its construction
هذاthis ضريحٌa tomb قدindeed حوَىcontained منْone who حَصّلَتْshe attained
هذا ضريحٌ قد حوَى منْ حَصّلَتْ
بالقولthrough speech وَالفعلِand deeds الجمِيلِnoble مَرَامَهَاher aim
بالقول وَالفعلِ الجمِيلِ مَرَامَهَا
This is a tomb that holds one who attained
This is a shrine that contained one who achieved
Her aim through speech and noble deeds.
Through word and good deed her aspirations
عَلمَتْshe knew بأنَّthat الجارَthe neighbor يحميprotects جارهُhis neighbor
عَلمَتْ بأنَّ الجارَ يحمي جارهُ
فتشبثتْso she held fast بِالشاذُليّto al-Shadhili إمامهَاher imam
فتشبثتْ بِالشاذُليّ إمامهَا
She knew that a neighbor protects his neighbor,
She knew that a neighbor shields a neighbor
So she held fast to al-Shadhili, her imam.
So she held fast to Al-Shadhili her imam
وَلِحبهاand for her love of حوزattaining السعادةِhappiness خَيمَتْshe pitched
وَلِحبها حوز السعادةِ خَيمَتْ
بينbetween ابنIbn (son of) عرفةَArafa وَالشرِيفِand al-Sharif خِيامَهَاher tents
بين ابن عرفةَ وَالشرِيفِ خِيامَهَا
And, longing to attain happiness, she pitched
And for her love she pitched felicity’s tent
Her tents between Ibn Arafa and al-Sharif.
Between Ibn Arafa and Al-Sharif Khayyam
فَاسترحمِso ask for mercy المولىthe Lord لَهَاfor her فَلَطَالَمَاfor so often
فَاسترحمِ المولى لَهَا فَلَطَالَمَا
رَحمتْshe showed mercy وَمدَّتْand she extended للوَرَىto humankind إكْرَامَهَاher generosity
رَحمتْ وَمدَّتْ للوَرَى إكْرَامَهَا
So ask the Lord to have mercy on her, for so often
So pray to the Master for mercy upon her, for long
She showed mercy and extended her generosity to humankind.
Did she have mercy and extend to mankind her bounty
تَارِيخُهَاher date (chronogram) قَبلَmay accept الالهُGod صَنِيعَهَاher good work
تَارِيخُهَا قَبلَ الالهُ صَنِيعَهَا
وَالسعدُand good fortune دامَmay endure وَرَاءَهَاbehind her وَأمَامَهَاand before her
وَالسعدُ دامَ وَرَاءَهَا وَأمَامَهَا
Her chronogram: May God accept her good work,
Her date, may God accept her work
And may good fortune endure behind her and before her.
And Saad remain behind and before her