لحدٌa grave توسدهُtook it for his pillow فتىًa young man
لحدٌ توسدهُ فتىً
كانتwas لهُfor him التقوىpiety مناطقgirdles
كانت لهُ التقوى مناطق
A grave that a young man took for his pillow;
A young man whose pillow was piety
Piety was the girdles he wore.
And for the inhabitants of the Two Holy Mosques he was
ولساكنيand for the inhabitants of الحرمينthe two holy sanctuaries كانhe was
ولساكني الحرمين كان
الترجمانthe interpreter وخيرand the finest ناطقspeaker
الترجمان وخير ناطق
And for the dwellers of the two holy sanctuaries he was
The interpreter and best spokesman
The interpreter and the finest speaker.
He met death content
لقيhe met المنيةdeath راضياًcontent
لقي المنية راضياً
بمواهبin the gifts of الغفارthe All-Forgiving واثقtrusting
بمواهب الغفار واثق
He met death content,
With the gifts of the Forgiving, the Confident
Trusting in the gifts of the All-Forgiving.
And he spent his life obeying
وقضىand he spent الحيوةlife بطاعةٍin obedience
وقضى الحيوة بطاعةٍ
ترضيpleases الذيthe One who فطرcreated الخلائقthe creatures
ترضي الذي فطر الخلائق
And he spent his life in obedience
In a way that satisfies the One who created all beings
That pleases the One who created all creatures.
And so he passed on and a historian said
ومضىand he passed away فقالthen said مؤرخٌa chronogram writer
ومضى فقال مؤرخٌ
للجنةfor Paradise الدرويشthe dervish صادقSadiq
للجنة الدرويش صادق
And he passed away; then a chronogram writer said:
To Paradise goes the truthful dervish
“The dervish Sadiq is bound for Paradise.”
Partial English translation: 9 of 10 Arabic lines translated.