يا قَبْرَ فاطِمَةَ الّذي مَا مِثْلُهْ

يا قَبْرَ فاطِمَةَ الّذي مَا مِثْلُهْ

قَبْرٌ بطَيْبَةَ طابَ فيهِ مَبِيتَا

قَبْرٌ بطَيْبَةَ طابَ فيهِ مَبِيتَا

O grave of Fatimah, which has no equal

O grave of Fatima, unmatched in excellence

Among Taybah's graves—sweet is the repose within you.

A grave in Tayba where she passed sweet nights

إِذْ فيكَ حَلّتْ بِضْعَةُ الهَادي الّتي

إِذْ فيكَ حَلّتْ بِضْعَةُ الهَادي الّتي

تُجلى مَحاسِنُ وَجْهِها حُلِّيتا

تُجلى مَحاسِنُ وَجْهِها حُلِّيتا

For within you rests a piece of the Guide's flesh, whose

For in you resided the daughter of the Guide whose

Unveiled facial beauties have adorned you.

Beauty and adornment were manifestly bright

إِنْ تَنْأَ عنهُ فَمَا نَأَيْتَ تَباعُداً

إِنْ تَنْأَ عنهُ فَمَا نَأَيْتَ تَباعُداً

أَوْ لَمْ تَبِنْ بَدْراً فما أَخفيتا

أَوْ لَمْ تَبِنْ بَدْراً فما أَخفيتا

If you lie far from him, you have not parted in estrangement;

If you move away from it you have not distanced

Or if you do not appear as a full moon, you have not hidden one.

Or if the full moon has not become obscured from sight

فَسَقَى ثَرَاكَ الغَيْثُ ما بَقِيَتْ بِهِ

فَسَقَى ثَرَاكَ الغَيْثُ ما بَقِيَتْ بِهِ

لُمَعُ القُبورِ بطَيْبَةٍ وَبقِيتا

لُمَعُ القُبورِ بطَيْبَةٍ وَبقِيتا

So may rain water your soil, as long as there remain upon it

So the rain has watered your soil throughout the time

Gleams of graves in Taybah, and you endure.

The graves of Tayba have gleamed and endured

فَلَقَدْ بِرَيّاها ظَلَلْتَ مُطَيّباً

فَلَقَدْ بِرَيّاها ظَلَلْتَ مُطَيّباً

تَسْتَافُ مِسْكاً في الأُنوف فَتيتا

تَسْتَافُ مِسْكاً في الأُنوف فَتيتا

For indeed, her fragrance has kept you perfumed,

Indeed, in sheltering her you have become fragrant

To the nostrils, you smell like finely powdered musk.

Exhaling musk that intoxicates when sniffed

ولَقَدْ تأَمّلْتُ القُبورَ وأَهْلَها

ولَقَدْ تأَمّلْتُ القُبورَ وأَهْلَها

فَتَشَتّتَتْ فِكري بها تَشْتِيتا

فَتَشَتّتَتْ فِكري بها تَشْتِيتا

And indeed I contemplated the graves and their inhabitants,

And I have contemplated the graves and their people

So my thoughts were scattered over them, utterly scattered.

So my thoughts about them have become scattered

كَمْ مُقْرَبٍ مُقْصىً وكَمْ مُتَبَاعِدٍ

كَمْ مُقْرَبٍ مُقْصىً وكَمْ مُتَبَاعِدٍ

مُدْنىً فَسَاوَرَتِ الحَشَا عِفْريتا

مُدْنىً فَسَاوَرَتِ الحَشَا عِفْريتا

How many brought near are kept far away, and how many distant ones

How many brought near and pushed away, how many close and far

Are brought near—then my heart was beset as by a demon.

Have been reduced to dust by time's malevolence and spite