يا قَبْرُ ما لِلْمَجْدِ عِنْدَكَ فَاحْتَفِظْ

يا قَبْرُ ما لِلْمَجْدِ عِنْدَكَ فَاحْتَفِظْ

بِمُهَنَّدٍ ما كُنْتَ مِنْ أَغْمادِهِ

بِمُهَنَّدٍ ما كُنْتَ مِنْ أَغْمادِهِ

O grave, what belongs to glory is in your keeping; guard well

O grave, glory is naught to you so keep

a sword of Indian steel whose sheaths you were never among.

Muhammad safe, for you were not one of his shrouds

تَشْتاقُ مِنْهُ الْعَيْنُ مِثْلَ سَوادِها

تَشْتاقُ مِنْهُ الْعَيْنُ مِثْلَ سَوادِها

وَيَضُمُّ مِنْهُ الصَّدْرُ مِثْلَ فُؤادِهِ

وَيَضُمُّ مِنْهُ الصَّدْرُ مِثْلَ فُؤادِهِ

The eye yearns for him as for its own dark pupil,

Eyes yearn for him like their own dark centers

and the breast enfolds him like its own heart.

And hearts cleave to him like their own cores