وجد الشيخ راحة في القبور

وجد الشيخ راحة في القبور

لم يجد يوماً مثلها في القصور

لم يجد يوماً مثلها في القصور

The sheikh found rest in the graves,

The Sheikh found peace in the graves

the like of which he had never found in palaces.

He never found the like of it in palaces

ذهبوا بالهمام تواً الى القبر

ذهبوا بالهمام تواً الى القبر

الى منزل الهمام الاخير

الى منزل الهمام الاخير

They took the noble man at once to the grave,

They went with worries quickly to the grave

to the noble man's final dwelling.

To the abode of worries, the last one

لا يخاف الذي يموت حكما

لا يخاف الذي يموت حكما

من سؤال لمنكر ونكير

من سؤال لمنكر ونكير

He who dies a sage has no fear

He who dies wisely does not fear

of questioning by Munkar and Nakir.

Questioning by Munkar and Nakir

فجعت مصر والعراق بتيمو

فجعت مصر والعراق بتيمو

ر فيا لهفتي على تيمور

ر فيا لهفتي على تيمور

Egypt and Iraq were bereaved of Timur;

Egypt and Iraq lamented Timur

and oh, how I grieve for Timur!

Oh how I yearn for Timur!

مات تيمور فاستراح وابقى

مات تيمور فاستراح وابقى

زفرات في مصر للجمهور

زفرات في مصر للجمهور

Timur died and found rest, leaving

Timur died and rested, but left

sighs among the people in Egypt.

Sighs in Egypt for the public

لقي الراحة التي كان نزا

لقي الراحة التي كان نزا

عاً لها في عشيه والبكور

عاً لها في عشيه والبكور

He found the rest he had been yearning

He found the peace he had struggled

for, in his evenings and in the early morning:

For morning and night

راحة في افكاره في حشاه

راحة في افكاره في حشاه

في هواه في قلبه في الضمير

في هواه في قلبه في الضمير

rest in his thoughts, in his breast,

Peace in his thoughts, in his mind

in his desire, in his heart, in his conscience.

In his passions, in his heart, in his conscience

وهو خير له وان غضب ال

وهو خير له وان غضب ال

بعض من الناس من لقاء الحور

بعض من الناس من لقاء الحور

And it is better for him—even if it angers

And it is better for him even if some

some people—than meeting the houris.

People are angry that he meets the Houri