1. يا قبر طبت وطاب فيك عبير

    هل أنت بالضيف العزيز خبير؟

    O grave, sweet are you, and sweet is the fragrance within you.

    Are you acquainted with the honored guest?

  2. هذا (ابن باديس) الامام المرتضى

    (عبد الحميد) الى حماك يصير

    This is Ibn Badis, the esteemed imam,

    Abd al-Hamid, who comes into your sanctuary,

  3. العالم الفذ الذي لعلومه

    صيت بأطراف البلاد كبير

    The peerless scholar, whose learning

    Has great renown in the far reaches of the land.

  4. بعث الجزائر بعد طول سباتها

    فالشعب فيها بالحياة بصير

    He revived Algeria after its long slumber,

    So its people have insight into life.

  5. وقضى بها خمسين عاما كلها

    خير لكل المسلمين وخير

    And he spent fifty years there, all of them

    Goodness for all Muslims, and goodness.

  6. ومضى اليك تخصه بثنائها

    وإليه من بين الرجال تشير

    And he went to you, while Algeria singles him out for praise,

    And among men she points to him.

  7. (عبد الحميد) لعل ذكرك خالد

    ولعل نزلك جنة وحرير

    Abd al-Hamid, may your memory endure forever,

    And may your welcome be Paradise and silk.

  8. ولعل غرسك في القرائح مثمر

    ولعل وريك للعقول منير

    And may your planting in gifted minds bear fruit,

    And may your kindling illuminate minds.

  9. لا ينقضى حزن عليك مجدد

    وأسى له بين الضلوع سعير

    The ever-renewed grief for you does not cease,

    Nor the anguish whose fire blazes between the ribs.

  10. نم هادئا فالشعب بعدك راشد

    يختط نهجك في الهدى ويسير

    Sleep peacefully, for the people after you are rightly guided,

    They chart your path in right guidance and walk on.

  11. لا تخش ضيعة ما تركت لنا سدى

    فالوارثون لما تركت كثير

    Do not fear that what you left us will go to waste,

    For the heirs to what you left are many.

  12. نفحتك من رحمات ربك نفحة

    وسقاك عيث من رضاه غزير

    May a breath from your Lord's mercies waft over you,

    And may abundant rain from His favor water you.