أَتظنّ البقا بِدارِ الهَوانِ

أَتظنّ البقا بِدارِ الهَوانِ

فَاِتَّئدْ كلُّ مَن عَلَيها فاني

فَاِتَّئدْ كلُّ مَن عَلَيها فاني

Do you expect permanence in the abode of humiliation?

Do you think to remain in the abode of disgrace,

So pause: everyone upon it will pass away.

So prepare yourself, for all upon it will perish.

إِنّ هَذا الضّريحَ قَد ضَمّ شَهماً

إِنّ هَذا الضّريحَ قَد ضَمّ شَهماً

كانَ في ذا الزَّمانِ عَينَ الزّمانِ

كانَ في ذا الزَّمانِ عَينَ الزّمانِ

Indeed, this tomb has embraced a noble man,

Indeed this tomb has enclosed a hero,

who, in this age, was the very eye of the age:

Who in his time was the star of all time.

أَحمدُ الحافِظُ الحَميد خِصالاً

أَحمدُ الحافِظُ الحَميد خِصالاً

حَسَن الخلقِ ذو الصّفاتِ الحِسانِ

حَسَن الخلقِ ذو الصّفاتِ الحِسانِ

Ahmad al-Hafiz, praiseworthy in his traits,

Ahmad the preserver, the praiseworthy of noble traits,

good in character, possessed of beautiful qualities.

Of good manners, possessing the finest qualities.

قَد دَعاهُ رَبُّ الجِنانِ إِلَيها

قَد دَعاهُ رَبُّ الجِنانِ إِلَيها

فَأَجاب النِّدا بِدونِ تَواني

فَأَجاب النِّدا بِدونِ تَواني

The Lord of the gardens of Paradise has called him to them,

His Lord called him to Paradise,

so he answered the call without delay.

So he answered the call without delay.

وَحَباهُ فيها الرّضا وَسَعيدٌ

وَحَباهُ فيها الرّضا وَسَعيدٌ

مَن حَباهُ الكريمُ بِالرّضوانِ

مَن حَباهُ الكريمُ بِالرّضوانِ

And He bestowed His favor on him there; and happy is

And granted him therein contentment, and blissful is he

whoever the Generous One has favored with His good pleasure.

Whom the Generous grants bliss.

كَم مَعَ المُصطَفى الشّفيع سَعيد

كَم مَعَ المُصطَفى الشّفيع سَعيد

قَرَّ أَرِّخ كَحافظٍ في الجِنانِ

قَرَّ أَرِّخ كَحافظٍ في الجِنانِ

Many a happy soul, with al-Mustafa, the intercessor,

How happy with the Intercessor he will be,

has settled—record the date—like Hafiz in the gardens of Paradise.

Settle, oh preserver, in Paradise.