يا لَحدَ شَمسِ العُلى فيها بِنورِ رِضا

يا لَحدَ شَمسِ العُلى فيها بِنورِ رِضا

رَبّي الرّحيمُ وَمَولاي الكَريم أَضا

رَبّي الرّحيمُ وَمَولاي الكَريم أَضا

O grave of the sun of eminence—therein, with the light of favor,

O Lahad, in it is the light of the Most High's pleasure

My merciful Lord and generous Master has shed light.

My Lord the Merciful and my Master the Generous have consented

صِرتَ الثريّا لِبدرِ المَجدِ مَنزلةً

صِرتَ الثريّا لِبدرِ المَجدِ مَنزلةً

فَحَلَّها إِذ لأمرِ اللَّهِ قَد نَهَضا

فَحَلَّها إِذ لأمرِ اللَّهِ قَد نَهَضا

You became the Pleiades, a station for the full moon of glory;

You became the wealth for the full moon of glory

So he settled there when he had risen at God's command.

So it rose when the command of God had stood up

بَدر الوِزارَةِ مَن طابَت سَريرتهُ

بَدر الوِزارَةِ مَن طابَت سَريرتهُ

مَع حُسنِ سيرَتِهِ فيما اِنقَضى وَمَضى

مَع حُسنِ سيرَتِهِ فيما اِنقَضى وَمَضى

The full moon of the vizierate, whose inner character was pure,

The full moon of ministry, whose inner self was good

Along with his fine conduct in times past and gone.

With the beauty of his past conduct that has passed and gone

وَالحُكمُ للَّهِ مَولانا وَخالِقنا

وَالحُكمُ للَّهِ مَولانا وَخالِقنا

قَضى بِأَنّ سُليمان الزّمان قَضى

قَضى بِأَنّ سُليمان الزّمان قَضى

And judgment belongs to God, our Master and our Creator;

And the judgment is for our Lord and Creator

He decreed that Sulayman of the age should pass away.

He decreed that Suleiman of the time has passed away

دَعاهُ مَولاهُ لِلفِردَوسِ يَسكُنُها

دَعاهُ مَولاهُ لِلفِردَوسِ يَسكُنُها

فَراحَ يَرضى بها عَن دارِه عِوَضا

فَراحَ يَرضى بها عَن دارِه عِوَضا

His Master called him to Paradise, to dwell in it;

His Master called him to Paradise to dwell in it

So he departed, content with it as a substitute for his abode.

So he was happy with it instead of his house

وَمُذ دَعاهُ لَها فَضلاً بِرَحمَتِهِ

وَمُذ دَعاهُ لَها فَضلاً بِرَحمَتِهِ

وَأرّخوه بِها قَد عمّه وَرضا

وَأرّخوه بِها قَد عمّه وَرضا

And since He called him to it, as a grace, through His mercy—

And since He called him to it out of His bounty

And record his date: 'He has enfolded him in it and in favor'—

They recorded him in it, it has covered him and pleased him

عَليهِ رِضوانه لا زالَ منهَمِلاً

عَليهِ رِضوانه لا زالَ منهَمِلاً

وَلَم تَزل لِلرِّضا يا لَحدَه غَرضا

وَلَم تَزل لِلرِّضا يا لَحدَه غَرضا

May His good pleasure never cease pouring down upon him,

Upon him is His good pleasure, it does not cease to incline toward him

And you, O his grave, have never ceased to be a target for favor.

And to consent, O Lahad, has always been its aim