1. هذا ضريح ابن الكحيل الذي

    جرَّبه اللَه بداءٍ أليم

    This is the tomb of Ibn al-Kahil, whom

    God tested with a painful disease,

  2. واختاره لما رأى صبره

    كصبر أيوب لدار النعيم

    And chose, when He saw his patience,

    Like Job's patience, for the abode of bliss.

  3. ففي الصبا أرخت لاقى الضنا

    لكن أتى اللَه بقلبٍ سليم

    For in his youth—I recorded the date—he suffered wasting illness,

    But he came to God with a sound heart.