This is the tomb of al-sahib al-ajall al-sayyid Nizam al-mulk wa Qawam al-dawla Abi Ja'far Muhammad b. Sahib al-ajall al-shahid. May God illuminate their proof! (Reading by R. Giunta)

O wise man, make an example of my story: I was a vizier, look how I became a prisoner! From [my] chair and palace, my face has falled under the ground. A shroud replaced my robe, a pit [became] my residence (?). The death's claw (?) ... has seen no fissure (?). (Reading by V. Allegranzi)

O wise man, do not attach you heart to the world, since up above noone will accept (?) you for your grandeur or littleness ... Say a prayer for me, so that I could reach Paradise ... (Reading by V. Allegranzi)

When we rolled out the carpet of grandeur in the world, we tasted a hundred kinds of nectars from the hand of good fortune. Out of generosity, we acknowledged the results of the last decade (?); seeking honour, we contemplated the abodes of the Nine Heavens. We seated where the pious man were seated, we chose the way that the free man had chosen. We delighted our hears and [others’] with plenty of beautiful words we have pronounced and heard. Like water, we rushed in vain and we passed. Like wind, we blew and waggled without profit. Like the eye of death (?), the fate struck us. We played the flute of soul turned towards the hereafter. We saw that we were oppressed by a hundred calamities, we redeemed ourself for one life against all that. Therefore be aware that, in the world of reward, we got in return everything we gave along the way: They compensated us for the slave we had freed, they rewarded us [for the pain we had suffered. Our only objective was God’s pardon, by God’s grace we attained our purpose!] (Reading by V. Allegranzi)