بنيٌّ لابيلا بذا اللحد قد ثوى

بنيٌّ لابيلا بذا اللحد قد ثوى

بصيرٌ ذكيٌّ شاعرٌ متفرّسُ

بصيرٌ ذكيٌّ شاعرٌ متفرّسُ

My dear son Labella has come to rest within this grave—

A young son of Abila has come to rest in this grave,

perceptive, intelligent, a poet keen of insight.

Perceptive, intelligent, a poet, keenly discerning.

ولما قضى نودي تنعم مؤرخاً

ولما قضى نودي تنعم مؤرخاً

ونل فرحاً في جنة الخلد جرجسُ

ونل فرحاً في جنة الخلد جرجسُ

And when he died, “Enjoy bliss!” was proclaimed as a chronogram;

And when he died, he was called to with a chronogram: “Enjoy bliss,

and attain joy in the Garden of Eternity, George!

And attain joy in the garden of eternity, Jirjis!”