1. ضَريحٌ باتَ فَضلُ اللَهِ فيهِ

    كَغُصنِ البانةِ الغَضِّ الرَطيبِ

    A tomb in which Fadl Allah lay,

    like the tender, fresh bough of the bān tree.

  2. فَتىً أَبكى بَنِي الخوريِّ دَمعاً

    جَرَت عَبَراتُهُ بِدَم القُلوبِ

    A youth who made the sons of al-Khouri weep tears

    whose drops flowed with the blood of hearts.

  3. لَقَد فُجَعَت بِهِ مَصرٌ وَأَلقَت

    عَلى بَيروتَ أَشجانَ النَحيبِ

    Indeed, Egypt was bereaved by his loss, and cast

    upon Beirut the sorrows of wailing.

  4. لِذلكَ طالَ في الأَحياءِ أَرَّخْ

    نُواحُ الباكياتِ عَلى الغَريبِ

    Thus, among the living, long endured—record the date!—

    the wailing of the weeping women over the stranger.