1. لخليلِ باسيلا ضَريحُ كَرامةٍ

    سُكِبَت عَلَيهِ مَراحِمُ الرّحمانِ

    For Khalil Basila stands a tomb of honor,

    Upon which the mercies of the Most Merciful have been poured.

  2. غُصنٌ لَقَد كَسَرتْهُ ريحُ مَنيَّةٍ

    إنَّ الرِّياحَ كَواسِرُ الأَغصانِ

    A branch that the wind of death has broken;

    Indeed, winds are breakers of branches.

  3. يا وَيحَ والدةٍ دهاها خَطبُهُ

    فغَدَت عَلَيهِ حَليفةَ الأَحزانِ

    Alas for a mother struck by his calamity:

    She became a companion of sorrows over him.

  4. كَتَبَت لَهُ التاريخَ قائلةً بِهِ

    يَسقيكَ دَمعي يا قَضيبَ البانِ

    She wrote a verse to mark his date, saying in it:

    “May my tears water you, O slender bān branch.”