هَذا الغَريبُ الَّذي أَبكى دِمَشقَ وَقَد

هَذا الغَريبُ الَّذي أَبكى دِمَشقَ وَقَد

لاقى مِن البينِ في أَسفارِهِ أَجَلا

لاقى مِن البينِ في أَسفارِهِ أَجَلا

This stranger, who made Damascus weep and had

This stranger who made Damascus weep, when

met his death amid separation on his journeys,

He met separation in his journeys, faced his fate

أَبقى لآلِ قلاووزَ الكِرامَ أَسىً

أَبقى لآلِ قلاووزَ الكِرامَ أَسىً

مَدى الزَمانِ يُلاقي مَدمَعاً هَطِلا

مَدى الزَمانِ يُلاقي مَدمَعاً هَطِلا

left the noble family of Qalawuz a sorrow

He left the noble family of Qalawoz grieving

that forever meets an eye streaming tears.

For as long as time continues, their tears flow

مَضى إِلى ربِّهِ الغَفارِ مُتَّخِذاً

مَضى إِلى ربِّهِ الغَفارِ مُتَّخِذاً

مِن سُبْلِ غُربَتِهِ نَحوَ العُلى سُبُلا

مِن سُبْلِ غُربَتِهِ نَحوَ العُلى سُبُلا

He went to his Lord, the All-Forgiving, taking

He went to his Forgiving Lord, taking

from his paths far from home, paths toward the heights.

The paths of his exile to the Most High as his roads

فَإِن تَذر تِربَهُ يا مَن يُؤرِّخُهُ

فَإِن تَذر تِربَهُ يا مَن يُؤرِّخُهُ

أَكتب دَعا اللَهُ إِبراهيمَ فَاِمتَثَلا

أَكتب دَعا اللَهُ إِبراهيمَ فَاِمتَثَلا

So if you leave his peer, O you who chronicle him,

So if you visit his grave, O historian

write: “God called Ibrahim, and he obeyed.”

Write "Abraham prayed to God and He responded"