هَذا الغَريبُ الَّذي لاقى المنيَّةَ في

هَذا الغَريبُ الَّذي لاقى المنيَّةَ في

شَرخِ الصِّبا بِقَضاءٍ غَيرِ مَحسوبِ

شَرخِ الصِّبا بِقَضاءٍ غَيرِ مَحسوبِ

This stranger, who met death in

This stranger who met his death in

The bloom of youth, by an unforeseen decree of fate,

The prime of his youth by a fate unforeseen,

مِن آلِ فَيّاضَ مَن فاضَت مَدامِعُهُم

مِن آلِ فَيّاضَ مَن فاضَت مَدامِعُهُم

مِن بَعدِهِ بِدَمٍ كَالسَيلِ مَصبوبِ

مِن بَعدِهِ بِدَمٍ كَالسَيلِ مَصبوبِ

Was of the Fayyad family, whose eyes overflowed

From the family of Fayyad, whose tears

After his death with blood poured out like a torrent.

Poured forth like a flood after he passed.

نَعْيٌ لَهُ في حِمي بَيروتَ قَد عَظُمَتْ

نَعْيٌ لَهُ في حِمي بَيروتَ قَد عَظُمَتْ

مَناحةً بَينَ تَصفيقٍ وَتَطريبِ

مَناحةً بَينَ تَصفيقٍ وَتَطريبِ

News of his death in Beirut’s precincts—great was the

His loss was greatly mourned in Beirut

Lamentation amid clapping and chanting.

With clapping and joyous cries.

يَدعو بِبُطرسَ داعِيهِ وَيا لَكِ مِن

يَدعو بِبُطرسَ داعِيهِ وَيا لَكِ مِن

مَسافةٍ بَينَ أَرضِ الشّامِ وَالنُوبِ

مَسافةٍ بَينَ أَرضِ الشّامِ وَالنُوبِ

The one calling him cries “Butrus”—and oh, what a

They called for Boutros, his eulogizer - what a

Distance between the land of al-Sham and Nubia!

Distance between the land of Syria and Nubia!

فَقالَ لا تَطمَعوا أَن نَلتَقِي فَأَنا

فَقالَ لا تَطمَعوا أَن نَلتَقِي فَأَنا

هُنا مَدى الدَهرِ أَرّخ رَهنُ تَغريبي

هُنا مَدى الدَهرِ أَرّخ رَهنُ تَغريبي

Then he said: “Do not hope that we shall meet, for I

So he said, do not hope that we will meet, for I

Am here for all time—record the date—a captive of my exile.”

Will remain here forever, having pledged my exile.