زرvisit مَضجَعاًa resting place مِنof بَنيthe sons of عَيروطَ‘Ayrut حَلَّcame to rest بِهِin it
زر مَضجَعاً مِن بَني عَيروطَ حَلَّ بِهِ
شَهمٌa noble man مَضىpassed on لِجوارِto the presence of الخالقِthe Creator الصَمَدِthe Self-Sufficient
شَهمٌ مَضى لِجوارِ الخالقِ الصَمَدِ
Visit a resting place where one of the Bani ‘Ayrut lies:
He pitched a tent in the valley of Airout
A noble man who passed into the presence of the Creator, the Self-Sufficient.
A noble man has passed away to the vicinity of the Eternal God
رُكنٌa pillar قَدindeed اِنبَسَطَتstretched forth لِلمكرُماتfor noble deeds يَدٌa hand
رُكنٌ قَد اِنبَسَطَت لِلمكرُمات يَدٌ
مِنهُfrom him وَحازَand he gained مَقاليدَthe keys to العُلىglory بِيَدِin hand
مِنهُ وَحازَ مَقاليدَ العُلى بِيَدِ
A pillar, whose hand had stretched forth for noble deeds,
A pillar whose generous hand was outstretched
And who held the keys to glory in his hand.
And who held the reins of nobility in his hand
ناحَتwailed عَلىover فَقدِهِhis loss بَيروتُBeirut نادِبَةًlamenting
ناحَت عَلى فَقدِهِ بَيروتُ نادِبَةً
وَكانَand he was فيin أَرضِهاher land مِنamong أَعظَمِthe greatest of العَمَدِthe pillars
وَكانَ في أَرضِها مِن أَعظَمِ العَمَدِ
Beirut wailed, lamenting his loss,
Beirut mourned his loss in grief
And on her soil he had been among the greatest pillars.
For he was among her greatest pillars
قَدindeed سارَdeparted عَنهاfrom her بِتأريخٍwith a chronogram وَقامَand there arose بِهاin her
قَد سارَ عَنها بِتأريخٍ وَقامَ بِها
تِذكارُa memorial to يوسُفَYusuf لاnot يُنسىis forgotten إِلىto الأَبَدِeternity
تِذكارُ يوسُفَ لا يُنسى إِلى الأَبَدِ
He departed from her, his passing marked by a chronogram, and within her stands
He left it with a history and kept it upright
A memorial to Yusuf, never to be forgotten for all eternity.
The memory of Joseph that will never be forgotten
Sol 6.1