ابكى بَني رعدَ إِلياس العزيز وقد

ابكى بَني رعدَ إِلياس العزيز وقد

تَلا اخاهُ الَّذي من قبلهِ ارتحلا

تَلا اخاهُ الَّذي من قبلهِ ارتحلا

Beloved Elias made the sons of Raʿd weep, and had

I weep for my son Elias the dear who followed

Followed his brother, who had departed before him.

His brother who passed on before him

غصنان عاشا معاً حتىّ اذا اِفتَرَقا

غصنان عاشا معاً حتىّ اذا اِفتَرَقا

تَلاقيا بعد حينٍ في الثرى عجلا

تَلاقيا بعد حينٍ في الثرى عجلا

Two branches lived together until, when they parted,

Two branches they lived together until they parted

They met again after a while in the earth, in haste.

And met again after a time in the soil, hastened

فقلت ارقام تأريخي لكاتبها

فقلت ارقام تأريخي لكاتبها

ما مات إِلياسُ لكن للسما اِنتقلا

ما مات إِلياسُ لكن للسما اِنتقلا

So I told their writer the numbers of my chronogram:

So I said to the scribe of my chronicles

Elias did not die, but passed to heaven.

Elias did not die, but to heaven he ascended