صَبراًPatience! بَنيO sons of فَرجFaraj اللَهAllah الكِرامthe noble عَلىover
صَبراً بَني فَرج اللَه الكِرام عَلى
شهمٍa gallant man إِلىto رحمةmercy الباريthe Creator قدalready انصرفاhe departed
شهمٍ إِلى رحمة الباري قد انصرفا
Patience, noble sons of Faraj Allah, at the loss of
Patience, my son, for God's relief is noble
a gallant man who has departed to the Creator's mercy.
On brave souls who to the mercy of the Creator have returned
مَضىhe departed الىto اللهGod فيin شرخthe prime of الشبابyouth ولمand did not
مَضى الى الله في شرخ الشباب ولم
يتركleave سوىexcept الحزنsorrow والذِكرىand remembrance لهُfor him خلفاa legacy
يترك سوى الحزن والذِكرى لهُ خلفا
He went to God in the prime of youth and did not
He passed away to God in the bloom of youth and left
leave behind anything but sorrow and remembrance as his legacy.
Nothing but grief and memories behind
ناحتlamented عليهِover him المهمّاتthe undertakings العظامgreat وهلand is there
ناحت عليهِ المهمّات العظام وهل
دَمعٌa tear علىover فقدthe loss of ميخائيلَMikhail ماnot ذرَفاflowed
دَمعٌ على فقد ميخائيلَ ما ذرَفا
Great undertakings lamented him; and is there
Great sorrows lamented him, and could
a tear that was not shed over the loss of Mikhail?
Any tear shed for the loss of Michael not overflow?
لذاكfor that reason انشدتُI recited تاريخيmy chronogram وصِحتُand I cried out بِهwith it
لذاك انشدتُ تاريخي وصِحتُ بِه
يَبكيweeps السحابthe clouds علىover بَدرٍa full moon قدalready اِنخَسَفاwas eclipsed
يَبكي السحاب على بَدرٍ قد اِنخَسَفا
Thus I recited my chronogram and cried it aloud:
For that I recited my elegy and cried in it
The clouds weep over a full moon that has been eclipsed.
The clouds weep for a full moon eclipsed and gone
Sol 6.1