1. إِنْ يَنْتَقِلْ أَغْنَاطِيُوسُ الثَّانِي

    فَإِلَى الخُلُودِ وَكُلُّ حَيٍّ فَانِي

    If Ignatius the Second passes on,

    It is to immortality, and every living being must perish.

  2. تَمْضِي الرِّجَالُ وَتَنْمَحِي آثَارُهَا

    وَيُقِيمُ ذِكْرُ السَّيِّدِ الرَّحْمَانِي

    Men pass away, and their traces are effaced,

    Yet the memory of the revered al-Rahmani endures.

  3. عَلَمٌ تَفَرَّدَ بِالفَضَائِلِ وَالتُّقَى

    وَنَزَاهَةِ الإِسْرَارِ وَالإِعْلانِ

    A luminary, unrivaled in virtues and piety,

    And in integrity, in private and in public.

  4. مَنْ لِلْخِطَابَةِ وَالكِتَابَةِ بَعْدَهُ

    وَإِجَادَةِ التَّعْبِيرِ وَالتَّبْيَانِ

    Who will take up oratory and writing after him,

    And excel in expression and elucidation?

  5. فَقَدَتْ بِهِ الفُصْحَى فَتىً مَأْثُورُهُ

    أَرْبَى عَلَى المَأْثُورْ عَنْ سُحْبَانِ

    In him, eloquent Arabic lost a champion whose sayings

    Surpassed those handed down from Suhban.

  6. مَنْ لِلعُلُومِ قَدِيمُهَا وَحَدِيْثُهَا

    فِي الدِّيْنِ وَالدُّنْيَا وَمَا يَسَعَانِ

    Who will champion the sciences, ancient and modern,

    In religion and worldly life, and all that both encompass?

  7. مَنْ لِلتَّآلِيفِ الَّتِي تَرِدُ النُّهَى

    مِنْهَا مَعِيْنُ الفَضْلِ وَالعِرْفَانِ

    Who will compose the works where minds come to drink

    From their flowing spring of excellence and knowledge?

  8. مَنْ لِلمَجَامِعِ تَسْتَقِيمُ أُمُورُهَا

    مِنْهُ بِرَأْيٍ ظَاهِرٍ الرَّجَحَانِ

    Who will guide the assemblies, whose affairs were set right

    By his counsel, so manifestly sound?

  9. مَنْ لِلرِّيَاسَةِ وَالسِّيَاسَةِ إِنْ دَعَا

    دَاعِي الوَفَاءِ لِنَجْدَةِ الأَوْطَانِ

    Who will take up leadership and statecraft, should

    Loyalty's herald call for the rescue of the homelands?

  10. مَنْ لِلأُولَى رِيعُوا فَأَلَفُوا أَمْنَهُمْ

    فِي ظلِّ ذَاكَ البِرِّ وَالإِحْسَانِ

    Who will care for those who were frightened, then found safety

    In the shade of that goodness and benevolence?

  11. مَنْ لِلضِّعَافِ يُقِيلُ عَثْرَتَهُمْ وَقَدْ

    ثَقَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَطْأَةُ الحَدَثَانِ

    Who will help the weak regain their footing, when

    The tread of time's misfortunes has grown heavy upon them?

  12. في ذِمَّةِ المَوْلَى وَفِي رُضْوَانِهِ

    أَوْلَى رِجَالِ اللهِ بِالرُّضْوَانِ

    In the Lord's keeping and in His favor rests

    The man of God most worthy of His favor.

  13. أَلمَشْرِقَانِ مشَاطِرَاكُمْ رُزْءهُ

    فَعَزَاءَكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ السِّرْيَانِ

    The two Easts share with you the grief of his loss;

    So take comfort, O Syriac people.

  14. إِنْ تَفْقَدُوهُ فَفِي السَّمَاءِ شَفِيْعُكُمْ

    مُتَبَوِّئاً مِنْهَا أَعَزَّ مَكَانِ

    If you lose him, in heaven he is your intercessor,

    Occupying there the most honored place.

  15. لَقِيَ النَّعِيمَ السَّرْمَدِيَّ جَزَاءَ مَا

    عَانَاهُ فِي جِدٍّ وَفِي إِيْمَانِ

    He attained everlasting bliss, the reward for what

    He endured with diligence and faith.