1. أمسَى برحمةِ ربهِ مُتَوشِّحاً

    رَجُلٌ عليهِ بنو السِّماطِ تحسَّروا

    At evening he was cloaked in his Lord’s mercy,

    a man for whom the companions of the banquet table grieved,

  2. في مَضجَعٍ كَتَبَ المؤرِّخُ حولَهُ

    قد باتَ عندَ الرُّسْل بُطرَسُ فابشِروا

    in a resting place around which the chronicler wrote:

    “Peter has spent the night with the apostles, so rejoice!”