1. أملاكُ نورٍ لميخائيلَ مُعتَنِقهْ

    قامت تكلِّلُهُ في أرفعِ الطّبَقَهْ

    Angels of light, embracing Mikhail,

    rose to crown him in the highest tier.

  2. نُواحنُا تحتَ جُنحِ الليلِ مُختلِفٌ

    وتلك ألحانُها في السبُّحِ مُتَّفقِهْ

    Our lamentation beneath night's wing is discordant,

    while those angels' melodies are harmonious in praise.

  3. يا صاحبَ الصَّدَقاتِ البيضِ مرحَمَةً

    أحوالُنا السُّودُ مِمَّا يَقضَي الشَّفقهْ

    O giver of white alms, have mercy:

    our dark circumstances are such as call for pity.

  4. يَبكي صَباءَك مَن خلَّفتَ وا أسفا

    بأعينٍ كُنتَ منها مَنزِلَ الحَدَقهْ

    Those you left behind weep for your youth—alas!

    With eyes in which you held the pupil's place.

  5. تَصدَّقَ الدَّهرُ والتأريخُ حامِدُهُ

    أما استَحى الدَّهرُ أن يَسترجِعَ الصَّدَقهْ

    Time gave alms, and history praised it;

    was Time not ashamed to take back its alms?