مَضَىdeparted جُرْجيJurji كُرَيشَKuraysh إلىto ضريحٍa tomb
مَضَى جُرْجي كُرَيشَ إلى ضريحٍ
كساهُclothed it اللهُGod أنوارَlights الجِنانِthe gardens of Paradise
كساهُ اللهُ أنوارَ الجِنانِ
Jurji Kuraysh departed for a tomb;
Jorji Kurish has passed away to a tomb
May God clothe it in the lights of Paradise.
God has clothed it with the lights of Heaven
فتىًa youth قدalready نالَattained مِنfrom دُنياهُhis worldly life عُمراًa lifespan
فتىً قد نالَ مِن دُنياهُ عُمراً
إلىup to العِشرينَtwenty years يتلوهاfollowing them ثمانِeight
إلى العِشرينَ يتلوها ثمانِ
A youth whose life in this world had lasted
A young man who got from his life years
Twenty years, with eight more following.
Up to twenty followed by eight more
تَقارَنَwas united in marriage بالعَروسِwith the bride فماbut not استطالتْlasted long
تَقارَنَ بالعَروسِ فما استطالتْ
علىfor النجمينِthe two stars أيَّامُthe days القِرانِof the union
على النجمينِ أيَّامُ القِرانِ
He wed his bride, yet brief were
He was wed to a bride but it did not last long
The days of union for the two stars.
On the two stars the days of marriage
وخانَتْهُand betrayed him المناياdeath's fates حينَwhen وافَتْarrived
وخانَتْهُ المنايا حينَ وافَتْ
لدَىin التأريخِthe chronogram تَقصِفُsnaps غُصنَa branch بانِof a bān tree
لدَى التأريخِ تَقصِفُ غُصنَ بانِ
And death betrayed him when it came,
And death betrayed him when it came
As the chronogram says: 'Snapping a bān-tree branch.'
At the date palm it breaks a branch of acacia
Sol 6.1