1. لِلّه يا مَن سار عنَّا وارتَحَل

    وإلى جِوار اللَه بارئه انتَقَل

    By God, O you who left us and departed,

    And passed into the presence of God, his Creator.

  2. أَسَفاً على أَسفٍ عليكَ وطالما

    تَهمِي الدُموعُ كانها وَبلٌ هَمَل

    Sorrow upon sorrow for you! How long

    The tears have streamed like pouring rain.

  3. نَزَفَ البُكاءُ دُموعَ أَعيُن نادبٍ

    فوَدِدتُ لو أَن تُستَعارَ لهُ المُقَل

    Weeping has drained a mourner's eyes of tears,

    So I wished that eyes could be lent to him.

  4. يا وَحشةَ الدار التي فارقتَها

    بل وَحشةَ الآفاق من بَدرٍ أَفَل

    How desolate the house that you have left!

    Nay, how desolate the horizons, bereft of a full moon that has set!

  5. لا غَروَ إِن أَغرَبتِ يا شمسَ الضُحى

    عنا فإِنَّ الشمسَ يَغشاها الطَفَل

    No wonder you have set, O morning sun,

    Away from us, for dusk veils the sun.

  6. لو كانت الناسُ النُجومَ لكُنتَ انت

    الشمسَ تزهو وَهيَ في بُرجِ الحَمَل

    Were people stars, you yourself would be

    The sun, resplendent in the sign of Aries.

  7. او كانتِ الزَهَرَ الزكيَّ لكُنتَ انتَ

    الوَردَ لكن بالمنيَّة قد ذَبَل

    Or were they fragrant flowers, you yourself would be

    The rose—but death has withered it.

  8. ما أَنتَ الَّا السيفُ أُغمِدَ في الثَرى

    والصارمُ البتَّارُ يُغمَدُ اويُسَل

    You are but a sword sheathed in the earth;

    A keen, cleaving blade is sheathed or drawn.

  9. قد كانَ سيفاً قاطعاً ما شانَهُ

    كَلَلٌ فكيفَ الآن أَمسى في كَلَل

    He was a cutting sword, never marred

    By bluntness; how has he now grown weary?

  10. اللَوذَعُ الشهم الشجيع الأَروَعُ ال

    قَرمُ الذريعُ الأَمنَعُ اللَيثُ البَطَل

    The quick-witted, gallant, brave, awe-inspiring one,

    The noble chief, swift, unassailable, the lion, the hero;

  11. الفاضلُ النَدُسُ الكريمُ الأَلمعُ ال

    طرف التميم الأَرفَعُ الجَلُّ الجَلَل

    The virtuous, discerning, generous, keen-witted one,

    The noble, perfect, most exalted, great and mighty;

  12. ذو السُؤددِ السَمحُ السخيُّ الأَوحَدُ ال

    بَرُّ التَقِيُّ الأَمجَدُ الشَيخُ الأَجَل

    Possessed of eminence, gracious, openhanded, peerless,

    Righteous, devout, most glorious—the most venerable sheikh:

  13. مُوسَى سليلُ الأَمجدينَ الخازنيُّ

    الكامل الفضلِ الذي فيهِ كَمَل

    Musa al-Khazini, scion of illustrious forebears,

    Perfect in virtue, which found perfection in him.

  14. قد كانت الآمال بالغةَ المُنَى

    فيهِ فما خاب الذي منهُ أَمَل

    Hopes would attain their utmost aims

    In him; none who hoped from him was disappointed.

  15. ما زالَ مأهولَ الحِمَى من طارقٍ

    مع سائلٍ بلغَ المَرامَ بما سأَل

    His precinct was ever thronged with night visitors,

    And petitioners who attained the object of their requests.

  16. تعشو إلى نِيرانهِ تبغي القِرَى

    ضِيفاتُهُ فيُحِلُّهم أَعلَى مَحَل

    To his fires, seeking hospitality, come

    His guests; he grants them the most honored lodging.

  17. عن بَذل جُودٍ واصطِناع مكارمٍ

    لا يبتغي في بَذلِ معروفٍ بَدَل

    Out of lavish generosity and the practice of noble deeds,

    He seeks no recompense for the kindness he bestows.

  18. ولهُ مآثِرُ لو عَمَدتَ لوَصفِها

    لَفَنِي الزَمانُ ووصفُ ذلك ما اكتَمل

    His are glorious deeds: if you set out to describe them,

    Time would perish before their description was complete.

  19. نَعَتِ الرُبوعُ مع الطُلولِ لفَقدِهِ

    والدَمعُ طَلَّ دَماً بذيَّاكَ الطَلَل

    The homesteads and the ruins proclaimed his loss,

    And tears fell as dew of blood upon that ruin.

  20. مُلِئَت نواحي كَسرَوانَ جَميعُها

    نَوحاً تُعدِّدُهُ عليهِ ولم تَزَل

    All the districts of Keserwan were filled

    With lamentation for him, repeated without cease.

  21. وتَقنَّعَت مِرطَ الحِدادِ كأنما

    ثوبُ الظَلامِ على اهاليها انسَدَل

    And they veiled themselves in mourning's mantle, as though

    The robe of darkness had fallen over their people.

  22. يوماً أَقَّلتهُ الرُؤُوسُ للحدهِ

    متشيَّعاً يومٌ بهِ ضُرِبَ المَثَل

    On the day that heads bore him aloft to his grave,

    Escorted by mourners—a day that became proverbial.

  23. ومراتبُ الكَهنُوتِ تَقدُمُ نَعشَهُ

    يَعنُونَ إِكراماً بلبسهمِ الحُلَل

    And the ranks of the priesthood preceded his bier,

    Intending to honor him by wearing ceremonial robes.

  24. وضجيج أَصواتٍ وقرعُ ترائبٍ

    ومَناوحٌ كادت تَميدُ بها القُلَل

    And a clamor of voices, and the beating of breasts,

    And lamentations that almost made the mountain peaks reel.

  25. نَهنه دموعك يا اخاهُ فانَّما

    فيهِ مُرادُ اللَه تمَّ فما العَمَل

    Restrain your tears, O brother of his, for

    In him God's will was fulfilled; what can be done?

  26. أَي يوسفُ الشيخُ المروَّعُ بالأَسَى

    خَلِّ البُكاءَ فانهُ حُكمُ الأَزَل

    O Yusuf, the sheikh distraught with sorrow,

    Leave off weeping, for this is eternity's decree.

  27. هذا مَصِيرُ الناسِ كُلٌّ عاثرٌ

    في إِثرِ كابٍ مُسرِعينَ بلا مَهَل

    This is mankind's fate: each one stumbles

    Behind one who has fallen, hurrying without respite.

  28. فالموتُ دَينٌ واجبٌ لا بُدَّ ما

    كُلٌّ يفيهِ ان تباطأَ او عجل

    For death is a debt, a binding obligation:

    Everyone must pay it, whether he delays or hastens.

  29. مَلِكٌ لهُ الامراضُ جُندٌ فَيلَقٌ

    ونوازلُ الدنيا لَدَيهِ كالخَوَل

    A king whose troops are diseases—a mighty host—

    And the world's calamities are like servants before him.

  30. وابيكَ ان حُمَّ القَضاءُ فما التما

    ئِمُ والرُقى تحمِي ولا تُغنِي الحِيَل

    By your father, when fate is decreed, no amulets

    Or incantations protect, nor do stratagems avail.

  31. كَلَّا ولا الخُوَذُ المنيعةُ والدُرو

    عُ ولا المِجَنُّ ولا السيُوفُ ولا الأَسَل

    No, neither sturdy helmets nor armor,

    Nor shields, swords, or spears.

  32. واعلَم بأَنَّ العُمرَ ظِلٌّ زائلٌ

    وحَلاوةَ اللَذَّاتِ سَمٌّ في عَسَل

    And know that life is a passing shadow,

    And the sweetness of pleasures is poison in honey.

  33. طُوبى لمن في الموتِ كان هذيذُهُ

    وقضى الحيوةَ بتَوبةٍ تمحُو الزَلَل

    Blessed is he whose constant talk was of death,

    And who spent his life in repentance that effaces sins.

  34. هذا الذي شَهِدَت لهُ أَفعالُهُ

    والمَرءُ يُعرَفُ فضلُهُ مِمَّا فَعَل

    This is the man whose deeds bore witness for him;

    A person's virtue is known from what he has done.

  35. أَحيَى لهُ ذِكراً بنوهُ كانهُ

    في الحَيِّ حيٌّ والمُنازِلُ ما رَحَل

    His sons kept his memory alive, as though he

    Were alive among the clan—the warrior has not departed.

  36. فَرعانِ من اصل كريمٍ فيهما

    واليهما النَسَبُ العريقُ قد اتَّصَل

    Two branches of a noble root; within them,

    And down to them, the ancient lineage runs unbroken.

  37. أَخَوَانِ مثلُ الفَرقَدين كِلاهما

    لأَخيهِ شِبهٌ لا اشتِباهَ ولا خَلَل

    Two brothers, like the twin Farqad stars, each

    The image of his brother, beyond doubt and without flaw.

  38. شَروَانُ او جَفَّالُ كُلٌّ منهما

    بالبأسِ ليثُ الغاب واللِين الحَمَل

    Sharwan or Jaffal—each of them

    In valor a forest lion, in gentleness a lamb.

  39. صِنوانِ مُعتَدِلانِ بل مُتَعادِلا

    نِ وان عَدَلتَ الصِنوَ بالصِنو اعتَدَل

    Two kindred shoots, well-balanced—indeed, equal;

    If you weigh one against the other, the balance is even.

  40. ما أَجفَلا يومَ الكريهةِ والوَغَى

    لكن لهم في الرَوع رَوعٌ ما جَفَل

    Neither fled on the day of battle and war,

    But amid terror, theirs is a heart that never quailed.

  41. خَلَفُ نَشا بالفضلِ عن سَلَفٍ وما

    ءُ الوَرد بعد الوَرد بُرءٌ للعِلَل

    Heirs sprung in virtue from forebears; and water

    Of roses, after the rose, is a cure for ailments.

  42. فتَغمَّدَ الرحمنُ بالرُضوانِ مَن

    أَبقى لنا خَلَفاً بهِ انبَسَطَ الأَمَل

    So may the Merciful enfold in His good pleasure the one

    Who left us heirs through whom hope has grown.

  43. لما قَضَى بسَنَى المسيح مُؤَجَّلاً

    ارختُ موسى خازناً اقضى الأَجَل

    When he died in Christ's radiance, at his appointed time,

    I dated it: "Musa Khazin has fulfilled his term."