غصن دهاه هواءٌ أصفرٌ فزوى

غصن دهاه هواءٌ أصفرٌ فزوى

لذاك دمع بني الخوري دماً سكبا

لذاك دمع بني الخوري دماً سكبا

A branch was struck by yellow air and withered.

A yellow air branch sways

For that, the tears of al-Khuri’s sons flowed as blood.

So Bani al-Khouri's tears poured blood

نادى أخوه خليل حين أرخهُ

نادى أخوه خليل حين أرخهُ

بدري سليم بسوقِ الغرب قد حجبا

بدري سليم بسوقِ الغرب قد حجبا

His brother Khalil cried out when he commemorated him in a chronogram:

When Khaleel called his brother

My full moon, Salim, has indeed been veiled in Suq al-Gharb.

Badri Saleem was hidden in the west market