في رحمة الله مضى وانقضى

في رحمة الله مضى وانقضى

قَرْمٌ له بين الورى شانُ

قَرْمٌ له بين الورى شانُ

Into God’s mercy he passed and departed—

In the mercy of God he passed away and was gone

a noble lord of high standing among mankind.

A man who had glory among people

قد كانَ طود المجد حتَّى هوتْ

قد كانَ طود المجد حتَّى هوتْ

له برغم المجد أركان

له برغم المجد أركان

He had been glory’s towering mountain, until there fell

He was the pillar of glory until it collapsed

with him—to glory’s grief—its very pillars.

Despite his glory, its pillars fell

مات شهيداً فإلى روحه

مات شهيداً فإلى روحه

من ربّه عفوٌ وغفران

من ربّه عفوٌ وغفران

He died a martyr; so upon his soul

He died a martyr, so his soul

be pardon and forgiveness from his Lord.

Has pardon and forgiveness from his Lord

وكم مضت قومٌ لهم صَولةٌ

وكم مضت قومٌ لهم صَولةٌ

حتَّى كأَنَّ القومَ ما كانوا

حتَّى كأَنَّ القومَ ما كانوا

How many a people of formidable might have passed away,

And how many people passed who had greatness

until it seemed those people had never been.

As if those people never existed

ماتَ ابنُ غنَّام فأرّخته

ماتَ ابنُ غنَّام فأرّخته

في الخلد قد راحَ سليمان

في الخلد قد راحَ سليمان

Ibn Ghannam died, so I marked the date:

The son of Ghannam died, so I memorialized him

“Solomon has departed into eternity.”

In eternity went Solomon