رمسٌ لميخائيلَ قَد نَزَل الرِّضى

فيهِ يُقارنُ رَحمةَ اللَه العلي

A portrait of Michael in whom contentment descended

In it he compares God's great mercy

مِن آل خوري مِن سُراةِ عشيرةٍ

هيَ في الشآمِ من الطرازِ الأَوَّلِ

Of the Khouri family, from the chiefs of a clan

It in Syria is of the finest pedigree

وَردَ الديارَ لِيَستطبَّ فَخانَهُ

قَدرٌ مِن الحَدثانِ لَم يَتمهَّلِ

And returned to his homeland to recover his estate

A fate of tribulations did not wait

فَكَتبَتُ بالتاريخِ فيهِ قائِلاً

ناحَ الحَمامُ عَلى غَريبِ المَنزلِ

So I inscribed with the date therein saying

The dove cries for the stranger in his lodging