لِبَنِي بِشارةَ بَعدَ أَسعدَ فَجعَةٌ

ذابَت بِجَمرَتِها الكِلَى وَالأَكبُدُ

For the family of Bishara, after the happiest one, there is deep sorrow

Their livers and guts melted from its embers

أَولَى أَباهُ خَليلَ سَعدٍ حَسرَةً

أَبَداً لَفَقدِ شَبابهِ تَتَجدَّدُ

His father deserves more anguish over Khalil Sa'd

Forever missing his youth that keeps renewing

وَلَقَد أَتاهُ فَقالَ أَبشر بِالرِّضى

مِنِّي وَرَحمةِ خالقٍ لا تَنفَدُ

He came to him and said: Receive the pleasure

From me and the mercy of a Creator that never depletes

قَد سِرتَ عَن تاريخِ سَعدٍ طالِباً

جَناتِ عَرشٍ أَنتَ فيها أَسعَدُ

You have happily passed the date of Sa'd the seeker

Of the gardens of the Throne, wherein you are most felicitous