مَضى الفاضلُ الحَبرُ الزوينيُّ عاجِلاً

فَأَبكى رُبَى لُبنانَ يَومَ مِضِيِّهِ

The noble scholar Al-Zawini passed away hastily,

So he made the youths of Lebanon weep the day he left.

مِنَ الفاعِلي الإِحسانِ ما أَنْفكَّ دَأبُهُ

إِلى أَن جَرى في الناسِ صَوتُ نَعيِّهِ

He never ceased to do good deeds,

Until the news of his death spread among people.

كَأَنَّ لُويساً لَم يَكُن قَطُّ مَلجأٌ

لَذي البُؤسِ مِن داني الذُرا وَقَصِيِّهِ

It was as if Louis had never been a refuge,

For the unfortunate, the far and the near.

وَلا كَوكَباً لِلرُشدِ يُهدى بِرأيهِ

وَلا مَنهلاً للعلمِ يُشفى بِرِيِّهِ

Nor a guiding star for righteousness, guided by his opinion,

Nor a spring of knowledge, quenched by his watering.

كَريمٌ قَضى في طاعةِ اللَهِ عُمرَهُ

وَنفَعَ الوَرى في صُبحِهِ وَعَشِيِّهِ

He lived his life obedient to God,

And benefited the world in his morn and eve.

وَفارقَ دُنياهُ إِلى اللَهِ ظافِراً

لَدَيهِ بِبادي لُطفِهِ وَخَفيِّهِ

He left his world for God triumphantly,

With the wonders of His grace open and hidden to him.

فَاقبلَ تأريخي يُنادي مُبَشِّراً

كَريمٌ لَدى الرَحمنِ مَوتُ صَفيِّهِ

So my date proclaims, giving good news,

"A noble soul is with The Merciful in his death."