عَشِيرَةُ الأَحْرَارِ فِي مَأْتَمِ

حُزْناً عَلَى أُسْتَاذِهَا الأَعْظَمِ

The clan of the free in mourning

For their greatest master.

كُلُّ أَخٍ مِنْهُمْ لَهُ مُهْجَةٌ

تَدْمَى عَلَى ذَاكَ الأَخِ الأَكْرَمِ

Each brother among them with anguish

That bleeds for that most noble brother.

شَاعَ الأَسَى فِي كُل رَبْعٍ عَلَى

ذَاكَ الأَبِيِّ الوَادِعِ المُقْدِمِ

Sorrow spread in every quarter

For that most righteous father who went ahead.

وَمَا لِلبْنَانَ عَزَاءٌ عَلَى

مَنْ كَانَ فِيهِ بَهْجَةَ المَوْسِمِ

And what solace can Lebanon have

For one who was its joy in season.

مُطَهَّرَ الشيمَةِ مِنْ رِيبَةٍ

مُطَهَّرَ السيرَةِ مِنْ مَأْثَمِ

Of flawless honor, of flawless conduct

Cleansed of any blemish or wrongdoing.

كَحَاتِمٍ إِنْ يُقْرِ أَضْيَافَهُ

كَمَعْنَ إِنْ يُعْطِ وَإِنْ يَحْلُمِ

Generous as Hatem if he lodges his guests,

And forgiving as Ma'n if he gives or is forbearing.

كَمْ شَادَ لِلإِحْسَانِ مِنْ مَعْهَدٍ

وَشَادَ لِلْعِرْفَانِ مِنْ مَعْلَمِ

How many a school of virtue he founded,

And how many a monument of knowledge he built.

وَكَمْ يَدٍ عَالَ يَتِيماً بِهَا

وَذَادَ رَيْبَ البُؤْسِ عَنْ أَيمِ

How many a hand he lifted to succor the orphan,

And fended off the touch of misery from the helpless.

فَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَرِضْوَانُهُ

عَلَى فَتىً عَاشَ وَلَمْ يُذْمَمِ

So may the mercy and good pleasure of God

Be upon a youth who lived and was never blemished.