1. ديوانَ شَيخ المَعَرّه

    نَبغي عَدَتكَ المَعرّه

    The collected poems of the Shaykh of al-Maʿarra

    we seek—may disgrace pass you by.

  2. يا مَن يَجُرّ ذُيول ال

    فَخار فَوقَ المَجَرَّه

    O you who trail the skirts of

    glory above the Milky Way!

  3. وَقَد تَكَرَّر مِنكُم

    إِرسالُهُ غَيرَ مَرّه

    And you have repeatedly

    sent it, more than once.

  4. وَالوَعدُ حُلوٌ وَلَكِن

    مِطالُهُ ما أَمَرَّه

    And the promise is sweet, and yet

    how bitter its postponement!

  5. لا زِلتُمُ في نَعيمٍ

    مُخَلَّدٍ في مَسَرّه

    May you ever remain in bliss,

    everlasting, in joy.