1. ديوانَ شَيخ المَعَرّه

    نَبغي عَدَتكَ المَعرّه

    The collected poems of the Sheikh of al-Maʿarra

    we seek—may disgrace pass you by.

  2. يا مَن يَجُرّ ذُيول ال

    فَخار فَوقَ المَجَرَّه

    O you who trail the hems 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, but

    how bitter its delay!

  5. لا زِلتُمُ في نَعيمٍ

    مُخَلَّدٍ في مَسَرّه

    May you always remain in bliss,

    everlasting, amid joy.