نُعَزّي الفَخر وَالعَليا بِشبلٍ

نُعَزّي الفَخر وَالعَليا بِشبلٍ

لَواهُ عَن تَصيده حِمامُه

لَواهُ عَن تَصيده حِمامُه

We console Pride and Eminence over a lion cub,

We console excellence and nobility with Shibl,

whose death turned him aside from his hunt,

His dove distracted him from hunting,

وَطفل وَهُوَ أَكبَر مَن نَراهُ

وَطفل وَهُوَ أَكبَر مَن نَراهُ

رَفيع الشَأن مَعروفاً مَقامُهُ

رَفيع الشَأن مَعروفاً مَقامُهُ

and over a child, yet the greatest of those we see,

And a boy though greater than he appears,

exalted in standing, his rank well known.

Of eminent dignity and established stature,

بَكَتهُ ملئَ أَعيُنِها المَعالي

بَكَتهُ ملئَ أَعيُنِها المَعالي

وَقالَ المَجد ها أَنا ذا غُلامه

وَقالَ المَجد ها أَنا ذا غُلامه

The heights of honor wept for him with brimming eyes,

The heights wept their eyes full of him,

and Glory said, 'Here I am, his servant.'

And glory said, behold, I am his lad,

هِلالٌ سَما المَكارمِ غابَ عَنها

هِلالٌ سَما المَكارمِ غابَ عَنها

وَثَغرُ الفَضل فارَقَهُ اِبتِسامه

وَثَغرُ الفَضل فارَقَهُ اِبتِسامه

A crescent in the sky of noble deeds vanished from it,

A crescent that excelled in magnanimity has disappeared from it,

and the mouth of Virtue lost its smile.

And the smile of merit has parted from its mouth.