وقفتُI stood حيالَbefore النعشthe bier وقفَةَthe stance of خاشعٍa reverent person
وقفتُ حيالَ النعش وقفَةَ خاشعٍ
فأكبرتand so I revered ماwhat فيin النعشthe bier منof عظماتِglories
فأكبرت ما في النعش من عظماتِ
I stood before the bier in humble reverence,
I stood reverently before the funeral bier
And held in awe the glories within the bier.
And bid the bones within a fond farewell
أرىI see السؤددَnobility الأسنىthe loftiest طريفاًnewly acquired وتالداًand inherited
أرى السؤددَ الأسنى طريفاً وتالداً
توسًّدrested its head جنبbeside الفضلvirtue والحسناتِand good deeds
توسًّد جنب الفضل والحسناتِ
I see the loftiest nobility, newly won and inherited,
I see the gentle, kindly arm that’s laid to rest
Resting its head beside virtue and good deeds.
Having cushioned virtue and good deeds so well
أرىI see العطفcompassion والمعروفand kindness والجاهand eminence والوفاand fidelity
أرى العطف والمعروف والجاه والوفا
معانَيmeanings قدalready صارتhave become إلىinto كلماتِwords
معانَي قد صارت إلى كلماتِ
I see compassion, kindness, eminence, and fidelity—
I see kindness, grace, renown and loyalty
Meanings that have now become words.
As meanings turned into mere words that tell
شمائلnoble traits ساءلناwe asked الرياضthe gardens حديثهاtheir story
شمائل ساءلنا الرياض حديثها
فحدَّثَso spoke عنهاof them الزهرُthe blossoms بالنفحاتِwith fragrant breaths
فحدَّثَ عنها الزهرُ بالنفحاتِ
Noble traits whose story we asked the gardens to tell,
We asked the garden about those lovely traits
So the blossoms spoke of them in fragrant breaths.
The blossoms answered wafting with their smell
مفاخرُglories لبنانٍLebanon أشادextolled بذكرهاtheir renown
مفاخرُ لبنانٍ أشاد بذكرها
وغنىand sang بهاof them حورانُHauran فيin الفلواتِthe open wilds
وغنى بها حورانُ في الفلواتِ
Lebanon's glories, whose renown was proclaimed,
The pride of Lebanon, whose deeds it touted
And of which Hauran sang in the open wilds.
And maids in meadows of him sweetly trill
صحائفpages منfrom تاريخthe history of مجدٍglory مؤثَّلٍfirmly rooted
صحائف من تاريخ مجدٍ مؤثَّلٍ
طواهاfolded them away الردىdeath منfrom جملةthe collection of الصفحاتِthe pages
طواها الردى من جملة الصفحاتِ
Pages from the history of firmly rooted glory,
Pages of history of glory so adorned
Death folded them away from among the pages.
Which time has folded in its book and quill
ألاAh! فيin سبيلthe cause of اللهGod أكرمthe noblest راحلٍdeparted one
ألا في سبيل الله أكرم راحلٍ
تَبَدّلهexchanged him لبنانLebanon بعضsome رفاتِcrumbling remains
تَبَدّله لبنان بعض رفاتِ
Ah, in God's cause, the noblest of the departed,
For God's cause has a noble soul now left
Whom Lebanon exchanged for some crumbling remains.
As Lebanon swapped bones, the earth to fill
قضىhe died وهوwhile he بالذِّكرthrough remembrance الجميلbeautiful مُخَلَّدٌimmortalized
قضى وهو بالذِّكر الجميل مُخَلَّدٌ
كأنْas though لمdid not يَفُزْgain منهfrom him الثرىthe earth بمماتِthrough death
كأنْ لم يَفُزْ منه الثرى بمماتِ
He died, yet is immortalized through fair remembrance,
Though gone, immortalized in memory
As though the earth had gained nothing by his death.
As though the soil claimed not his body's frill
تغمدهmay He enfold him الرحمنthe Most Merciful بالعفوin pardon والرضاand favor
تغمده الرحمن بالعفو والرضا
وجادتand may it water generously ثراهhis earth ديمةa steady rain الرحماتِmercies
وجادت ثراه ديمة الرحماتِ
May the Most Merciful enfold him in pardon and favor,
May he be shrouded in God's grace and peace
And may a steady rain of mercies water his earth.
His grave be damp with mercy's rains that spill
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.