مَضى جُرجي العَزيزُ إِلى مُناهُ

مَضى جُرجي العَزيزُ إِلى مُناهُ

فَناحَ بَنو السِّماطِ عَلَيهِ دَهرا

فَناحَ بَنو السِّماطِ عَلَيهِ دَهرا

Beloved Jurji passed on to what he desired,

Beloved Jurji has gone to his heart's desire;

and the sons of al-Simāṭ wailed over him for an age.

so the sons of al-Simat mourned him for an age.

فَتىً لَم يَبلغِ العشرينَ حَتَّى

فَتىً لَم يَبلغِ العشرينَ حَتَّى

غَدا جَوفُ التُراب لَهُ مَقَرَّا

غَدا جَوفُ التُراب لَهُ مَقَرَّا

A youth who had not reached twenty before

A youth who had not reached twenty before

the belly of the earth became his resting place.

the depths of the earth became his abode.

لَقَد جَرَحَ القُلوبَ بِسَيفِ حُزنٍ

لَقَد جَرَحَ القُلوبَ بِسَيفِ حُزنٍ

فَسالَ دَمُ الجُفونِ عَلَيهِ هَدرا

فَسالَ دَمُ الجُفونِ عَلَيهِ هَدرا

He wounded hearts with sorrow’s sword,

He indeed wounded hearts with a sword of sorrow,

so the blood of eyelids flowed for him in vain.

so the blood of eyelids flowed for him in vain.

فَنوحِي يا حَمائِمُ فَوقَ قَبرٍ

فَنوحِي يا حَمائِمُ فَوقَ قَبرٍ

سَقَتهُ أَدمُعُ الباكينَ تَتَرى

سَقَتهُ أَدمُعُ الباكينَ تَتَرى

Then mourn, O doves, above a grave

So lament, O doves, above a grave

watered by the mourners’ tears, shower after shower,

watered by mourners' tears in unbroken succession,

عَلى غُصنٍ لَوَتهُ يَدُ المَنايا

عَلى غُصنٍ لَوَتهُ يَدُ المَنايا

وَفي تاريخِها قَصَفَتهُ غَدرا

وَفي تاريخِها قَصَفَتهُ غَدرا

for a bough bent by the hand of death—

over a branch bent by the hand of death;

and its chronogram says: “It snapped him treacherously.”

and its chronogram reads: 'It snapped it treacherously.'