Sol 6.1

  1. لخليلِ باسيلا ضَريحُ كَرامةٍ

    سُكِبَت عَلَيهِ مَراحِمُ الرّحمانِ

    For Khalil Basila stands a tomb of honor;

    upon it the mercies of the All-Merciful were poured.

  2. غُصنٌ لَقَد كَسَرتْهُ ريحُ مَنيَّةٍ

    إنَّ الرِّياحَ كَواسِرُ الأَغصانِ

    A bough—a wind of death has indeed broken it;

    truly, the winds are breakers of boughs.

  3. يا وَيحَ والدةٍ دهاها خَطبُهُ

    فغَدَت عَلَيهِ حَليفةَ الأَحزانِ

    Alas for a mother whom his tragedy overwhelmed;

    and so, mourning him, she became a companion of sorrows.

  4. كَتَبَت لَهُ التاريخَ قائلةً بِهِ

    يَسقيكَ دَمعي يا قَضيبَ البانِ

    She wrote his chronogram, saying in it:

    “My tears water you, O bough of the moringa tree.”