ناحَت بَنو العَتقِيِّ غُصناً ناضِراً

ناحَت بَنو العَتقِيِّ غُصناً ناضِراً

أَجرى لِمَصرَعِهِ العُيونُ تَأسُّفا

أَجرى لِمَصرَعِهِ العُيونُ تَأسُّفا

The sons of al-ʿAtqī mourned a flourishing branch;

The sons of Al-Atiqi lamented the loss of a flourishing branch,

his death set eyes streaming with sorrow.

Eyes shed tears of sorrow for his demise.

في الستِّ وَالعشرينَ حلَّ بِتُربةٍ

في الستِّ وَالعشرينَ حلَّ بِتُربةٍ

وَالنَفسُ أَدرَكَتِ النَعيمَ الأَشرَفا

وَالنَفسُ أَدرَكَتِ النَعيمَ الأَشرَفا

At twenty-six, he came to rest in a grave,

On the twenty sixth he was laid to rest in the soil,

and his soul attained the most exalted bliss.

And his soul attained the most noble bliss.

وَلِذا كَتَبَتُ مُؤرِّخاً نَظمي بِها

وَلِذا كَتَبَتُ مُؤرِّخاً نَظمي بِها

إِن النَعيمَ صَفا لِسمَعانَ الصَّفا

إِن النَعيمَ صَفا لِسمَعانَ الصَّفا

And so I inscribed my verse upon it as a chronogram:

Thus did I inscribe in my poetry as historian,

Indeed, bliss became pure for Simʿān al-Ṣafā.

That pure bliss was destined for Samaan Al-Safa.