فَقَدَت بَنُو تَقلا عَزيزاً قَد مَضى

فَقَدَت بَنُو تَقلا عَزيزاً قَد مَضى

عَجَلاً كَما شاءَ القَضا المَحتومُ

عَجَلاً كَما شاءَ القَضا المَحتومُ

The Takla family has lost a dear one who has passed away,

The clan of Taqala lost a dear one who passed

swiftly, as inevitable fate decreed.

Swiftly as fate's decree had willed

كَالغُصنِ في لُبنان قَد عَصَفَت بِهِ

كَالغُصنِ في لُبنان قَد عَصَفَت بِهِ

رِيحُ المَنونِ فَخرَّ وَهوَ هَشيمُ

رِيحُ المَنونِ فَخرَّ وَهوَ هَشيمُ

Like a branch in Lebanon, buffeted by

Like a bough in Lebanon blown down

the wind of death, he fell, reduced to dry brushwood.

By the wind of death, fallen and shattered

أَبكى السياسةَ وَالعَلاءَ كَما بَكى

أَبكى السياسةَ وَالعَلاءَ كَما بَكى

مِن بَعدِهِ المَنثورُ وَالمَنظومُ

مِن بَعدِهِ المَنثورُ وَالمَنظومُ

He made politics and eminence weep, just as

He grieved the politicians and nobles alike

prose and verse wept after his passing.

As prose and verse mourned after him

وَلَقَد مَضى نَحوَ البَقاءِ فَضَمَّهُ

وَلَقَد مَضى نَحوَ البَقاءِ فَضَمَّهُ

بِجِوارِ خالقِهِ رِضىً وَنَعيمُ

بِجِوارِ خالقِهِ رِضىً وَنَعيمُ

And indeed he departed toward eternity, and was enfolded

And he went to eternal life, gathered to

beside his Creator by favor and bliss.

His Creator, blissful and content

فَأَتيتَ بِالتّاريخِ أَلفُظُ قائِلاً

فَأَتيتَ بِالتّاريخِ أَلفُظُ قائِلاً

قَد حَلَّ في دارِ السَلامِ سَليمُ

قَد حَلَّ في دارِ السَلامِ سَليمُ

So you brought the chronogram; I utter it, saying:

So you came in history, speaking most eloquently

Salim has settled in the abode of peace.

He has gone to the abode of peace, unharmed