قَدindeed فارَقَdeparted from اليَومَtoday آلِthe family of الموصِلِيِّal-Mawsili فَتىًa young man
قَد فارَقَ اليَومَ آلِ الموصِلِيِّ فَتىً
كَالغُصنِlike a branch أَصبَحَhas come to be تَحتَbeneath التُربِthe earth يَنغَرِسُbeing planted
كَالغُصنِ أَصبَحَ تَحتَ التُربِ يَنغَرِسُ
Today a young man has departed from the family of al-Mawsili.
Like a branch, he has come to be planted beneath the earth.
فَعزَّso console عَنهُfor his loss أَباًa father ذابَتْhas melted حُشاشَتُهُhis vital spirit
فَعزَّ عَنهُ أَباً ذابَتْ حُشاشَتُهُ
حُزناًfrom sorrow وَأَدمُعُهُand his tears كَالسُحبِlike clouds تَنحَبسُare held back
حُزناً وَأَدمُعُهُ كَالسُحبِ تَنحَبسُ
So console, for his loss, a father whose very soul has melted
From sorrow, while his tears, like clouds, are held back.
وَقَلْand say لإِلياسَto Ilyas فيin عامٍa year نُؤرِّخُهُwe chronicle it
وَقَلْ لإِلياسَ في عامٍ نُؤرِّخُهُ
أًطلَقَتُI released أَمطارَshowers دَمعٍof tears لَيسَnot تَنبَجِسُgush forth
أًطلَقَتُ أَمطارَ دَمعٍ لَيسَ تَنبَجِسُ
And say to Ilyas, in a year we chronicle:
“I have released showers of tears that do not gush forth.”