زُر مَضجَعاً حَلَّ يَوحنّا بِظُلمَتِهِ

زُر مَضجَعاً حَلَّ يَوحنّا بِظُلمَتِهِ

فَناحَ آلُ فُريجٍ هَولَ مَصرَعِهِ

فَناحَ آلُ فُريجٍ هَولَ مَصرَعِهِ

Visit a resting place in whose darkness Yuhanna dwelt.

Visit a bed where John lay in darkness

Then the family of Furayj lamented the horror of his death.

So the nobles of Freij lamented his death

خطبٌ تَصَدَّعَ قَلبُ المُكرَماتِ بِهِ

خطبٌ تَصَدَّعَ قَلبُ المُكرَماتِ بِهِ

وَطالَ نَوحُ المَعالي عِندَ مَوقِعِهِ

وَطالَ نَوحُ المَعالي عِندَ مَوقِعِهِ

A calamity that shattered the heart of noble deeds,

A sermon that made the hearts of the honoured crack

And the lament of lofty virtues was prolonged at his fall.

And the grieving of the eminent was prolonged at his place

تَبكِي عَلَيهِ مَهمّاتُ الأُمورِ كَما

تَبكِي عَلَيهِ مَهمّاتُ الأُمورِ كَما

يَسقي ثَراهُ أَخو البُؤسى بِمدمَعِهِ

يَسقي ثَراهُ أَخو البُؤسى بِمدمَعِهِ

Weighty affairs weep for him, just as

The responsibilities of matters weep for him as

A brother of misery waters his dust with his tears.

A brother of the bereaved waters his grave with his tears

رُكنٌ تَزَعزَعَ في بَيروتَ منهَدِماً

رُكنٌ تَزَعزَعَ في بَيروتَ منهَدِماً

فَاِهتَزَّ رُبعُ دمشقٍ مِن تَزعزُعِهِ

فَاِهتَزَّ رُبعُ دمشقٍ مِن تَزعزُعِهِ

A pillar tottered in Beirut, collapsing,

A pillar in Beirut collapsed and crumbled

So the precinct of Damascus trembled from his tottering.

So a quarter of Damascus shook from its collapse

وَباتَ في تُربةٍ نادَى مُؤرِّخُها

وَباتَ في تُربةٍ نادَى مُؤرِّخُها

يا رَحمةَ اللَهِ حِلِّي فَوقَ مَضجَعِهِ

يا رَحمةَ اللَهِ حِلِّي فَوقَ مَضجَعِهِ

And he lay in a grave whose chronicler cried:

And he rests in a tomb whose historian called out

O mercy of God, alight upon his resting place!

"Oh God's mercy, settle over his resting place."