1. من آل حلّاقٍ عزيزٌ راحلٌ

    اجرت لمصرعهِ العيون دماها

    A dear one of the Hallaq family has departed.

    At his death, the eyes shed their blood.

  2. غصنٌ لَقَد ابكى الحمائمَ عند ما

    قَصَفت صباهُ من المنون يداها

    A bough that truly made the doves weep when

    death's two hands snapped his youth.

  3. قَد سارَ جرجس نحو جرجسَ عمِّهِ

    وَالنفس عند سميِّه مثواها

    Jirjis has gone to Jirjis, his uncle,

    and the soul's resting place is beside his namesake.

  4. يا تربةَ الغصن الرَطيب سقى الحيا

    ارّخ بأَنوآءِ الغمام ثراها

    O earth of the tender bough, may the rain water—

    mark the date—its soil with the clouds' showers.