لِفَتاةِfor a maiden آلthe family of الموصليal-Mawsili مناحةٌa lament
لِفَتاةِ آل الموصلي مناحةٌ
ادمىmade bleed العيونَthe eyes بهاin it مُصابٌa calamity مؤلمُpainful
ادمى العيونَ بها مُصابٌ مؤلمُ
For a maiden of the al-Mawsili family, a lament:
The young lady of Al Mawsili's family has a sorrowful moan
a painful calamity has made eyes bleed therein.
Her teary eyes have pained the afflicted one
ناحَتlamented نوادبُهاher female mourners صباهاher youth وهيwhile she فيin
ناحَت نوادبُها صباها وهي في
فردوسparadise رحمةmercy ربهاher Lord تَتَبسَّمُshe smiles
فردوس رحمة ربها تَتَبسَّمُ
Her mourners lamented her youth, while she, in
Her female companions have mourned her youth while she in
the paradise of her Lord’s mercy, smiles.
The paradise of her Lord's mercy smiles
وَلِذاand therefore أَبولI urinate (likely a typo for ‘I say’) لمنto her who بتأريخٍin a chronogram بكتshe wept
وَلِذا أَبول لمن بتأريخٍ بكت
عندwith المسيحChrist اليومtoday باتَتshe has come to dwell مريمُMaryam
عند المسيح اليوم باتَت مريمُ
And so I [say] to her who wept, in a chronogram:
And so I weep for her who on this date once cried
Today Maryam has come to dwell with Christ.
Before Christ today Mary has gone to sleep