قَدْ بَانَ إِسْكَنْدَرْ وَأبْقَى

قَدْ بَانَ إِسْكَنْدَرْ وَأبْقَى

آلَ القَصِيري فِي انْتِحابْ

آلَ القَصِيري فِي انْتِحابْ

Iskandar has departed and left

Alexander has vanished yet the

the al-Qasiri family in lamentation.

Clan of Qusairi outlasts in renown

كَانَ لَبِيباً حرَّ السَّجَايَا

كَانَ لَبِيباً حرَّ السَّجَايَا

حُلْوَ الْمَعَانِي فِي غَيْرِ عَابْ

حُلْوَ الْمَعَانِي فِي غَيْرِ عَابْ

He was discerning, noble in character,

Wise was he, sharp of mind

sweet in spirit, without a flaw.

Sweet of meaning though flawless in rhyme

يَا أَسَفَاً أَنَّه تَوَلَّى

يَا أَسَفَاً أَنَّه تَوَلَّى

رَيَّانَ عُودٍ غَضَّ الإِهَابْ

رَيَّانَ عُودٍ غَضَّ الإِهَابْ

Alas, that he passed away,

Oh what a pity he’s gone

his stem full of sap, his skin still tender.

A fresh sprig now withered and waned

لَكِنْ إِلى أَنْ أَرَّخُوهُ

لَكِنْ إِلى أَنْ أَرَّخُوهُ

أَوْ قَضَى فِي زَهْرَةِ الشَّبَابْ

أَوْ قَضَى فِي زَهْرَةِ الشَّبَابْ

But until they recorded his date,

But till the day I date his death

or he died in the flower of youth.

Or he meets his end in youth’s bloom