هذا ابنُ إبراهيمَ فِيعاني الذي

هذا ابنُ إبراهيمَ فِيعاني الذي

كانت كقلبِ أبيهِ صَفوةُ قلبِهِ

كانت كقلبِ أبيهِ صَفوةُ قلبِهِ

This is the son of Ibrahim Fiʿani, whose

This is the son of Ibrahim Fayyān,

heart was as pure as his father's.

Whose heart was as pure as his father's heart,

فُجِعَتْ به بيروتُ مَسقِطُ رأسهِ

فُجِعَتْ به بيروتُ مَسقِطُ رأسهِ

وبَكَت عليهِ دِمَشقُ مَوقِعُ تُرْبهِ

وبَكَت عليهِ دِمَشقُ مَوقِعُ تُرْبهِ

Beirut, his birthplace, was bereaved by his loss,

Beirut, where his head was raised, grieved for him,

and Damascus, where his dust rests, wept over him.

And Damascus, where his body lies, wept for him.

قد حلَّ في هذا الضريحِ بجسمِهِ

قد حلَّ في هذا الضريحِ بجسمِهِ

والنَّفسُ في روضِ النّعيمِ وخِصبِهِ

والنَّفسُ في روضِ النّعيمِ وخِصبِهِ

His body has come to rest in this tomb,

His body now rests in this tomb,

while his soul is in the garden of bliss and its abundance.

While his soul is in the Garden of Bliss and Luxury.

فنقشتُ في اللوحِ المؤرَّخٍ راسِماً

فنقشتُ في اللوحِ المؤرَّخٍ راسِماً

سَكَبَتْ على أنطونَ رحمةُ رَبِّهِ

سَكَبَتْ على أنطونَ رحمةُ رَبِّهِ

So I engraved on the dated tablet, inscribing:

So I inscribed on this dated tablet, recording,

His Lord's mercy poured down upon Antoun.

"God's mercy was poured upon Anton."