1. هذا الضَّريحُ لجُرجُسِ الصَبَّاغِ قد

    أبقى رميمَ الجسمِ فيهِ قاطِنا

    This tomb of Jurjus al-Sabbagh has

    kept the body's decayed remains dwelling within it.

  2. ذاكَ الكريمُ الفاضلُ الشَّهمُ الذي

    قد كانَ في كلِّ الفضائلِ راهِنا

    That generous, virtuous, noble-hearted man, who

    had been steadfast in every virtue,

  3. في يومِ عيد الشَّيخِ سِمعانَ ارتَقى

    شيخاً وكان لهُ هُناكَ مُقارِنا

    ascended on the feast day of the elder Simeon

    as an old man, and was his companion there.

  4. فأشارَ مَعْهُ لمن يؤرّخُ عامَهُ

    قد أبصَرَتْ عيني خلاصَ إِلاهِنَا

    So, with him, he signaled to whoever would record his year:

    “My eye has seen the salvation of our God.”