1. The best hoped for is gone for valor and dew
Yet his enemies' spite could not make him rue
١. مضى الأفضل المرجو للبأسِ والندى
وصحت على رغم العداة وفاته
2. Nor did his women weep when he died
But his land mourned the loss of its pride
٢. وما مات أو ماتت بحزنٍ نساؤه
وماتت بأحزان البلاد حماته