1. Peace be upon him who could not speak when we parted
Peace, and he gestured with blood-stained fingers
١. سلامٌ على مَن لم يُطق عندَ بينهِ
سلاماً فأومى بالبنانِ المخَضَّبِ
2. For I could not bid him farewell except with tears
That is the only recourse of the tormented, mute one
٢. فما اسطَعتُ توديعاً لهُ بِسوى البُكا
وذلك جهدُ المُستهامِ المُعذَّبِ