1. Ask Berlin about the one whose stubborn illness
Ravages his liver

2. Who went to beg the days for more life
To complete his efforts and toils

3. Yet no doctor could take his illness away
Nor could he get a new lease of life

4. He fell ill out of love for Egypt
His sickness ever more severe

5. No friend could ensure he lives
Crying "I wish you longevity, O unique one!"

6. Oh, my yearning for you, mature as you are
A stranger to your loved ones, distant

7. You die without seeing a mother's tomb
Or a sister's, or an affectionate wife's

8. Nor does a brother quench his thirst
With tears over your gravel, or a newborn child

9. So enemies cannot gloat over your tragedy
Or jealous ones delighted at your affliction

10. An affliction no mighty person escaped
However glorious and judicious he was

11. And who among us rivals you in repute and glory?
With lightning and thunder as your boldness

12. If their secret is the uniqueness of Farid
Then each curly-locked one of us is unique