1. The day of your death, my son, became
As if dark ghosts surrounded me.
١. أَصبَحت يَومَ دَهاكَ المَوتُ يا وَلَدي
كَأَنَّ حَولي مِنَ الظلماءِ أملاثا
2. I knew not if the night donned
Its robe, or if dawn had cast it.
٢. فَما دَرَيتُ وَثَوبَ اللَيلِ يَشمَلُني
نَضا النَهارُ إِزارَ اللَيلِ أَم لاثا