1. They mourned you though you had not died,
And if you had died, everything charming would have died.
١. نَعَوكَ بِهِم كانَ النَعيُّ وَلَم تَمُت
وَلَو مُتَّ ماتَ الظَرفُ أَجمَعَ كُلُّهُ
2. They did not find your long life a burden,
Nor the little left of your life too short.
٢. وَما اِستَثقَلوا مِن مُدَّةٍ قَد تَكامَلَت
وَمِن عُمُرٍ لَم يَبقَ إِلّا أَقَلُّهُ
3. To cheer a friend is joy,
To repel a foe gives cause to cheer.
٣. عَلى أَنَّ لَهواً لِلصَديقِ يَسُرُّهُ
وَدَرءً عَلى حَدِّ العَدُوِّ يَفُلُّهُ
4. You remain, Abu Al-Ayna, among us,
And we will always find dear company in your memory.
٤. بَقيتَ أَبا العَيناءِ فينا وَلا يَزَل
لَنا ظِلُّ أُنسٍ في ذَراكَ نَحُلُّهُ