يا واحِداً مَيتاً ولمَّا

يا واحِداً مَيتاً ولمَّا

كانَ حَيّاً كانَ ألفا

كانَ حَيّاً كانَ ألفا

O one man, dead, who when

O you, one in death, though when

O you who were a thousand when alive

alive was as a thousand men!

you were alive, you were a thousand.

And now deceased is naught

لَهفي عَليكَ وحُقَّ لي

لَهفي عَليكَ وحُقَّ لي

فيما أَرى لَو متُّ لَهفا

فيما أَرى لَو متُّ لَهفا

Ah, my grief for you! And it would be fitting for me,

My grief for you! And I would be justified,

I yearn for you, and it is my right

as I see it, if I died of grief.

as I see it, were I to die of grief.

To yearn, if I had died, with longing