وما راحةُ المرزوءِ في رُزءِ غيره

وما راحةُ المرزوءِ في رُزءِ غيره

أمُشرِكُهُ في حمل ما قد تحملا

أمُشرِكُهُ في حمل ما قد تحملا

And what comfort does the bereaved find in another’s loss?

The burdened finds no comfort in another's loss

Does he share with him in bearing what he has already borne?

Shall I make him share what we have come to bear?

كِلا حاملي أوقِ الرزيةِ مثقلٌ

كِلا حاملي أوقِ الرزيةِ مثقلٌ

وليس مُعيناً مثقلُ الظهر مُثقلا

وليس مُعيناً مثقلُ الظهر مُثقلا

Each of the two bearers of calamity’s weight is burdened;

Both grief's carriers have backs weighed down and bent

And one with a burdened back is no help to another burdened person.

Yet one weighted cannot aid another spent