مات أبو سهل فواحسرتا

مات أبو سهل فواحسرتا

أن لم يكن قد مات مذ جُمعه

أن لم يكن قد مات مذ جُمعه

Abu Sahl has died—alas for me,

Alas, Abu Sahl died, what sorrow!

that he had not already died a week ago!

If only he had died earlier

ما حزني إلا لأن لم يمت

ما حزني إلا لأن لم يمت

بموته من أهلهِ تسعَه

بموته من أهلهِ تسعَه

My only grief is that there did not die

My grief is not that he died

along with him nine of his kin.

But that when he died, nine of his family did not die with him

مصيبة لا غفر الله لي

مصيبة لا غفر الله لي

إن أنا أذريت له دَمعَه

إن أنا أذريت له دَمعَه

A calamity! May God not forgive me

It is an unforgivable calamity for me

if I shed a tear for him.

If I were to shed a tear for him