1. قولا لِهَذا السَيِّدِ الماجِدِ

    قَولَ حَزينٍ مِثلِهِ فاقِدِ

    Say, you two, to this noble lord,

    the words of a grieving man, bereaved like him:

  2. هَيهاتَ مافي الناسِ مِن خالِدِ

    لابُدَّ مِن فَقدٍ وَمِن فاقِدِ

    Far from it! No one among humankind is immortal;

    there must be loss, and someone bereaved.

  3. كُنِ المُعَزّى لا المُعَزّى بِهِ

    إِن كانَ لابُدَّ مِنَ الواحِدِ

    Be the one consoled, not the one mourned,

    if one of the two is unavoidable.