1. أَرى الحزنَ لا يُجدي على مَنْ فقدتُهُ

    ولو كان في حزني مزيدٌ لزدتُهُ

    I see that grief for the one I have lost avails nothing;

    yet if my grief could be greater, I would increase it.

  2. تغيّرت الأحوالُ بعدَكَ كلها

    فلستُ أَرى الدُّنيا على ما عهدتُهُ

    All things have changed since you departed;

    so I no longer see the world as I once knew it.

  3. عقدتُ بكَ الإيمانَ بالنُّجحِ واثقاً

    فحلّت يد الأقدارِ ما قد عقدتُهُ

    Confidently, I bound my faith in success to you,

    but the hand of fate untied what I had bound.

  4. وكان اعتقادي أَنّكَ الدَّهر مسعدي

    فخانتني الأَيامُ فيما اعتقدتُهُ

    And I believed you would be my support forever,

    but the days betrayed me in what I believed.

  5. أردتُ لكَ العمرَ الطويلَ فلم يكنْ

    سوى ما أَرادَ اللهُ لا ما أَردتُهُ

    I wished you a long life, but nothing came to pass

    except what God willed, not what I wished.

  6. فيا وحشةً من مؤنسٍ قد عدمتهُ

    ويا وَحْدَةً من صاحبٍ قد فقدتُهُ

    Oh, the desolation at losing one who gave me comfort!

    And oh, the loneliness at losing a companion!

  7. وداعٍ دعاني باسمهِ ذاكراً له

    فأَطربني ذكرُ اسمهِ فاستعدتُهُ

    And a caller called to me, mentioning him by name;

    the mention of his name stirred me, so I asked to hear it again.

  8. فقدتُ أَحبَّ الناسِ عندي وخيرهم

    فمَنْ لائمي فيه إذا ما نَشَدْتُهُ

    I have lost the dearest of people to me, and the best of them;

    so who can blame me on his account when I seek him?