إِنّي أُعَزّيكَ لا أَنّي عَلى طَمَعٍ

إِنّي أُعَزّيكَ لا أَنّي عَلى طَمَعٍ

مِنَ الخُلودِ وَلَكِن سُنَّةُ الدينِ

مِنَ الخُلودِ وَلَكِن سُنَّةُ الدينِ

I offer you condolences, not because I hope

I comfort you not because I hope

For immortality, but because it is the custom of the faith.

For immortality, but as our faith ordains.

فَما المُعَزّى بِباقٍ بَعدَ صاحِبِهِ

فَما المُعَزّى بِباقٍ بَعدَ صاحِبِهِ

وَلا المُعَزّي وَإِن عاشا إِلى حينِ

وَلا المُعَزّي وَإِن عاشا إِلى حينِ

For the one consoled will not live forever after his companion,

No comfort lasts when one's companion goes -

Nor will the consoler, even if both live for a time.

And comforter, though spared, soon follows on.