1. ومثقّل وافاهُ يومُ حمامِه

    في غفلةٍ وكذا الحياةُ غرورُ

    And a heavyset man was overtaken by his day of death,

    unawares—and such is life: a delusion.

  2. قد قُلْتُ إذ مروا علىَّ بنَعشِهِ

    يعلُوه منهُ على الأكفِّ ثبيرُ

    I said, as they passed me with his bier,

    a Thabir of a man towering upon it, borne on their palms:

  3. ما كنتُ احسب قبل موتك أن أَرى

    رضوى على أيدي الرجال يسيرُ

    “Before your death, I never thought I would see

    Radwa moving upon the hands of men.”