1. إِدفِن أَخا المُلكِ دَفنَ المَرءِ مُفتَقِراً

    ما كانَ يَملُكُ مِن بَيتٍ وَلا بيتِ

    Bury the sovereign as you would a destitute man,

    who owned neither a house nor food.

  2. إِنَّ التَوابيتَ أَجداثٌ مُكَرَّرَةٌ

    فَجَنِّبِ القَومَ سَجناً في التَوابيتِ

    Indeed, coffins are duplicate graves;

    so spare people imprisonment in coffins.

  3. وَاِردُد إِلى الأُمِّ شَبحاً طالَ مَعهَدُها

    بِضَمِّهِ وَهِيَ لا تُرجى لِتَربيتِ

    And return a body to the mother—long has it been

    since she embraced it, though she is not looked to for nurture.