1. ما غابَ اِسحاقُ البَرايا عَنهُمُ

    فَاِسأَل بَني يَعقوبَ عَن اِسحاقا

    The annihilation of mortals is no secret to them;

    so ask the sons of Jacob about Isaac.

  2. ما في جَميعِ الناسِ إِلّا خاسِرٌ

    فَإِلَيهِمُ رَجَعَ القَبيحُ وَحاقا

    Among all people there is none but a loser;

    so evil has returned to them and engulfed them.

  3. لا نَعلَمُ المَوتى تَهُمُّ بِكَرَّةٍ

    لَكِنَّ أَحياءً تَرومُ لَحاقا

    We do not know the dead to think of returning,

    but the living seek to join them.

  4. لَو صَحَّ أَنَّ البَدرَ لَيسَ بِعاقِلٍ

    هَنَّأتُهُ أَلّا يُحِسَّ مُحاقا

    If it were true that the full moon lacked reason,

    I would congratulate it on not feeling its waning into darkness.