1. كواكبُ العيش فارقونا

    فما من الحقِّ أن نعيشا

    The stars of life have left us,

    so it is not right that we should live.

  2. لما أجدُّوا الرحيلَ عنَّا

    كانت مطاياهمُ النعوشا

    When they hastened their departure from us,

    their mounts were biers.