1. أركبك الموت يا عطيه

    نعشاً ويا بئست المطيه

    Death has made you ride, O Atiyya,

    a bier—and oh, what a wretched mount!

  2. لا كفل قابل رديفاً

    منها ولا صهوة وطيه

    No croup fit to bear a second rider

    has it, nor a comfortable saddleback.

  3. وإن يكن في المعاد لقيا

    فدونه مدة بطيه

    And if there is reunion in the hereafter,

    then a long wait lies before it.