1. May you live long, O son of his father,
If you had lived, you would have begotten another Yazid,

2. Death in the clouds had power over him,
So the clouds received a blissful soul,

3. O you two riders of the Abdishams tribe,
Convey to Syria its people and soldiers,

4. That the best of young men lies in a grave,
And the most generous passed away.