1. Among the dead and among the living of this world,
O Abu Ja'far, my brother and friend,
١. في عِدادِ المَوتى وَفي ساكِني الدُن
يا أَبو جَعفَرٍ أَخي وَخَليلي
2. A dead man has died while he was in the spring of life
Residing in the shade of a bleak living,
٢. مَيِّتٌ ماتَ وَهوَ في وارِفِ العَي
شِ مُقيماً في ظِلِّ عَيشٍ ظَليلِ
3. He did not die a natural death, but
He died to all that is good and beautiful.
٣. لَم يَمُت ميتَةَ الوَفاةِ وَلَكِن
ماتَ عَن كُلِّ صالِحٍ وَجَميلِ