1. What your tears told of you was true
And the heart's sense of death's fright

2. As though death itself, not the tears of sorrow
That quickly flowed down the cheek

3. You seemed to weep for my pain
When in truth it was farewell to all

4. Between night and day you departed
Suddenly, from your dear self the breeze blew

5. And followed you to the bridal bed
Would that the crowds had escorted you to the wedding feast

6. While I burn in the fire of sorrow you kindled
Instead of the fire of a wedding with candles

7. A fatigue that leads to meaningless death
When roots and branches are uprooted

8. And no matter the effort in planting
If before ripening it destroys the crops

9. Whenever I try to write elegy
I recall death and am filled with awe

10. If there is eternity on earth, eternal
Are God, Muhammad and Jesus in this life

11. Let that be soothing solace
For one struck down lifeless by death