1. No women ever wept at the death of a hero
More noble than the death of the singing girls -
١. وَما بَكَتِ النِساءُ عَلى قَتيلٍ
بِأَشرَفَ مِن قَتيلِ الغانِياتِ
2. When he died of passion and drunkenness,
They breathed life into him with their songs.
٢. فَلَمّا ماتَ مِن طَرَبٍ وَسُكرٍ
رَدَدنَ حَياتَهُ بِالمُسمِعاتِ
3. He arose pulling his cloak behind him
Though death had been near and imminent.
٣. فَقامَ يَجُرُّ عِطفَيهِ خُماراً
وَكانَ قَريبَ عَهدٍ بِالمَماتِ