وا رحمتاهُ لهُ فإن مصابَهُ

وا رحمتاهُ لهُ فإن مصابَهُ

بابنٍ يبرِّحُهُ فكيفَ ابنانِ

بابنٍ يبرِّحُهُ فكيفَ ابنانِ

Ah, pity him! For his bereavement

Ah, pity him! For his loss

of one son torments him sorely—what, then, of two?

of one son torments him—what, then, of two sons?

ما أنصفتْهُ الحادثاتُ رَمَيْنَهُ

ما أنصفتْهُ الحادثاتُ رَمَيْنَهُ

بمودَّعَيْنِ ومالهُ قلبانِ

بمودَّعَيْنِ ومالهُ قلبانِ

The calamities dealt unfairly with him: they struck him

Calamities have not dealt fairly with him; they struck him

with two departing sons, though he has not two hearts.

with two departed ones, though he does not have two hearts.